Marco Di Nardo was born in Naples (IT) where he began his dancing career in 2003, dancing in the Naples b-boying scene and winning many national and international awards with DBR Crew.
He has worked with Panorama Dance Theather (CH), Southpaw Dance Co (UK), Theather Sthral Berlin (DE). Currently, as dancer and assistant choreographer at Wang Ramirez and as assistant choreographer at Staatstheather Braunsch- weig. He has directed and choreographed at TANZWERK101- HF ZUB Zurich, Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts, Tilburg, Oliva Contemporary Dance Project, Verona.
He has worked as a guest teacher at CCN Ballet Preljocaj, Staatstheater Kassel, Staatstheater Gorlitz, Staatstheater Braunschweig, Krakowskie Centrum Choreograficzne, A_Space Dance Studio Taipei, NunOff Barcelona, Contemporary Dance School Hamburg, Maison De La Danse Lyon, School of Performing Arts Malta, Dance Days Chania 2018-2019, DAF Faculty of Dance Arts Rome, Dublin Dance Festival 2019, HENNY JURRIËNS STUDIO Amsterdam, XI International Contemporary Workshop Prague 2019.
Juan Tirado is originally from Jaén, Spain. His background is strongly influenced by break dance, martial arts and computer science.
From 2014 to 2019 he was a guest dancer with Johannes Wieland based at Staatstheater Kassel. During this time he also worked with Maxine Doyle, Sita Ostheimer and Helder Seabra.In 2016 he created with Diego de la Rosa and Young-Won Song a piece that won the Residenzpreis in the 31st Hannover Choreographic Festival. He later choreographed you.IT.me with them in January 2017. In October of the same year he choreographed 13 with Taiwan’s LPCP company together with Frantics Dance Company.
In 2018 he joined the Berlin Staatsoper as a guest dancer. In 2019, he participated in the P9 project, developing an inclusive piece with children with special needs. He choreographed Vértigo for the Staatstheater Kassel and in January 2020 created El diseño for postgraduate students at DAF (Dance Arts Faculty) in Rome.
He is a guest teacher at Tainan University of Technology, National Taiwan University of Arts, Backstage pool center (Taipei), A_Space (Taipei), Dock 11, TanzRaumBerlin, B12 (Berlin), Hellerau, Studio Pro Arte, Marameo Berlin, Staatstheater Pforzheim and Staatstheater Kassel.
Frantics Dance Company is an xperimental dance company based in Berlin. The company’s physicality consists of deep research in disciplines such as b-boying, hip-hop, improvisational techniques, acrobatics and contemporary dance.
Winners 1st Prize in Burgos New York 2020, 2nd Prize in 34th Hannover Choregraphic Competition 2020, finalist at the Rotterdam International Dance Competition 2022, 3rd Prize in 36th Hannover Choregraphic Competition 2022. Finalist of Danza Del Cammino 2022.