Ballet, Composition, Pointe, Career mentoring 

Ismael Gil

is a graduate of the Hamburg Ballet School, where he studied under the direction of John Neumier. He began his professional dance in Hamburg and later joined the Hannover StaatsBallett as a soloist. He continued collaborating on various dance projects and also started teaching dance internationally in conservatories and universities.

In 2019, Ismael started gathering professionals from diverse fields, including business and the arts, to create a new methodology of learning. This resulted in a strong and secure project.

In 2023, he founded ADDA with the goal of fostering new talent and promoting a new way of learning. ADDA opened its doors to students with a strong foundation of established professionals already in place. Today, ADDA continues to thrive with a team of dedicated professionals working towards a unique direction. Ismael designed the artistic framework of ADDA, which unites artists from around the world under a common philosophy for a strong and secure dance career for future dancers.

Horton, Ballet, Contemporary, Improvisation,  Composition and Yoga

Josianne Fleming

is a graduate fellowship student from the Alvin Ailey School in New York City. She danced professionally in companies in the US and Colombia. She has worked as a freelance internationally and co-directed long-term productions for the Ministry of Culture of Colombia.

She currently works as an independent artist and she’s an international teacher in Universities and dance programs.

Ballet

Catherine Stuÿt

born in Venezuela, she began studying classical ballet in the Teatre of Fine Arts and the Gisela Paz de la Rosa’s School in Maracaibo, Venezuela in 1986. She continues her studies in acting, choreography and ballet pedagogy at the “Escuela de Ballet Juvenil Teatro Teresa Carreño” in Caracas, Venezuela in 1998.

She danced with the Ruses Ballets of Irina Ivanova and at the “Ballet Juvenil Teatro Teresa Carreño” from 1998 to 2002.

She complements her training in Santiago de Chile, London, Madrid and in Barcelona with Master Asunción Aguadé.

Acting for dancers and Creation

Rober Gómez

  graduated from the Institute of Theater and Dance in 2005. He has worked with companies such as It Danza, Bonachela Dance Company, Galili Dance, Gelabert-Azzopardi, Staatstheater Oldenburg, Staatstheater Mainz, Moonstein Cie, Wir Sind Zu Hause, Cooperativa MaurMorales, Club Guy & Roni, La Veronal and Sol Picó. He has worked with Eulàlia Bergadà and Ariadna Montfort (Barcelona Theater Institute Dance Awards 2015/2016), among others. Nominated twice as best male dance performer at the 2019/2022 Butaca de Barcelona Awards.

He has worked restaging pieces of Guy Weizman for the Ballet Konzert Bern company, and at the Higher School of Arts (AHK) in Amsterdam. And he has been assistant director of Adventures of Nicole, a tragicomedy directed and written by Greta Griniüté 2023/24. He is a member and founder of Hotel Colectivo Escenico, his own artistic project. Rober combines dance with acting and works in fiction by directors Pablo Maestres and Greta Griniüté.

Contemporary and Composition

Aladino Rivera Blanca

  is a dancer and choreographer. He has worked with choreographers such as Dave St. Pierre (Canada) for the piece »Un peu de tendresse, bordel de merde!« in 2007, as well as 2008-2015 with the French company Kubilai Khan Investigations under the direction of Frank Micheletti. With Sasha Waltz & Guests he first danced in 2015 in »Roméo et Juliette«.

Aladino develops his own creations as a choreographer directing the independent company »INSIDE THE BODY Performing Arts« in Montreal. Since 2008 he has taught contemporary dance classes under the slogan »Moving Air«. In 2017 the magazine »Forbes México« referred to Aladino Rivera Blanca as one of the best contemporary Mexican creators of art.

Flying Low

Edward Tamayo

  is a dancer and choreographer born in Colombia, and he is the Co-Director and founder of Colectivo LaCerda in Barcelona, Spain. He has extensive experience as a teacher in various national and international schools. He has been teaching the Flying Low technique for years, which focuses on the ability to enter and exit the floor efficiently and spontaneously.

Tamayo trained with David Zambrano, the creator of the technique. Additionally, Tamayo has developed a new choreographic training approach called Mantra. With his vision of dance and his Latin American roots, he channels the relationship between bodies, space, the group, and musicality.

Gyrokinesis and Pilates

Leticia Plans

is a professional dancer, teacher, and nutritionist with extensive training and experience in Pilates, Gyrokinesis®, and Gyrotonic® methods. She teaches classes in specialized studios and as a guest instructor at dance festivals in Europe and the USA. As a dancer, she collaborates on projects for independent companies and joint creations for dance videos. Leticia received her training in Ballet and Contemporary Dance at the Superior Institute of Fine Arts in Asunción and was a member of the Municipal Classical and Modern Ballet of Asunción.

She holds a Master’s degree in Pilates for Physical Activity and Sport from the University of Alcalá de Henares, and is certified in Gyrokinesis and Gyrotonic Level 1-2, Gyrotonic Applications for Dancers, and Gyrotonic Applications for Scoliosis.

REPERTOIRE, FELIX LANDERER

October 2026

Luigi Sardone

was born in Altamura, Italy, in 1994 and began his studies in Classical and Contemporary Dance at the age of 6. In 2011, he moved to Rotterdam to attend Codarts, University for the Arts, where he obtained a Dance Degree. He then joined Scapino Ballet Rotterdam in the Netherlands. In 2015, Luigi transitioned to the freelance scene, joining Landerer & Company in Germany.

From 2018 onwards, Luigi participated in creations by ConTrust Collective Dresden, Yotam Peled in Berlin, and 18 MONKEYS DANCE THEATER by Jitti Chompee in Bangkok, performing and touring across Europe and Asia. After being a member of TanzRaum Nord – Of Curious Nature in Germany, Luigi returned to Landerer & Company in 2022 as a permanent member, performing works by Fabio Liberti, Dimo Milev, and Felix Landerer.

In addition to his dancing career, Luigi has been teaching workshops and Profitraining classes for various dance companies in Germany and abroad over the past few years.

REPERTOIRE, JIŘÍ KYLIÁN

November 2026

Sébastien Mari,

is a dancer, international dance teacher and assistant director. He began his training as a dancer at the conservatory of his hometown, La Rochelle (France). After graduating with the Gold Medal from the French Conservatories, he began his career in 1989 with the Jeune Ballet de France.

He developed a large part of his professional career in prestigious companies such as the Nederlands Dans Teather, under the direction of Jiri Kylian, the National Dance Company, the Gulbenkian Ballet, the BallettMainz, the Ballet de Genève, the Moscow Ballet, Leipziger Ballet or Les Canadian Grands Ballets. During these years, Sebastien has danced a very heterogeneous repertoire signed by the most influential choreographers of the 20th century. Among them, Nacho Duato, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian, Ohad Naharin, Hans Van Manen, Itzik Galilli, etc.In 2011, he began a new stage as a dance teacher and assistant to choreographers of the stature of Ohad Naharin, Jiri Kylian, David Dawson, Johan Inger, Tyler Peck, Pascal Touzeau and Jeroen Verbruggen.

CHOREOGRAPHIC

CREATION

October 2026 – 2nd years

Francesco Vecchione

born in Napoli, Italy, in 1982, has had an illustrious career dancing with renowned companies such as Ballet Basel, Nederlands Dans Theater II, Compañía Nacional de Danza (under the direction of Nacho Duato and later, José Carlos Martínez), and the Ballett des Saarländischen Staatstheaters.

He has had the privilege of performing both established repertoire pieces and new creations by eminent choreographers including Jiří Kylián, Ohad Naharin, Nacho Duato, Paul Lightfoot and Sol León, Stijn Celis, Marguerite Donlon, Johan Inger, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, Alexander Ekman, Stephan Thoss, and Hans van Manen, among others.

In addition, Vecchione has created five works for the ensemble of the Ballett des Saarländischen Staatstheaters. His choreographic piece “ANNA” was honored with the “Castilla y Leon” Prize at the Burgos-New York International Choreography Competition in 2015.

REPERTOIRE,

JACOPO GODANI

December 2026

Nora Sitges Sardà,

born in Barcelona, she studied classical dance with Laura Mas and music at the Conservatori dels Germans Claret. A member of the first generation of IT Dansa under Catherine Allard, she later danced with companies in Germany and Austria, working with Roberto Galvan, Robert Pool, and Nicolas Musin.

As a freelance artist, she collaborated internationally and co-founded Contrapunctus Danceport in Barcelona with choreographer Claudi Bombardó. She has worked with renowned artists such as Jacopo Godani, Wim Vandekeybus, Wayne McGregor, and Itzik Galili, performing pieces by Forsythe, Kylián, Naharin, Preljocaj, and Duato.

From 2012 to 2015, she was part of the artistic team at Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich, later joining The Forsythe Company under Jacopo Godani. Since 2016, she has serves as rehearsal director with IT Dansa.

REPERTOIRE,

SIDI LARBI CHERKAOUI

November 2026

Daisy, Ransom Phillips

 studied in Berkeley, London and Geneva, where she was a member of the Ballet Junior. In 2007 she moved to Belgium to work with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Having participated in several of his creations, she frequently stages his choreographies today.

As a dancer she has created work with Alain Platel, Constanza Macras, Quan Bui Ngoc, Lisi Estarás, and many others. She has been working with choreographer Serge Aimé Coulibaly since 2017, and in the 2024/25 season appears in his production Balau at Münchner Kammerspiele.
Daisy has been a guest artist with the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève and the Norwegian National Ballet, and a member of the Göteborgs Operans Danskompani.

SOFT ACROBATICS & IMPROVISATION

December 2026

Josephine Haas & Stephan Crainic’s

  soft Acrobatics & Improvisation powerful workshop focuses on technique, creativity, body awareness, and connection. Through an inspiring approach and strong physical work, our dancers are encouraged to explore new movement possibilities, build strength, and develop greater freedom and awareness in improvisation.