Joana von Mayer Trindade is a choreographer, performer and pedagogue. She is co-founder with Hugo Cristovão of NuIsIs ZoBoP. She earned a master’s in solo/dance/authorship from the Berlin University of the Arts UDK/HZT in 2013. She took a course in contemporary dance performers in 1999 at Fórum Dança. Amongst work she has created is “Between Being and Becoming” - Edge/ London, “M E N I N A S”, “SALTUS”and “NAMELESS NATURES”.

Hugo Calhim Cristovão is a director, actor, pedagogue and researcher. He is co-creator of the research group NuIsIs ZoBoP. Of his various collaborations with Joana von Mayer, of note are the jointly directed pieces “MENINAS”, “BETWEEN BEING AND BECOMING”, “THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN”and“O CÉU É APENAS UM DISFARCE AZUL DO INFERNO”. He has a master’s in contemporary philosophy from FLUP and a degree in theatre acting and directing from ESMAE-IPP.