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Beatriz Sano lives in São Paulo, Brazil. She’s a choreographer, dancer, teacher, and researcher. She holds a BA in dance and an MA in Performing Arts from the University of Campinas (Unicamp).Her research is related to the Asian practices she studies with Toshi Tanaka in Brazil, such as Noguchi's doho and Noh theater. Sano has been part of Key Zetta e Cia since 2009 and has established artistic partnerships with Eduardo Fukushima, Júlia Rocha, and Isabel Ramos Monteiro. In 2024, together with Eduardo Fukushima, she choreographed "Horizonte +," a piece for the Balé da Cidade de São Paulo and participated in the Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels. In 2022, she collaborated with the Japanese theater company Okazaki Art Theatre founded by Yudai Kamisato.

Eduardo Fukushima is a choreographer, dancer, teacher, and dramaturg based in São Paulo. He studied Dance and Performance - Communication and Arts of the Body (Puc-Sp), and holds a postgraduate degree in Contemporary Dance Studies from the Federal University of Bahia. He studied for a year at dance company, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, alongside its founder, director, and choreographer, Lin Hwai-min. He collaborates with Yudai Kamisato, founder of Japanese theater company Okazaki Art Theatre (Kunio Kishida Drama Award 2017). He has received the APCA Dance Award in the dance creation category (2020), the Denilto Gomes Award (2014), the Rolex Arts Mentor & Protégé Arts Initiative Award (2012-2013), and the Rumos Dança Itaú Cultural Award (2009-2010). In 2024, together with Beatriz Sano, he created the piece "Horizonte +" for Balé da Cidade de São Paulo at the Theatro Municipal, and participated in the Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels.