Professionals in the world of Dance with renowned experience and a very high international background
They will be the beating heart of the CDM
With their expertise and their technical and artistic preparation they will offer a unique moment of connection
Kristian Lever is a British-Finnish award-winning director, writer and choreographer.
After completing his dance training at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, he went on to a highly successful career as a dancer with the world-famous Hamburg Ballet of John Neumeier. Through his choreographer and filmmaker work, Kristian has quickly become one of the most desired young dance artists in Europe today. Creating works for dance companies such as the Hamburg Ballet, the Croatian National Ballet, Geneva Junior Ballet, and the Salzburg Ballet, among many others.
One of his earliest choreographies won the Prestigious Erik Bruhn Prize, awarded by the National Ballet of Canada in Toronto. That same year he was honoured “Promising Young Talent 2019” by Germany’s largest dance magazine TANZ, and he continues to gain recognition at an incredible rate.
Kristian founded Klever Creatives, a production company featuring film, theatre and dance. Klever Creatives brings original and emotionally charged stories to life with focused visual language and aesthetics. The company has toured and performed across Europe with its dance theatre productions, e.g. “Framework” and “Connecting Doors”. Clever Creatives produced Kristian’s film debut, “The Stranger”, which screened at the Oscar and Bafta qualifying film festivals Rhode Island International Film Festival and Tribeca, to name a few and has been picked up by broadcasts such as YLE (Finland). Kristian was recently nominated for a Musicbed Award for the “Momoline” commercial he directed and choreographed in 2022. Currently, Kristian is developing his debut feature film.
Marco is a member of the ALLSTYLE CREW, one of the longest-lived in Italy and among the first for Stand Up Dance.
In the mid-80s he approaches Hip Hop culture through break dance and completes his training as a Street Dancer by studying Lockin’, Poppin’, Hip Hop Dance and House Dance with the pioneers of these dances. His passion also drives him to get curious about Jazz dance and Tip tap, thus enriching and integrating his wealth of knowledge.
Since 1993 he has worked as a dancer and choreographer in well-known television programs for Rai 1, Italia 1 and MTV and events for Reebok, Fila, L’Oréal, Enervit, Jtb, Klipsò, Red Bull and Pitti.
In 2006 he was part of The Poets of Rhythm in the live shows choreographed by The Next One “Gli Originali”, with the orchestra conducted by Franco Micallizzi and “Vulcanology”, a music festival with the likes of Soul II Soul, Roy Ayers and Donald Goddesses.
Winner of choreographic contests and freestyle battles, in which he also participates today as a judge.
Since 1996 he has been in great demand as a teacher. His classes are very successful thanks to the continuous research he offers to his students, describing dance through the concept he has created and called Skydancer Philosophy.
Tap Dancer and choreographer
She studied acting, singing and especially dancing: ballet, contemporary, ballroom dancing, musical, hip-hop, jazz and tap.
As an actress, dancer and singer participates in the musical Fiddler on the Roof.
As a tap dancer participates in an advertising campaign with the Stomp company, in the percussion and tap dance show Trashtos, in the Saxtap show,
As a solo dancer she has worked reguraly with the company Els Comediants, the orchestra La Locomotora Negra and also in the show Enramblao of the well-known flamenco dancer Rafael Amargo, among other shows.
Since 1999 she is one of the tap dancers from Barcelona Rhythm Tap, a company directed by Guillem Alonso with whom she has performed in numerous theaters and television.
Throughout 2000-02 she was tap soloist in the successful production Fire of Dance touring around Europe. Here she also performed as a jazz and irish dancer.
She is one of the creators and performers of the company and show Tap Olé, show premiered at the Vittum Theatre of Chicago in 2003, and wich won the Audience Award at the Festival Internacional de Valladolid 2004.
Among others they performed in New York, Helsinky, Boston, Dusseldorf, Croatia, Italy, Panama and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2007, 2008 and 2010 with great reviews and audience success. In November 2009 premiere their second show Tapeando in Barcelona and they toured Germany and they performed at Peacock’s Theatre of London among others.
She is one of the creators and coreographers of the show Boogie Woogie Tap with the well known piano player Lluis Coloma and his trio.
She is the director, coreographer and dancer of Trakatap. Among others they performed at Versus Teatre, Sat!, Festival Internacional de Valladolid, Mostra d’Igualada and at Teatro Tosse in Genova.
As a leading member of the tap comunity in Barcelona, Roser teaches reguraly at Luthier school in Barcelona, she has given workshops around the world and she has been invited in numerous tap festivals around Europe and E.E.U.U, and she has been one of the main tap dancers at the monthly Tap Jams.
Chiara Babì is a performer, choreographer, and teacher active on the Italian and European dance scene. A member of the Lady Killer crew, she has performed at events such as the Olympic Ceremony, Red Bull events, Juste Debout, Juste for Ladies, Dance Delight, ATP Finals, House Dance Forever, and many others.
Founder of the collective F.i.l., she leads numerous artistic and educational projects such as SAFE House and Soul Pride, and she also works as a teacher and judge at various events.
Her artistic research combines club culture, experimentation, and vertical dance with the company EvoluzionAria. Her language is constant movement—authentic and continuously evolving.
Elisa Terrone, known as Pinklady, began dancing in 2003 in Turin. She fully entered the Turin hip-hop dance scene, immersed in street culture. Hip-hop became both a life space and a form of expression, a refuge where she discovered her identity.
In 2005, she joined the all-female crew Lady Killer, one of the longest-standing crews in Italy. She began her professional career with Lady Killer, sponsored by Nike for eight years, and worked with brands such as Diesel, Reebok, and Puma. The crew also gained international recognition, being invited to competitions such as Dance Delight and Red Bull BC One, and winning “Crew of the Year 2012” in Italy.
Her artistic path began with locking and later evolved into waacking, one of her greatest passions, through which she established herself as an important figure on both the national and international scene. She has won several competitions in France, Germany, England, and Italy. She also became a choreographer for theatrical productions such as “Radici”.
She is the artistic director of Art of Dance Torino and AOD Academy Torino.
Ballet Teacher at CDM 2026
Classical and Neoclassical Freelance Dancer and Ballet Teacher
PAR (Programa d’Alt Rendiment), Terrassa
Born in Zaragoza, Spain
Includes roles in:
Includes works by:
Akram Khan, David Dawson, Kevin O’Day, Bridget Breiner, Marguerite Donlon, Jeroen Verbruggen, Glen Tetley, Iratxe Ansa & Igor Bacovich, Idan Sharabi, Kristian Lever, Wayne McGregor, Natalia Horecna, Patrick Delcroix, Oliver Marcus Starpov, Liam Scarlett, Sebastian Kloborg, Stefanos Bizas, Tilman O’Donnell, Alexander Ekman, Marcos Morau, Fernando Hernando Magadan, Caroline Finn-Fischer, Jorma Elo, Ashley Marriott, Kim Brandstrup, Jo Strømgren, Uwe Scholz, Tim Rushton, Jiří Kylián, Alvin Ailey, Twyla Tharp, Jerome Robbins, Ohad Naharin, among others.
Collaborations with Kammerballetten and Cross Connection.
Ilaria began taking her first dance steps at a very young age, but it was after graduating from the “MTS” Academy that her professional journey truly began. Following early experiences as a television dancer and small acting roles in theatre, in 2004 she joined the cast of Pinocchio, produced by Compagnia della Rancia, performing in the national tours of 2004/05, 2005/06 and 2009, as well as the international summer tour in Korea in 2009 and New York in 2010.
From 2005 to 2006, she worked as assistant choreographer and performer in Toc Toc – A Time for Musical; in 2007 she was a performer in Cabaret for Compagnia della Rancia; in 2008 she was assistant choreographer for High School Musical; in 2011 she worked as assistant choreographer for Happy Days and as choreographer for Giais International Group at the Campione d’Italia Casino, collaborating on various productions until 2017. In 2012 she was assistant choreographer for the musical Young Frankenstein; in 2014 she served as assistant choreographer for Cercasi Cenerentola(Cinderella Wanted), choreographer for the show Mina Vagante, and assistant choreographer for the Newsies workshop. In 2015 she was assistant choreographer for Dirty Dancing; for Compagnia della Rancia she was performer and assistant choreographer for Cabaret and, until 2019, assistant choreographer for Grease.
In 2016 she choreographed Paraguay’s first musical opera, Be Italian; in 2018 she choreographed the tribute video to Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, produced by STM; in 2019 she choreographed the opera Ami e Tami, a co-production by STM and Teatro Coccia in Novara; and in 2020 she choreographed Oklahoma!, co-produced by STM and Fondazione Teatro Coccia di Novara.
Since 2021, she has been choreographer and dancer for the show Harp & Tap, and since 2024 for Tap the Mask. In 2022, for Roberto Bolle, she was co-choreographer alongside Massimiliano Volpini and dancer with Maria Celeste Losa in Rialto Ripples at the Final Show 2022 of OnDance. For STM Live and Fondazione Teatro Coccia, she co-choreographed the musical Tick, Tick… Boom!; for All Entertainment, she was associate choreographer for Legally Blonde in Italy and Una Rubia Muy Legal in Madrid.
In 2025, she choreographed Willie Peyote’s performance at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song Grazie, ma no grazie, as well as Sweeney Todd for STM Live and Show Bees. In 2026, she signs the choreography for Next to Normal, produced by STM Live and Show Bees, and works as a contracted Ballet Professor (tap dance) for Teatro alla Scala.
Alongside her professional achievements, Ilaria is also a passionate teacher of tap dance and musical jazz at prestigious institutions and dance schools in Milan.