Guest choreographers

Born in 1981, Mauro de Candia began his dance studies at the age of nine in Barletta, his hometown. In 1991, in Verona, he was noticed by Marika Besobrasova, director of the Académie de danse classique Princesse Grace in Monte Carlo, who offered him the opportunity to come to her school every summer. After briefly studying at the Scuola di Ballo del Teatro alla Scala in Milan and Béjart's Atelier Rudra in Lausanne, he joined the Académie permanently in August 1998 thanks to the John Gilpin scholarship awarded to him by Princess Antoinette.

After completing his professional training, in August 2001 he moved to Germany, where he danced for five seasons with the Hanover Opera Ballet under the direction of Stephan Thoss. During his career as a dancer, Mauro de Candia had the opportunity to dance in works by George Balanchine, Maurice Béjart, Stephan Thoss, William Forsythe, Jiri Kylián, Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, Marco Goecke.

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Anna Hop is a dancer, choreographer, director, and pedagogue.

Graduate of The Polish National Ballet School in Warsaw. Dancer with The Polish National Ballet since 2009. Master in PR and Media Marketing of The Warsaw University. Winner of award for the best performance („Carnival of Animals”) in the Perły Tańca 2019 Competition and winner of the individual prize for creating stage movement in the drama performance „Księżniczka na opak wywrócona” XXIIIrd Polish Comedy Festival TALIA 2019.Creator of performances: „Exodus” for Polish National Ballet, music by W. Kilar (2021), „Husband and wife” for Polish National Ballet with music by S. Moniuszko and W. Kostrzewa (2019), „Carnival of Animals” with music by C. Saint-Saens for the Ballet of Wrocław Opera House (2017), „Pupa” for Polish National Ballet with music by S. Syrewicz (2015), „Bajki Ci opowiem…” with music by W. Lutosławski for Ballet company of Opera in The Castle in Szczecin (2013). 

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J Bautista is a freelance artist from Gibraltar. At the age of 16, J moved to London to train at English National Ballet School. During their studies, they performed as a member of ENB2 and worked with English National Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet performing at the Royal Opera House, London Coliseum and on national tours. After graduating, they joined the Polish National Ballet. They performed a variety of classical and contemporary repertoire at the National Opera House in Warsaw and internationally. J then moved back to London to freelance in 2020 where they have worked on various projects within the music, film and fashion industries.