Jury

Barbora Hruskova - pré-seleção/pre selection

Ballet Master at the National Ballet of Portugal

Former Principal Dancer at National Ballet of Portugal

Former first Soloist at the Royal Ballet of Flanders

Claudia Zaccari

Former principal dancer at the Rome Opera

Jury member in many important international competitions

Artistic Director and consultant of several dance schools and numerous events in Argentina, Brazil, China, Italy, Mexico, Panama and Paraguay, including Premio MAB (Milan), Opus Ballet (Florence), Bento em Dança and FIDPOA (Brazil)

Tour promoter of international companies, including Companhia Portuguesa de Bailado Contemporâneo

Representative of SoDança brand in Europe

Daniel Cardoso

Graduated at Escola de Dança do Conservatório Nacional, in Lisbon

Founder, artistic director and choreographer at contemporary dance company Quorum Ballet

Member of the General Council of Escola de Dança do Conservatório Nacional

Guest teacher of contemporary dance at Vaganova Academy, in St. Petersburg, Russia

Kathrin Baum-Höfer

Graduated at Leipzig School of Dance, in Germany

Graduated in ballet pedagogy at Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts, in Germany

Guest teacher at Salt Lake City University of Utah, American Academy of Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, in the USA

Ballet teacher at Berlin State Ballet School and project manager for the Berlin Youth Ballet

Neel Verdoorn

Former dancer at the companies Reflex and Djazzex

Guest teacher of Choreography and Modern Dance Technique at Codarts, University for the Arts in Rotterdam, also having created choreographies for many other dance schools, such as Tanz Akademie Zürich

Choreographer at dance companies like Company Budapest Tanzsinhas and Ballet Pecs (Hungary), Aterballeto (Italy) Dansgroep Krisztina de Châtel, Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, Holland Dance Festival and Internationaal Theater Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Winner of the Dance Audience Award 2015 for her creation of Crazy Blues, at the Internationaal Theater Amsterdam

Pedro Carneiro

Graduated in dance at Ballet Gulbenkian School, in Lisbon, and at John Cranko School, in Stuttgart

Graduated as dance teacher at Vaganova Academy, in Saint Petersburg

Former dancer at Bona Opera, in former German Federal Republic

Former dancer at Companhia Nacional de Bailado, in Lisbon

Former director and ballet and character dance teacher at Escola de Dança do Conservatório Nacional, in Lisbon

Artistic Director of the Escola Mosa Ballet School, in Liége, Belgium (new role from September 2021)

Jury member and teacher in many important international competitions

Roberto Altamura

Graduated at SPID Italian Professional Dance School, in Milan

Graduated in contemporary dance at Merce Cunningham Dance Company, in New York

Dance teacher at instituions like Ballettakademie Wiener Staatsoper (VIBE Vienna), Dongduk Women's University and Kookmin University, both in Seoul (VIBE Korea)

Artistic Director of the school Milan City Ballet

Founder and artistic director of Milano Contemporary Ballet company, collaborating with Company Wayne McGregor

Rosanna Brocanello

Former teacher at Florence Dance Center School

Former director at Associazione Danza Toscana seat of the Balletto di Toscana

Founder and Artistic Director of the Company Opus Ballet

Founder of International Choreographic Centre Opus Ballet