Algarabía
Jesús Carmona and the University of Navarra Orchestra

Born in Badalona in 1985, he began his flamenco training at the age of 7. He graduated in Spanish Dance and Flamenco from the Institute of Theater and Dance in 2003 and furthered his artistic training with the most important performers and creators of the time. He has been a member of companies such as El Güito, Nuevo Ballet Español, and Antonio Canales, among others. In 2006, he joined the cast of the Spanish National Ballet, where he rose to the rank of principal dancer and participated as a guest artist in subsequent years.

His restlessness as a creator and performer drives him to leave his position within the BNE to create his own proposals, thus giving rise to the Jesús Carmona Dance Company, in addition to collaborating as a creator for projects of other artists and companies.

Among other awards, he has won the Benois de la Danse Prize 2021, the National Dance Prize 2020, the Ojo Crítico RTVE Prize 2019, and two MAX Awards for 'Baile de Bestias' (Dance of Beasts), for best show and best performer in 2022.

Spanish Dance dancer, she graduated from the Conservatorio de Danza Mariemma in Madrid and began her professional career at the Taller Estudio del Ballet Nacional de España and the Compañía de Antonio Gades. In 2010, she joined the Ballet Nacional de España under the direction of José Antonio Ruiz and later Antonio Najarro. Subsequently, she has been part of companies such as María Pagés, Rojas y Rodríguez and Jesús Carmona and has been invited as a soloist to collaborate with artists such as Antonio Canales, Sergio Bernal or Joaquín de Luz. In addition, she works in the most renowned flamenco tablaos in Spain such as Corral de la Morería, Tablao Cordobés, Tablao Villarosa, Casa Patas or Flamenco de leones, among others.

As a teacher, she has taught courses in countries such as Japan, Mexico and the USA, as well as in various dance conservatories and schools in Spain, sharing her versatility in the different specialties of Spanish dance and flamenco.

With her piece La Imperfecta, she won the "Outstanding Dancer" award at the Spanish Dance and Flamenco Competition in Madrid. She also received the Única award, given to prominent women in the region of Murcia, and in 2023 the Alfonso X de Cultura de Murcia award for Un Lucero, her first solo show, which was co-produced by Flamenco Festival and with which she has performed at the Festival de Jerez and the Suma Flamenca de Madrid, among other venues.

Cynthya, the 44th Roxie Hart in the legendary musical Chicago, is a fearless artist who passionately reinvents herself, earning her recognition from The New York Times. While her career spans television, film, and music, it is on stage where she has cemented her legacy.

An advocate for emerging voices in theater, she has embraced new playwrights and directors, making their vision her own. Her collaboration with Karim Chebi and Sara Abdo is a testament to this commitment. Starring in Ghammid Eyn, Fatti7 Eyn, and Maamoul, both smash hits with sold-out performances in Beirut, Dubai, and Canada, she demonstrated her remarkable talent as an actress.

Beyond these decisive roles, Cynthya captivated audiences as "Adla" in the hit series Belddam. She was also one of the eight best contestants on Star Academy in 2004. Since then, she has collaborated with renowned directors such as Adolfo Martínez, Ebrahim Hatemikia, Georges Khabbaz, Najdat Anzour, Gabriel Yammine, Layth Hajjo, and Carlos Chahine, cementing her reputation as a versatile and captivating performer.

He won a Murex D'or in 2025 and has performed at numerous international festivals in the Arab region.

Lebanese playwright, actor, and theater director. He completed a postgraduate degree in directing and acting at the Lebanese University Institute of Arts, distinguishing himself for his solo theatrical works, known as "monodramas."

The French magazine L'Express selected him as one of the hundred most influential figures in Lebanon, and Time Out magazine recognizes him as one of the forty personalities who have made Beirut a great city.

He is a founding member of the Arab Theater Organization and a member of its Board of Directors, a member of the Advisory Committee of the Fujeirah International Monodrama Festival, and former president of the Union of Theater, Film, and Television Actors. He often serves as president and member of numerous juries at Arab theater festivals. He has written numerous articles on theater and the book "The Narrator Actor on the Stage of Life," in which he shares his theatrical experience.

He has received numerous awards, including Best Actor at the Carthage International Theater Festival, the Teatro del Sur Award, the Cedro Dorado Award, the Saeed Akl Award, the Lebanon Creativity Award, the Murex d'Or Award, the Biaf Honorary Award, and the Biaf Icon of the Decade Award.

His plays have been performed all over the world and he has participated in many international festivals.

Ignacio García has a degree in stage direction from the Royal School of Dramatic Arts in Madrid and is the winner of the award for best director and best young director from the Spanish Association of Stage Directors and the 1st stage creation competition organized by the Teatro Real in Madrid.

He has directed the Almagro International Classical Theater Festival and has been assistant artistic director of the Teatro Español in Madrid. He was also the creator and artistic director of Voces de la Lengua, an artistic creation center focused on the beauty of the Spanish language developed in La Rioja, and, on the same subject, he has directed and coordinated the Palabra Dicha y Dichosa cycle at the Juan March Foundation. He is the programmer of the Dramafest Festival in Mexico, which focuses on contemporary drama and theatrical creation.

Since the beginning of his career, he has worked to promote and raise awareness of Spanish Golden Age theater, with adaptations, stage productions, and seminars on the subject around the world. He has directed theatrical performances based on texts by Calderón de la Barca, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Francisco de Quevedo, Juan Del Encina, José María Rodríguez Méndez, Ernesto Caballero, Max Aub, León Felipe, and José Saramago, among many others, on stages, at festivals, and with national theater companies in Spain, Europe, and Latin America.

In the field of opera, he has staged more than 60 titles from the great universal repertoire (Puccini, Monteverdi, Verdi, Rossini, Paisiello, Massenet, Gounod, Stravinsky, Donizetti, Mendelssohn, Schumann, etc.), and five world premieres, also demonstrating a special sensitivity for zarzuela and the Spanish repertoire of all periods.

He has taught courses, seminars, and master's degrees in different countries. He has been a professor at the Valladolid School of Dramatic Arts, the Accademia delle Belle Arti Santa Giulia in Brescia (Italy), and the Bande a Part film school in Barcelona.

Director and actor with a background in film, theater, and artistic consulting. He studied at Beaux Art Beirut for two years, specializing in dance and directing (2001-2002). He is also co-founder of the Cabriolet Film Festival in Beirut, Lebanon. In 2025, he completed his film studies at the New York Film Academy (NYFA).

He has participated in numerous short films and has produced three (Parallel, Lost, Paper Plane). He has also directed two documentaries: Beirut, Wounded City (2021) and Carmen in Baalbeck (2025).

In addition to his work in film and theater, he has co-directed musical shows such as Moving Mountains (2014) and Sounds of Victory (2015), combining music and stage direction to create captivating performances. As an actor, he has played several theater roles, including L'amant (2010) and Film Ameriki Tawil (2000).

In addition, he has taught several acting workshops in collaboration with Scouts du Liban (2005-2009), promoting new talent and sharing his art.

Born in Malaga, his curious and eclectic personality has led him to work on a wide variety of projects. Last year, he won First Prize at the Rachmaninoff International Competition 2025. He has received commissions from the Vancouver Chamber Choir (Canada), the Certamen Coral Ejea de los Caballeros (Zaragoza), the Festival Saulus (Zaragoza), and the Coro Nubah (Granada). He has worked as an orchestrator for Dirk Brossé and collaborates with young filmmakers on audiovisual projects.

In 2022, he premiered Francisco de Goya: Con la música a otra parte, an opera for choir, actors, and ensemble about Goya's final years in France. He participated in the Innopraktika and Russians Seasons School Music Session 2021. In 2020, he won the 41st Frédéric Mompou International Prize in Barcelona.

He studied composition for audiovisual media at KASK & Conservatorium in Ghent and at CNSMD in Lyon. He studied composition at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón.

One of the most renowned Spanish percussionists of the new generation.

Born in Granada in 1989 and raised in Barcelona, Manu Masaedo has developed his own style, with a distinctive sound and great precision and rhythmic complexity. A versatile musician, he has shared the stage with leading figures in flamenco, Cuban music, and jazz, including Wynton Marsalis, Chano Dominguez, Jerry González, and Paquito d'Rivera, among others. In 2015, he released his first solo album, entitled "23," on which he made his debut as a singer, composer, and arranger. He currently combines his solo career with his work as an accompanist to leading figures.

The prolific conductor Borja Quintas has conducted some of the most important ensembles in the world, such as the London Symphony Orchestra or the New Russia Symphony Orchestra, always combining the symphonic and lyrical worlds, and accompanying soloists of the stature of Plácido Domingo, Javier Camarena, Ainhoa Arteta or María Bayo.

Strongly committed to young symphony orchestras as a driving force for artistic and social change, he is currently Artistic Director of the University of Navarra Symphony Orchestra, the JMJ Symphony Orchestra, Choir, and Choir School, and the UCAM Symphony Orchestra. He also teaches at the Conservatory of Music of Aragon and the Katarina Gurska Higher Education Center, where he directs the Master's Degree in Conducting.

Trained entirely as a conductor at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, he develops his artistic activity mainly in Russia and Spain, although he has performed in most European capitals and in Middle Eastern countries such as Azerbaijan, Georgia or Kyrgyzstan.

Doctorate cum laude in Arts and Humanities from Rey Juan Carlos University, Master's degree in Performing Arts. Graduate of the University of the Arts of Cuba, specializing in Stage Direction and Performance. Adjunct professor and researcher at Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid. She is also a member of the Spanish Academy of Performing Arts.

He has directed more than 50 theatrical productions, with a special focus on contemporary interpretations of the classics of the Golden Age.

She currently collaborates with the University of Navarra and the University of Granada as a researcher and specialist in set design, stage direction, and theater training. Since 2009, she has directed the Mephisto Teatro theater company.

She holds a degree in Art History, with two years of training in Fine Arts. She has completed several international postgraduate courses at Central Saint Martins School (London) and Fondazione Roberto Capucci (Florence), where she specializes in textile treatments and manipulation.

She designs costumes for theater, performers, singers, figure skaters, acrobats, and artists from a wide variety of disciplines. In 2010, she participated in an exhibition on flamenco costumes at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, alongside works by Picasso and Dalí.

She has won two awards for best costume design and recently completed the costume design for Cinderella, the musical by Stage Entertainment.

He was born in Alicante and moved to Madrid in 1992, where he began working in technical management at the National Classical Theater Company.

He is one of the most nationally and internationally renowned lighting designers in the performing arts. He is a founding member of the Spanish Academy of Performing Arts.

His works have been recognized with prestigious awards such as the 2023 Talía Award for Les Choristes, the 2021 Max Award for La mort i la donzella, el cuarto que recibe, and the 2018 ADE Award for Los Gondra.

He has worked on and premiered various projects in theaters such as the Teatro Real in Madrid, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Croatian National Opera, Tel Aviv Opera, and the Thailand Cultural Center in Bangkok.

He has performed in operas such as Aida, Ballo in Maschera, Rigoletto, Nabucco, Il Trovatore, Macbeth, and Falstaff by G. Verdi, Tosca and Bohéme by G. Puccini, among others.

It combines traditional scenography with video mapping and LED screens, seeking a balance between respect for the essence of the works and contemporary adaptation.