Assistant Researcher (CEEC) in performing arts at ICNOVA, as well as a dramaturgist and curator. She is the author of the books O Discurso da Cumplicidade. Dramaturgias Contemporâneas (2004), Ritmos Afectivos nas Artes Performativas (2018), and Quem tem medo das emoções? (2022). Ana Pais also organised the anthology Performance in the Public Sphere (2017). She served as a theatre critic for the Portuguese newspapers Público (2003) and Expresso (2004). As a playwright, she has collaborated with theatre and dance creators in Portugal. Additionally, as a curator, she has conceptualised, coordinated, and produced various discursive curatorial events, including P! Performance in the Public Sphere (Lisbon, 10-14 April 2017).

Artistic director of Materiais Diversos since 2015. She regularly collaborates as a trainer and teacher with Forum Dança, the Portuguese Theatre and Cinema School (ESTC), Acesso Cultura, and the National Plan for the Arts (PNA). Her professional journey began in 1999 in production, and in 2003, she transitioned into artistic education as a collaborator with CENTA. From 2006 to 2014, Elisabete coordinated and programmed the A Oficina Educational Service. During this period, she created and edited the LURA newspaper, designed the Mais Dois Programme, and directed the Guimarães 2012 CEC Educational Service. She holds a master’s degree in Theatre Studies from FLUP. 

Visual Arts Programmer at Almada Town Hall since 2018, overseeing the artistic direction of Casa da Cerca, Galeria Municipal, and Convento dos Capuchos. Between 2015 and 2017, she was the artistic director of the Eugénio de Almeida Forum in Évora. Filipa was an assistant curator at the 28th São Paulo Biennial in 2010, and in 2012, she was a guest curator of the Satellite project at the Jeu de Paume in Paris. In 2022, she co-curated the 4th edition of the Anozero Biennial of Contemporary Art in Coimbra with Elfi Turpin. In 2024 she was the Creative Mediator of Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana. 

Master in Artistic Photography (2022) and Sociology of Culture (2007), PhD in Sociology of Art (2019), co-creator of the Nêga Filmes Cultural Association. She develops transdisciplinary projects in visual arts, cinema, curatorship, education, photography, poetry and performance. She directed the short films Histórias e Memórias, on show at the Álbuns De Família exhibition, 3×4 Afroportuguês, Quando a noite cai , among others. She is one of the creators of the KUBATA – Casa de Potencialização Artística project. Since 2016, she has coordinated and curated several film cycles and exhibitions, such as the Mostra de Cinema na Cova, the Mostra TATURANA BR|PT and the film cycle Africanities and Their Human Landscapes.

Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon and a researcher at the Centre for Comparative Studies at the same institution. She completed her PhD at King's College London in 2012. Mariana is the author of various articles and monographs, and she has coordinated scientific volumes, including Realizadoras Portuguesas: Cinema no Feminino na Era Contemporânea (with Hilary Owen, 2023) and Educação para o Cinema em Portugal (2022).

Visual artist, curator, programmer and art educator. She has a degree in Anthropology from UNL/FCSH and a postgraduate qualification in Performance from FBAUP. She has carried out research into the Image and Representation of the Black Body and Afro-diasporic Black Subjectivities, while also developing visual arts curatorial projects in independent spaces and in partnership with cultural institutions. As a visual artist, she has presented her work in group and solo exhibitions, conferences and interdisciplinary meetings. She is a Speech Programmer at TBA – Teatro do Bairro Alto in Lisbon. She is one of the founding artists of UNA – União Negra das Artes.

He holds a degree in Computer Engineering and a postgraduate degree in Cultural Management and Sustainability at the University of Coimbra. He has a degree in Performing Arts Management and Production and a Professional Photography course. He was the director of the Coffeepaste platform. Between 2019 and June 2023, he collaborated with O Espaço do Tempo as an Artistic Advisor, participating as a jury member for O Espaço do Tempo Creation Scholarships and the Portuguese Performing Arts Platform. Additionally, he is a member of the jury for the Authors' Dance Awards (SPA) and the Revelation Award of the D. Maria II National Theater. Since 2022, he has been an independent expert collaborating with the General-Directorate of the Arts – Ministry of Culture (DGARTES) in the Sustained Support Programme and the Network of Portuguese Theater and Cinema.

He holds a degree in architecture, and an executive master's degree and PhD candidate at MIT Portugal / KIC InnoEnergy. He is a technical and cultural advisor to the Cape Verde embassy in Portugal. In architecture, he has worked on projects of various scales in different countries, receiving honours and awards. After designing the Cape Verde Cultural Centre in Lisbon, he accepted the challenge of managing, programming and curating at the institution. He graduated from the SNBA and has collaborated as an independent curator with different public and private, national and international institutions. He recently joined the curatorial advisory board of the project Isto não é um cubo, funded by the Rede Portuguesa de Arte Contemporânea/DGARTES and was co-curator of the X São Tomé and Príncipe Art Biennial.