ELELEI was born in 2019 from the collaboration between Sabrina Gargano (Barletta, Italy) and Rafa Jagat (Valencia), united by the idea of bringing together their own paths in dance and theater, to unite them as a disciplinary language.

Motivated by telling stories, by questioning the why of things, and so that they could be understood by the audience, their first work A CIEGAS was born in 2020, winning the first prize at the MAIS IMAGINARIUS festival in Portugal in 2021 and the AUDIENCE AWARD at the 35 International Choreographic Competition Hannover 2021. Currently on tour.

In addition to A CIEGAS, in January 2021 they created the physical theater film MAY YOU LISTEN? belonging to the training of Jasmin Vardimon's young company JV2 in England and premiered in May 2021. In May 2022 they premiered MARATHON at Sadlers Wells, London, as a collaboration again with Jasmin Vardimon's JV2 company.

SOY MADERA was premiered on May 26, 2022 at the MAIS IMAGINARIUS festival in Santa María da Feira, Portugal.

SABRINA GARGANO

Independent dance artist. After completing the Jasmin Vardimon JV2 Professional Development Course in 2014, Sabrina performed in the United Kingdom and abroad. She collaborated with PanicLab Dance Theatre (United Kingdom), Gregory Maqoma for Companhia Instàvel (Portugal), Tom Dale (United Kingdom) Company Idem (Switzerland), Ciemulator Dance Theatre (Switzerland), Beatrice Allegranti Dance Theatre (United Kingdom), Fuora Dance Project (United Kingdom), Victoria Fox for // Tribe (United Kingdom), Mafalda Deville for Companhia Instavel (Portugal), Becky Namgauds and Jasmin Vardimon (United Kingdom), performing the lead

role of Pinocchio.

She also collaborates with Verena Schneider, her duo was performed in Italy, London and Northern Ireland. Choreography for the youth company at The Point, Pera University, Lincoln University. She teaches in the United Kingdom and Europe. She is also a teacher with the Jasmin Vardimon company and leader of the JV2 program for 2019-20 and 2020-21. She directs and choreographs MAY YOU LISTEN? for Jasmin Vardimon's JV2 company in 2021. She is part of the cast of Jasmin Vardimon's creation ALICE premiered in August 2022.

RAFA JAGAT

Actor, dancer, director and playwright. He trained for five years in dramatic arts and two more years in physical theater. He combines all this learning time with classes in different disciplines within the language of

movement. He created his own company Jagat Mata, with 6 physical theater productions since 2008. In addition to all his creations, he danced for Mey Lin Bisogno's company for 4 years, for the Omos Uno dance company for another 4 years and created a street duo with Candelaria Antelo.

He also works with David Zambrano for a month on the improvisation project "Two songs for two humans". He is a co-founder of EXIN, which organizes movement-related workshops throughout Europe. He teaches classes for dancers and actors in Spain and Europe. Since 2020 he has collaborated as a director and playwright with circus companies in Barcelona such as (Som Noise, Encuentros and Papaya).