Company

We are proud of our diverse team of dancers.

Dance has always been a significant part of my life. I always find my self asking why I chose this life pattern and I never find a specific answer. The energy that travels in my body finds a sense in rhythm and it express through dense forms of movement. It’s a platonic love, something that never finds an end and instead always find ways to push over limits.

Born: Manfredonia, Italy, 2001

Experience:
2022-2023: Theater Plauen Zwickau
2023-currently: Csokonai National Theatre Debrecen

Education:
BA Contemporary Dance 2020-2023

Martina Balzamo

I broke down seemingly insurmountable barriers and I was finally able to get to know myself, to experiment, to allow my most intimate feelings to come out. Nowadays dance is my safe place.

Fun fact: I was planning to be in the military before I fantasised a life in the arts.

Born: Palermo, Italy, 1998

Experience:
Choreography assistant of Etienne Bechàrd, Louis Stiens, Anne Jung, Yoshito Sakuraba
Guest dancer at Mongrove Festival, China
Internship with Spellbound Contemporary Ballet

Education:
Dance Arts Faculty, Rome

Chiara Cascino

Marta Crocamo

Art has always been present in my life. For me, dance reflects what opera represents for Wagner: the great total work of art.

Fun fact: You can find me either sending an email or with a glass of wine in my hand (or both).

Born: Santa Úrsula, Tenerife, 1993

Experience:
PR Evolution Dance Company
Royal Ballet Fehérvár
Dantzaz Company

Education:
Conservatorio Superior de Danza María de Ávila, Madrid
Centro Internacional de Danza de Tenerife

Fernando Gabriel Luis

I feel a lot, I think a lot and I move a lot. Dance is the place where all can merge as a whole.

Born: Altafulla, Spain, 2000

Education:
BA Contemporary Dance – Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance

Rut Nache Lopez

My mother first enrolled me in dance lessons when I was 3 years old.

Fun fact: I love to sing and it was my dream to join the circus when I was 10.

Born: Sydney, Australia, 2001

Elise Paris Turco

Bendegúz Varga

Lina Verveckken

I grew up surrounded by art. It's like it was already part of my DNA before I was born.

Fun fact: I love cooking, fashion design, photography and cinema.

Born: Chieri, Turin, Italy, 1999

Valerio Zaffalon

Artisitic Management

Edit Domoszlai

Artisitc Director of Gradient

Hungarian-British Edit Domoszlai enjoyed a 13-year career as a full-time dancer before turning to choreography and leadership. After training in Pécs, she danced with Ballet Pécs for five years, receiving the Hungarian Dancers Association’s Best Female Dancer award in 2014. She then joined Rambert Dance Company in London for nearly 8 years, where she performed works by choreographers includingincluding Wayne McGregor, Sharon Eyal, Merce Cunningham, Hofesh Schechter, Marion Motin, Sidi Larbi Cherkaui, Alexander Whitley, Itzik Galili, Andonis Foniadakis, Lucy Guerin and Christopher Bruce.
From December 2021 till November 2022 she was also a member of the company L-E-V directed by Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar.

Edit has created several short works for Rambert’s choreographic platform, including Angels, selfie-sh, and Competitive Plasticity, the latter of which was selected for the International Choreography Competition in Hannover. She has also choreographed short pieces for graduating students of the Hungarian Dance Academy, and for Dance Arts Faculty in Rome.
In 2022, she was chosen by Wayne McGregor as one of two emerging choreographers to create a new work for the 59th Venice Biennale, where she presented the half-evening piece Liminal as part of the International Dance Festival.
In 2024, she was selected for the Carlos Acosta Choreographic Fellowship in London.

Alongside her artistic career, Edit completed an MA in Education and Technology at the prestigous UCL, served as a Reach Ambassador for Dancers’ Career Development, and also worked in software development.
In 2024 she became Artistic Director of the Csokonai National Theatre Debrecen’s contemporary dance company, founding Gradient Contemporary Ballet Debrecen.

Fernando Gabriel Luis

Rehearsal Director

He was born and raised in Santa Úrsula, Tenerife. He began dancing at the local El Sauzal Ballet School and took a more serious step in 2010 under the supervision of Rosalina Ripoll and Miguel Navarro.
As a professional dancer, he made his debut with the Tenerife Ballet, where he appeared in several lead roles. He then continued his career in Madrid, where he expanded his skills at the María de Ávila Superior Dance Conservatory and worked with choreographers such as Nacho Duato and Tony Fabre.

In 2016, he joined the Dantzaz Company, performing in choreographies by Itzik Galili, Lukas Timulak, Jone San Martin, Christine Hassid, and Paolo Mohovich. Two years later, he moved to Hungary, joining the Székesfehérvár Ballet Theater, where he frequently appeared in lead roles, many of which were choreographed specifically to suit his style. He also had the opportunity to perform in works by Alexander Ekman and Jiri Kylian and began working as a ballet master and assistant choreographer in addition to his dance career.

In 2023, he joined the dance division of the Csokonai National Theater in Debrecen, and since 2024 he is the company's Rehearsal Director.