Non exhaustive list of Institutions, Universities and Associations that have created bilateral benefic relations with the event:

• Argentina: UNA National University of the Arts Buenos Aires, University of Rosario, Santa Fe, University of the Arts, Cordoba.
• Austria: ImpulsTanz, Vienna.
• Belgium: KASK School of Arts Gent, TIC TAC Arts Center Brussels.
• Brazil: USP University of Sao Pablo, UFBA Federal University, Bahia, UnB, Brasilia, UPA University of Porto Alegre.
• Canada: EDAM Dance Company Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal
• Chile: University of the Arts, Santiago, Escenaalborde, Valparaiso, Dancers Association Concepción.
• Denmark: Danish Dance National School of Performing Arts, Aarhus.
• Egypt: Contemporary Dance Center, Cairo.
• Finland: Otoukoumpku Dance School.
• France: CND, National Dance Center Paris, University Paris VIII, CNDC National Dance Center Angers, CCN National Choreographic Center Grenoble, National Theater School, Marc Bloch University Strasbourg, Choreographic Center Strasbourg, ISS Improvisation Summer School, Nomad in France.
• Germany: Tanznetz Freiburg, HZT Berlin, Tanzfabrik Berlin, Somatic Academy Berlin, Hamburg Sozo, Kassel
• Greece: National and Kapodestrian University Athens, Vis Motrix Performance Studio, Thessaloniki. • Hong Kong: University of The Arts.
• Hungary: University of Theater and Film Arts, Budapest, Hungarian Independent Artists Association.
• Israel: Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem, Hakvutza Dance School, Tel Aviv, Vertigo Company.
• Netherland: Theatre-DasArts Amsterdam, SNDO Amsterdam.
• Nigeria: D’atè Culture Foundation, Kaduna.
• Norway: Praxis Oslo. • Poland: Fundacja Artystyczna PERFORM Warsaw.
• Portugal: Atelier | RE.AL Lisbon, O Roumo do Fumo Lisbon.
• South Africa: University of Cape Town.
• Spain: La Caldera Arts Center BCN, Theater Institut BCN, Centre Cívic Barceloneta, BCN, Complutense University Madrid, University of Leon, UCAM University of Murcia.
• Sweden: Dance and Circus University Stockholm, University of Gothenburg.
• Switzerland: University of the Arts, Bern, Stadttheater, Bern, Zurich, La manufacture Lausanne.
• Turkey: State Dance & Music Conservatory, Istanbul.
• UK: London Contemporary Dance School, Goldsmith College London, Kings College London, Laban Center, National School of Circus Arts, London, Dartington College of Arts, Middlesex University, Liverpool John Moore’s University, University of Bedfordshire, Wainsgate Dances.
• Ukraine: Kharkov University of Arts, Lviv University of Arts.
• Uruguay: CEC Center for Contemporary Studies, Montevideo, INAE National Institute for Performance Arts, Montevideo.
• US: Theater Arts at California State University Long Beach, Naropa University, University of California San Diego CA, Arizona State University, Earthdance Dance Center Northampton MA

Ann Cooper Albright is Professor and Chair of Dance at Oberlin College and President of the Society of Dance History Scholars. She is co-director of Accelerated Motion: Towards a New Dance Literacy in the US, an NEA-supported website that facilitates active learning and the exchange of teaching strategies and resources to support educators who teach dance studies as a humanistic discipline.

Alice Godfroy is a professor of literature and a dancer, a comparative literature scholar and a professor-researcher in Dance studies, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France, also member of the European Doctoral College and a research associate (PRAG) at the University of Strasbourg.

Asaf Bachrach is a CNRS (National Scientific Research Center) Paris, France researcher and a dance improviser, specializing in the intersection of dance, cognition, and intersubjectivity (labodanse.org). With a PhD from MIT in formal linguistics and cognitive neuroscience, his research integrates cognitive science methods, physiological measures, and experiential inquiry, recently exploring shared virtual reality

Chris Aiken, Professor of Dance & Chair of the Department of Dance of Smith College, Northampton MA. He is a dancer, performer, dancemaker and teacher. His research seeks to uncover the relations between dance, poetics, science, philosophy, ecology and design. For many years, he has been developing an eco-poetic model of creativity and ethical behavior that seeks to connect the poetic imagination with ecological awareness and resonance.

Dieter Heitkamp is a distinguished Professor of Contemporary Dance and former director of the Department for Contemporary and Classical Dance at the University for Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt a. M., and a member of the board of Tanzlabor_21. He was also an artistic director of Tanzfabrik Berlin from 1978 to 1995. In 2024, he received the lifetime achievement award from Explore Dance – Dance Network for Young Audiences, recognizing his extraordinary contributions to dance, along with prizes from the German Dance Award.

Eszter Gál is a Budapest-based somatic movement educator, dancer, and choreographer with a physiotherapy background, known for her international teaching, festival organization, and co-founding dance organizations. She is currently engaged in artistic practice, doctoral research on Contact Improvisation, and leading the Somatic Dialogues Academy training program.

Keith Hennessy is a San Francisco-based dancer, choreographer, and performance artist renowned for his pioneering queer and AIDS-themed performances. His work combines dance, speech, singing, and visual imagery in non-linear collages that often challenge traditional performer-observer boundaries. As the director of CIRCO ZERO and co-founder of CounterPULSE, his performances are deeply rooted in leftist activism and social movements. His art seamlessly merges performance, community organizing, and political activism.

Joe Dumit, Chair of Performance Studies, and Professor of Science & Technology Studies, and of Anthropology at University of California Davis, US. He is a visiting professor at Interacting Minds Centre, Aarhus University, where he works with movement, neuroscience, art, and virtual reality.

Nita Little, Professor in Performance studies at College of the Arts School of Theatre and Dance, University of Florida. She is an activist for relational intelligence through improvisational dance practices that began with the emergence and development of Contact Improvisation (CI). A dancer, teacher, choreographer, and dance theorist, her work with Steve Paxton was generative of CI in 1972. She initiated the Institute for the Study of Somatic Communication (the ISSC).

Nancy Stark Smith, was a prominent dancer, writer, and innovator in contemporary dance and improvisation, known for her collaboration with Steve Paxton, co-founding Contact Quarterly, creating the underscore movement practice and authoring the book "Caught Falling." Based in Massachusetts, US she significantly influenced the development of improvisational dance.

Peter Aerni, trained in Fine Arts and dance improvisation, specializes in blending these disciplines through improvisational performances and site-specific installations. He teaches at Bern University of the Arts, CH, combining Contact Improvisation, Instant Composition, and visual perception exercises in his instruction.

Peter Pleyer, is a versatile choreographer and dancer with a background in German theater acting and dance studies from the EDDC in Arnhem, collaborating with notable artists on international projects. Since settling in Berlin in 2000, he has developed a focus on innovative dance training and improvisation, creating works and teaching globally on dance history and research. Peter has played significant roles in Berlin's dance community, including directing Tanztage Berlin and teaching at HZT/UdK.