This is the hard working and talented BIDE Team.
They come from different sectors such as dance, visual arts, social communication amongst others. They joined the BIDE project due their common interest in performing arts and cultural exchange, promoting ideas in motion and curiosity; working in a transverse and radial way.
Sebastián García Ferro
Artistic Director
Choreographer, dancer, performer and composer living in Barcelona since 2005; Sebastián has directed his dance company formed in the city of Barcelona since 2000. So far he has premiered and collaborated in the direction and choreography of 22 contemporary dance pieces, winning several awards: Tot Dansa 2011 Contest awarded by the Mercat de les Flors, the IMEB and the Institut del teatre, 1st prize 12 Certamen Coreográfico de Maspalomas (2007), 2nd prize Certamen Coreográfico de Madrid (2006) with his piece "Back", 3 prize Certamen Coreográfico de Salt (2006) with his piece "On Your Mark".
CIA Sebastián García Ferro has produced 24 pieces with the support of co-production and subsidies from the following Catalan platforms and institutions: Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona (OBC), Mercat de les Flors, Festival Grec, La Caldera, Associació de Professionals de la dansa de Catalunya (APdC), Fundacion La Caixa, I.C.U.B., C.O.N.C.A., Oficina de Suport a la Cultura,etc. In America and Europe.
He has received several commissions for large format pieces such as the Compañía Nacional de Danza Contemporánea de Argentina with the piece Versus 0.2, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Barcelona with the piece Orquestrat. He has collaborated making assemblies for several companies in Spain, Belgium, Germany, UK, Mexico, Austria USA, Argentina, Cyprus as Sr Serrano, Cié 13, Colectivo la Majara, Les Antonietes, Cia Luz Corporea, Ceprodac, Cia El Mito, etc.
Sebastián has also composed original music for more than 44 theater, dance and installation pieces as well as short films and TV programmes.
Artistic Director of the Barcelona International Dance Exchange Associated Choreographer of the Creation Centre La Caldera/les Corts Collaborating Artist of the Auditori of Barcelona Resident Composer of the Phonos Foundation of the Pompeu Fabra University.
His work as a Composer and Mix engineer is endorsed by the following music software and hardware companies: JZ Microphones, Sonimus, Audified, Sonible, Nembrini Audio, Black Rooster Audio and Arturia.
Zoë Gadd
Artistic Collaborator
Zoë Leigh Gadd is a UK-based choreographer, artistic director and educator working across contemporary dance, dance-theatre and interdisciplinary performance. She is the founder and Artistic Director of Dance Ahead CIC, an organisation creating collaborative, site-responsive, place-based and community-engaged performance in civic and non-traditional spaces.
Her artistic practice explores movement as a shared language between artists, audiences and communities. Zoë’s work often brings together professional performers and participants of different ages and backgrounds, creating immersive experiences that connect dance, art and theatre with everyday places and people.
She is the creator of Kinetic Reading, an approach that combines spoken text and movement to help performers access physical expression through language. By translating words, rhythm and imagery into embodied action, the method supports performers in developing clarity, imagination and connection between voice, body and meaning.
Alongside her creative practice, Zoë works strategically across artistic networks and education contexts. She has held teaching and leadership roles at institutions including the University of Cumbria, Rose Bruford College, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, London Studio Centre and Wilkes Academy, contributing to the training of emerging dance and musical theatre artists.
Through her collaboration with Barcelona International Dance Exchange (BIDE), Zoë supports international artistic dialogue and mobility and aims to embed this link in the North of England. Her current work focuses on creating exchange platforms, interdisciplinary laboratories and opportunities for artists to connect across borders and communities.
Eva Bosch
Communication
Eva Bosch graduated in Audiovisual Media from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), with a double degree from Glyndwr University. There she discovered art from a more technical side (visual and sound), later expanding her knowledge in the digital world with courses in Digital Marketing and Communication 2.0 and Community Management.
Eva is a Community Manager, photographer, videographer, and freelance voice-over artist. After working in radio stations all over Barcelona as a journalist and carrying out company communications, she decided to start a career as a content creator. Her passion is helping companies convey their values and image through valuable content that engages new users and encourages them to join their community.
Ángela María Rodríguez Rueda
Production Assistant
Ángela María Rodríguez holds a Bachelor's degree in Dramatic Arts from El Bosque University, and Master's degrees in Cultural Management from the University of Barcelona (UB), in Interdisciplinary Arts Education (UB), and in Creative Writing (ICC). She has worked as an actress, director, and cultural manager in multiple plays, festivals, and artistic and cultural projects in Colombia and Spain. She is currently focused mainly on cultural management, emphasizing the potential of art to transform realities and the power of cultural exchange as a tool for social unity.
Olga Sasplugas
Strategy Advisor
Professional dancer and choreographer. Includes creations such as the videodance Astragalus, awarded by the Generalitat de Catalunya and finalist of the New York Dance for the Camera Festival.
First Fulbright Andorran grant from the Fulbright International Committee, to pursue a Master's degree in the United States, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.
Creator and creator of different social dance programs:
Dance Program at the Children of the World Orphanage, Cambodia, 2005. Program awarded by the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Andorra.
Project advisor and consultant for the Urban Visions Festival. Awarded by the European Commission, 1st Festival of Contemporary Dance in Public Spaces, Cairo, Egypt, 2012.
President of the dance program Sudansa, which brings the choreographic process closer to children in public schools and at risk of exclusion.
Creator and producer of the project CODIFICAT, an amalgam of dance, immigration and new technologies, funded by La Obra Social La Caixa Foundation, Arrabal, Barcelona, 2012.
Participation and ideation of the program Dance within the Family. Design and choreography of the course. Grec Festival, Barcelona. La Danza se Lee Bogotá, Colombia, 2008-2011.
Co-founder and co-director of Act2follow.com, creative agency specialized in Movement. Choreography design for the Evax Adapt TV spot, summer 2010 campaign.
Life Coach and Consultant. Studies in Neuroscience for personal and professional development, Design Thinking and Strategic Problem Solving.
Ireri Mugica
Collaborator
Born Chilanga, Ireri Mugica continuously finds her passion by striving to find ways for 'impossible projects' to happen. After graduating in Contemporary Dance at Nellie and Gloria Campobello National School of Dance, she performed as a dancer in several projects and companies in Mexico City. In the last three years, Ireri has served as International Manager at Centro de Producción de Danza Contemporánea (CEPRODAC), developing more than 45 international collaborations and coproductions with institutions and artists from over 17 countries, including artistic residencies, workshops and laboratories, exchanges, fundraising, coproduction of 6 contemporary big format dance programs, national and international touring, among others. She was awarded with a Santander scholarship for high-impact entrepreneurs in New York City, after graduating from the postgraduate studies in Cultural Policies and Cultural Management in 2018.
Ireri’s currently interested in connecting artists and audiences around the world, while re-thinking mobility and ecological/social responsibilities that performing arts can impact in this transforming era.
Penélope Quero
Collaborator
Mexican artist, performer, and cultural manager with over a decade of experience in the creation of interdisciplinary projects across dance, documentary performance, and sustainable cultural practices. Her work engages the intersections of body, memory, and migration, conceiving the stage as a site of resistance, healing, and symbolic reparation. She has collaborated with international organizations including UNESCO Mexico, ESD Expert NET, and Danza UNAM, developing and leading cultural and performative initiatives in 4 countries. Her practice encompasses the coordination of more than 7 artistic festivals and the production of 14 community-based artistic interventions rooted in collective memory and social engagement. Penélope holds a BA in International Relations, alongside professional training in classical ballet, butoh, and cultural project design. She has participated in the Seminar on the Phenomenology of Dance at the Gloria Contreras Chair of Dance (Danza UNAM), as well as in the ECAMC training program of the Mexican Institute of Cinematography (IMCINE). Her artistic and cultural practice has been recognized by the Mexican Ministry of Culture and the British Council Mexico, where she was selected for the Creative Leadership Program 2025. She is a recipient of the Cultural Leadership Award for Women (2021), has received multiple grants for artistic creation, and currently serves as a member of the Cultural Council of Coahuila.
