Myrto Zarokosta is dance movement therapist, dance artist and social anthropologist. Her work finds it´s base in a trans-disciplinary approach, using community dance, somatics, creative process and group dynamics. During the last 10 years, she has been working with many different populations in psychosocial support and non formal education, facilitating sessions and trainings. As a dance artist, she has created and participated in different performances between Greece and Spain. Currently, she is studying the body-oriented trauma therapy method of Somatic Experiencing and she is the founder of Corpografies association.

Inma is a Dance Movement Psychotherapist and Clinical Social Worker with a Master’s degree in Dance Movement Therapy from Canterbury University (UK). Her work is grounded in a deep trust in the healing intelligence of the body, enriched by training in somatic therapies, trauma-informed approaches, and Internal Family Systems (IFS). With over 15 years of experience in the field of mental health, Inma has accompanied individuals in both public and private settings, offering support through many seasons of life. Her integrative and compassionate approach honours the complexity of each person’s story, meeting them where they are with gentleness and respect. She brings particular experience in working with people living with functional diversity, neurocognitive conditions in older adults, and those navigating trauma, attachment, anxiety, burnout, and personal growth. Since 2016, Inma has also shared her passion as a teacher and supervisor in expressive therapies, nurturing spaces of collective learning and creative exploration. Now based in Valencia, she works in private practice, primarily supporting women in times of transformation—those carrying the weight of complex trauma and seeking reconnection with their inner voice and embodied wisdom. Inma’s approach is a weaving of body, emotion, and mind, guided by expressive and creative resources that invite self-discovery and renewal. At the heart of her practice lie safety, presence, and compassion, honouring each person’s unique rhythm of healing.

Dance Movement Therapist (DMT) with more than ten years of experience facilitating body–mind interventions and trainings in healthcare and social contexts. She has worked in DMT with older adults, in addiction rehabilitation programmes, and with groups in vulnerable situations, fostering emotional and relational health through movement. Her current focus is on training healthcare and social care professionals, integrating DMT methodologies aimed at self-care, empathy, and workplace wellbeing. She is a Registered Full Member (MTR) and the current President of the Spanish Association of Dance Movement Therapy (ADMTE), guest lecturer in the Master’s Programme in DMT at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), and co-founder of Empoderamovimiento, a project that develops corporate wellbeing and organisational health programmes from an embodied and creative perspective.

Monica Re is dance movement therapist and hiking guide. ORIENTO IL MOVIMENTO ® is her personal research program. She explores inner worlds and the bodies’ geography resonating the landscapes with their continuous changing demanding proactive abilities and the rediscovery of the sense of community. Orienteering and movement are keywords to encourage and broaden the sense of orientation, the observation of nature through a personal bodily approach to raise awareness of environmental and community issues. During the last 5 years she has been working on community programs dedicated to empower connection in the community especially for persons with fragilities, dementia and Alzheimer’s patients and care givers. Her programs are integrated in museums and art galleries promoting social prescribing.

Psychologist, Pedagogue, Dance Movement Therapist® trained at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and psychotherapist in training at the European School of Functional Psychotherapy (Padua campus). APID® member and part of its Training Commission. Her path between Italy and Spain brings together psychology, libertarian pedagogy, and movement practices. She works with a mind–body approach integrating community psychology, DMT®, somatic movement, and body psychotherapies. She facilitates individual and group processes focused on mind–body awareness, psychological support, and the transformation of experience through movement and relationship.

Dr. Hanna Poikonen is a senior researcher at the Social Brain Sciences lab of ETH Zurich. On 2019-2023, she conducted her postdoc training at Learning Sciences and Higher Education of ETH Zurich. By combining her background in biomedical engineering, neuroscience and dance, in 2018 Hanna pursued her doctoral degree at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki focusing on brain functions in professional dancers, musicians and novices when watching a video-recorded dance performance. She also studied the brain functions of audience when they experienced a live dance duet at the LIVELab of McMaster University in Canada. She has studied contemporary dance, postgraduate in art therapy at Metàfora, Barcelona, and conducted her artscience project at the Museum of Contemporary Art Barcelona (MACBA). Since 2018, she is teaching globally her WiseMotion method on neuroscience and creative movement for educators, creative and healthcare professionals, higher executives, and people with a brain-related illness. Through WiseMotion, Hanna also partners in different EU projects, including DanceCARE.

Dr. Flavia Galassi is the developer of the DanceCARE project, researcher psychologist and co-manager for INRCA, Italy. She is a Dance Movement Therapist and Psychodynamic Expressive Psychotherapist since 2016, associated with Art Therapy Italiana. Since her training in psychology she has been interested in movement, art and healing, with her first thesis on Laban Movement Analysis in 2003. She has always explored and researched the best ways of healing according to the psycho-corporeal approach, and has carried out several national and international projects, leading expressive movement groups in various fields, such as psychiatry and pathological addictions, the prison environment, the integration context, adolescence and healthy ageing. She has always furthered her education through courses in both the artistic and health fields, e.g. psychosomatic mindfulness, body-mind centering, contact improvisation, polyvagal theory and neuropsychiatry, and theatre. She is also a nationally recognised yoga teacher. She has led DMT-based training for the wellbeing of healthcare staff at INRCA and with DanceCARE for the wellbeing of all those caring for the elderly with long-term care needs.

Andrea Tziorta studied Psychology (BSc) at Brunel University London. She then continued her studies with a post-graduate degree in Dance Movement Psychotherapy (MA) at Goldsmiths University of London. Today, she runs her private practice as a Dance Movement Psychotherapist in Cyprus working primarily with children and young adults. She also has ongoing collaborations with foundations where she offers group and individual sessions to adults with learning difficulties. Beyond her therapeutic work, she is also an educator, teaching psychology to senior classes in the A-level curriculum at the American Academy Larnaca high school. Since 2018, Andrea has been the Delegate of Cyprus for the European Association of Dance Movement Therapy (EADMT). Now, she is also a Coordinator of the Communication Working Group of the EADMT. She is the Communication Responsible for the EADMT in DanceCARE project.

Sara Lippi is a dancer and movement researcher. Trained in classical ballet at the Heinz Bosl Stiftung in Munich, she has performed on numerous national and international stages, including eight seasons with the Fondazione Arena di Verona. Her artistic journey weaves together technique and introspection. Since 2009 she has devoted herself to the GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® methods, founding GYROTONIC® ANCONA CENTRO in 2017. In 2022 she earned her diploma in Dance Movement Therapy, exploring art as a means of care and human connection. As a DMT APID® professional, she works with people of all ages and sensitivities, where the body becomes language and presence.

Since I was a child, I express myself through my body. I had a competitive career in the Italian Dance Federation (F.I.D.S.), specializing in Standard Dance. Then I moved to America, where I taught many disciplines in a school of New Jersey. This important experience allowed me to understand my potential and resources which I expressed through my studies in Dance Movement Therapy at Art Therapy Italiana in Bologna, where I learned a new way of experiencing and living dance. My mission is to share as much as possible the benefits of this awesome therapy.