Bruno Listopad is a choreographer, mentor and independent curator that studied dance, and fine arts. He made his debut in the Netherlands in 1998 at the Holland Dance Festival and received a number of significant awards among which the Prize of Interpretation Prix Volinine, Prize Ribeiro da Fonte, Amsterdam Encouragement Prize, and the Philip Morris Art Prize. His works have been produced and commissioned by Korzo Producties, Dansateliers, Acarte, Productiehuis Zeebelt, CCB, NAi, Productiehuis Rotterdam (Rotterdamse Schouwburg), Holland Dance Festival, Springdance Festival, Krisztina de Châtel, Ballet Gulbenkian, Rotterdam-Porto Cultural Capitals 2001, Dance Works Rotterdam, Nye Carte Blanche, Het Nationale Ballet, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, and Something Raw Festival. He has co-directed the research institute Danslab and co-curated a performance exhibition at the art space TENT Rotterdam. He has been teaching in institutions such as ArtEZ Master of Choreography, Master Artistic Research KABK and SNDO School for New Dance Development.