Born in Bari, Italy, Giuseppe Chico studied ancient languages and started working in theatre at an early age with the Abeliano Company under the direction of Tina Tempesta, and later with Kismet Theatre under Robert McNeer. He had also worked as a set designer for Paolo Baroni. After studying theatre in Rome and Milan, he moved to Paris in 2000 and began to train in contemporary dance with Joao Fiadeiro, Vera Mantero, Julyen Hamilton, etc. He was a performer for several years for the company Mille Plateaux Associés, and had worked with George Appaix and Joris Lacoste. In 2007 he performed in Purgatory, written and directed by Joris Lacoste. In 2008, he started collaborating with Barbara Matijevi.

Born in Nasice, Croatia, Barbara Matijević studied literature at the University of Zagreb and learned dancing under choreographer Kilina Cremona. She had worked with Bojan Jablanovec, Bruno Marin, David Hernandez, TRAFIK and Joris Lacoste. She also collaborated with Boris Charmatz in the project Bocal, which gathered 15 artists from different backgrounds to explore performative approaches to dance teaching in the form of an “ephemeral school”. Since 2004 she has been teaching dance at the Art Academy in Osijek, Croatia. Her collaboration with Giuseppe Chico started in 2008.