Born in Palermo on 13 October 1973 dancer and choreographer, trained at the Conservatoire National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Boulogne Billancourt (Paris), and obtained in June 1999 his French degree at L' R.I.D.C. (rencontres internationale de danse contemporaine founded by Françoise and Dominique Dupuy and directed by Brigitte Hyon) becoming professor of contemporary dance. He is a Qigong Operator with a national diploma issued by CSEN; Qigong Operator and teacher FISTQ (Italian Federation of Tuina and Qigong Schools); 2nd level Taijiquan Chen style instructor (national diploma issued by CSEN) and student of Master Wang Hai Jun (12th generation of the style).

He has danced in various French companies including Gigi Caciuleanu and Ruxandra Racovitza and for the Choreographic Centre Vallée D'Or directed by Serge Keuten, where he also organised choreographic workshops for children and adolescents. In 1998 he created the Arteos company in Paris and in 2001 he returned to Palermo to stage the show Coin café, a piece for four dancers and an actress, at the Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa in Palermo. In 2006 he was the creator and promoter of the Centre Choreographic Centre L'espace for which he is artistic and pedagogical director and of the company dance company l'espace with which he creates the shows Lezioni di Volo, L'Aviateur, Coming Soon and Tech no trash, the latter a show on recycling and the promotion of renewable energies that will take on tour for the Energie Alter-native festival. In 2015, he created the company Zappulla DMN that works to promote and disseminate contemporary dance locally, nationally and international spheres. The company is based at the Xinergie Centre in Palermo, where they carry out cultural activities of various kinds: contemporary dance, contact improvisation, theatre and music, Qigong and Taijiquan Chen style.

What drives the company's commitment is its passion for dance, through a choreographic production and a high-level pedagogical training commitment based on the innovative Natural Movement Dance method. This method was devised by Giovanni Zappulla and represents a training possibility in the contemporary choreographic field; it is based on a holistic vision of the individual and draws on the oriental knowledge of Taijiquan and Qigong working on the multiple aspects of the human being to awaken their potential, re-establish physical and emotional connections for a strongly expressive and performative result. The fruit of the method's work can be seen in the creations he has been staging since 2016: Apollo and Daphne, Memories from the future and Natural Landscape, the latter born from an international collaboration with the M.I.M. Arte Escenico (Mexico City), Istituto Nacional de Bellas Artes in Mexico City and Secretaria de Cultura in Mexico City. Since 2017 he has been CSEN provincial manager for the DANCE sector. He is currently involved in the dissemination of the show Wunderkammer, and in the creation of Love You - man's love. In addition, the company is a winner of the European projects Dance Highways and Viral Visions aimed at the creation of an international network for the dissemination of avant-garde and and research choreographic culture and thanks to which the Dissidanza 2021 festival was created in partnership with the associations l'espace and Quarto tempo, the French, German and Spanish cultural institutes German and Spanish cultural institutes and the municipality of Palermo.

Born in Palermo on 19 July 1983, she graduated in Sciences and Technologies of the Entertainment with a specialisation in Musicology and Performing Arts at the University of Palermo. Qualified Qigong Operator recognised by CSEN and FISTQ (Italian Federation of Qigong and Tuina Schools) she is also an instructor of Taijiquan style Chen 2nd level (national diploma issued by CSEN) student of Master Wang Hai Jun (12th generation style). Since 2017 she has been CSEN department head for the Taijiquan sector. She began studying classical and contemporary dance in Palermo and participates in numerous national and international workshops: Bruce Taylor, Wayne Byars, Brigitte Hyon, Marina Rocco, Gigi Caciuleanu, Sasha Stepkine, Andrè La Fonta, Keiko Saintorant, Sophie Chadeffaux, Sarah Reina, Patrice Usseglio, Giusy Di Giugno, Damiano Bigi.

He actively contributes to the creation of the l'Espace centre, of which he is a founding member. He follows movement analysis training with Betty Lo Sciuto. With Giovanni Zappulla he collaborates on research and realisation of the Natural Movement Dance method.

In April 2004 he performed in the evening Lezioni di volo organised at the Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa in Palermo. He is currently a contemporary dance teacher at the Xinergie centre, a project born from the collaboration between L'espace ASDC and Quarto Tempo ASDC, and co-director and dancer of the Zappulla DMN company directed by Giovanni Zappulla with whom she debuted in Palermo in December 2006 in the show Coming Soon. She participated in the creations Tech no Trash, Jubilaction, Apollo and Daphne, Natural Landscapes and Wunderkammer. She is currently involved in the creation of the show Love you-man's love.

Alessia Franco was born in Palermo in 1976. Journalist and writer, she graduated in Communication Sciences in 2001. Professional journalist since 2002.

She covers culture, entertainment and customs for national and international newspapers. He looks after various press offices and cultural projects. Among her books, mainly children's fiction, L’isola del vento (2012), Le catacombe del mistero (2013) and Raccontami l’ultima favola. Giorgio Boris Giuliano, commissario e cantastorie (2016), Con lo sguardo in su (2019) and Carota sulla luna (2020).