Alex Cassal, director, playwright and actor, graduated in History. He lives between Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon. In Brazil, he directs the group Foguetes Maravilha, responsible for shows presented in various theaters and festivals throughout Brazil. He collaborates with artists of the performing arts like Enrique Diaz, Dani Lima, Michelle Moura, Ricardo Chacal and Gustavo Ciríaco. His video “Navel of the World”, winner of Rumos Dance Award 2007, has already been shown in countries like Argentina, Mexico, Cuba, USA, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Greece, China and Japan. With Tiago Rodrigues, he participated in the projects Studios, Hotel Lutécia and Mundo Maravilha. And, in 2012, he presented the repertoire of the Marvelous Rockets at the Teatro Maria Matos, alkantara space and at the Festival Materiais Diversos; and wrote the text Septeto Fatal for the Festival PANOS, of Culturgest. In 2015, he staged the Tornados show with finalist students from the School of Theater and Cinema – ESTC. In 2016, he staged The Invisible Cities – a number of objects move in a certain space in the Teatro Maria Matos.