Maddalena Recino has had a long and distinguished career as a theatrical actress and writer. From a very young age, she aspired to be an actress. She began studying classical dance at the age of 11 and moved on to modern dance and jazz later. She studied theater at Studio Fersen founded by Alessandro Fersen and over the years has participated in various workshops with Lindsay Kemp, De Sapio, Tapa Sudana, Senigallia, Sieni and Jurij Alschitz. She began her acting career with the company of Ileana Ghione, playing lead roles in plays by some of the greatest playwrights, such as Shakespeare, Pirandello, Goldoni, Wilde and others. She has appeared in prominent roles in productions by directors such as Fenoglio, Orazio Costa, Augusto Zucchi, Walter Manfre', Piero Maccarinelli, Andrea Battistini, Enzo Aronica, Venetucci, Antonio Latella and Angelo Libri. With an active acting career in TV and film, she has worked with Federico Fellini, Francesco Laudadio, Lino Capolicchio, Sanchez, Marco Tullio Giordana, Tavarelli, Marco Pontecorvo, Manuzi, Donna, Reali, Mollo, Silvestre. In 2006 she played Mozart's cousin in the docu-film written and directed by Enzo Aronica "Mozart: Letters to her cousin". In 2016 she played Grazia Deledda in the docu-film written and directed by Gabriella Rosa Leva on the Sardinian writer. As an actress and screenwriter, in 1997 she made the 16 mm short film, A Mali Estremi, with Alessandro Recino. At the University La Sapienza in Rome she staged several readings of Shakespeare and Aeschylus as part of the Aesthetic Philosophy lectures. Recino has a degree in philosophy and she teaches theatre. Her courses are based on training techniques aimed at the awareness of one’s own body, space and group. Her work with Ursula Volkmann in 2015 led to the foundation of DilaliaDuett. She is an Italian citizen and lives in Rome with her two Italian-Swiss children.

Ursula Volkmann was raised in Germany and graduated with a specialization in musicology at Université Paris VIII. She worked for several years in music management (Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse - Paris, Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester - Vienna, Mahler Chamber Orchestra - Berlin). Following an acting workshop under the direction of Antonio Fava, one of the leading specialists in Commedia dell’Arte, she decided to dedicate herself to acting. She debuted at the Cook Theatre in Sarasota in 2005 with Vita, Morte e Resurrezione di Pulcinella. Apart from engaging in workshops and productions directed by Fava, Ursula continued her training as an actress with Jean-Paul Denizon (long-standing assistant to Peter Brook), Marigia Maggipinto, Kaya Anderson, Francesca della Monica, Nicole Kehrberger, Silvia Rampelli, among others. She starred in productions by Riccardo Vannuccini della Pietra (compagnia multietnica Il Cane Pezzato), Jean-Paul Denizon, Gian Maria Tosatti and Lisa Ferlazzo Natoli. As a member of the theatre company Areté Ensemble she devoted herself to theatre for young people both as an actress and author and was involved in a production of The Emperor’s new clothes. Her work with Maddalena Recino in 2015 led to the creation of DilaliaDuett. Since her early childhood, Ursula has been passionately involved with music and dance. As a soprano, she is a member of the Ensemble vocale Guido Guinizelli. She also volunteered for the Fondazione Cusani Onlus, which promotes orchestra playing at public schools in socially deprived districts of Rome. Ursula lives in Rome with her husband and their two German-Italian children.