Dozenten

Davide Sportelli

The classes will start with a thorough warm-up, through which we will establish an organic and alive dialogue between our own anatomy and the space. Before learning/practicing/executing moves, the emphasis will be placed on the openness and honesty of our kinetic presence in the space, which is structure and communication at the same time. We will focus on gravity, clarity and freedom, aiming for the achievement of a full and generous physicality, able to deal with different degrees of speed, power, amplitude, accuracy. Through the conscious use of the weight as the fundamental motor of motion, with a combination of guided explorations and given material, we will work on the connections within the body and withthe space.
Body as communication, experience, transformation.
Space as environment, direction, action.
Moving on the thin line between surprise and control, in a game of intentions and reactions, we will try to make our phrasing more organic and intimate, and at the same time able to project and suggest.

Davide Sportelli (Roma, 1976) is a dance artist active in Europe and overseas. After music and theatre, he studied dance in Rome and at the Accademia Isoladanza, Biennale of Venice, with choreographers and pedagogues such as Carolyn Carlson, Malou Airaudo, Raffaella Giordano, Nigel Charnock, Bill T. Jones, Iñaki Azpillaga, Frey Faust, Ivan Wolfe, Susanne Linke, David Zambrano. He has collaborated with Sasha Waltz, William Forsythe, Caterina Sagna, Ingo Reulecke, Michäel D’Auzon, Giorgio Rossi a.o. Based in Berlin, Davide carries out his personal research on performance creation, on the craft of writing, on music and video making, as well as collaborating with other young choreographers and artists.