I was born in Fano, Italy, from an Italian father and a mother from Lebanon. I started dancing as a child.I am a dancer, teacher and researcher, performer in the field of Contact Improvisation. I discovered CI many years ago, after having followed a first training in contemporary dance, and I fell in love since the first moment. I mainly trained abroad with many teachers including Steve Paxton, Daniel Lepkoff, Charlie Morrissey, Angelika Doney, Asaf Bacharach, KJ Holmes, Anya Cloud.I followed a training on Material for the Spine, by Steve Paxton, where I had the big pleasure to meet and study with Steve, diving completely in his research. I have taught and teach in France, Ukraine, Italy, Spain, Argentina, Russia, Poland, Tanzfabrik in Berlin, Germany.
I organize national and international events, including the Italycontactfest (International CI Festival which takes place in Italy and has now reached its tenth edition www.italycontactfest.com) and of Being Touch Festival (www.beingtouch.org) I was in the organization team of Ecite 2022 Portugal, I am communicator for the CI Global Calendar project.
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