Dancer, teacher, performer, and choreographer. Her artistic and pedagogical research combines Butoh dance with Sensitive Dance® and is oriented toward an inner, artistic, and spiritual exploration of existence. Hers is a “dance of the soul” that nourishes the Being and seeks the union of mind, heart, body, and spirit, “presence,” and the expansion of Consciousness. It opens up to sensations, in contact with others and with Nature, generating vital energy.
Among her themes: the Beauty of existence, in its many forms, in its strength and fragility, the awakening of an original body, free from social patterns, dancing Nature, in its various forms, inner landscapes, images of art, memories, interiority, and myths. Seeking a state of meditative “emptiness,” in which to let oneself dance and go through transformation and catharsis.
Born in 1971, she began her dance training in Italy in 1978 and continued it in New York, South of France, and Paris in 1990, exploring various forms of dance: classical, modern, contemporary, dance theater; she also researched tribal and ritual dances. Among the various teachers she met, she trained with Dominique Dupuy and Raffaella Giordano. In New York, she attended the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Steps, Martha Graham’s school, and the Limón Institute. In Paris, she attended Peter Goss’ School, La Ménagerie de Verre, and trained at Studio Harmonic, where she was awarded a scholarship. She also attended seminars in Italy on theatrical clowning with Pierre Byland and theater with Danio Manfredini.
In 2000, she discovered Sensitive Dance®, a somatic practice born from the encounter between dance and osteopathy, founded by dancer Claude Coldy and osteopaths Jean-Louis Dupuy and Marie Guyon. With them she undertook a four-year training course, becoming a teacher of this practice in 2008 and deepening her practice of dance in contact with the elements of nature. For several years, she assisted Claude Coldy in his workshops in nature and in the studio.
In 2002, she encountered Butoh and fell in love with it, finding in this art form the possibility of combining her research in dance with her spiritual research. He studied in Europe and Japan with various Butoh teachers, training for a long period with Atsushi Takenouchi (Jinen Butoh), then deepening his research by studying with Yoshito Ohno, Yukio Waguri, Seisaku, and Yuri Nagaota (Tatsumi Hijikata Butoh), Masaki Iwana (White Butoh), Joan Laage (Kogut Butoh), Natsu Nakajima, Mitsuyo Uesugi, Yumiko Yoshioka, Ko Murobushi, Hisako Horikawa, and Motimaru Dance Company.
Since 2008, she has been studying singing with Carola Caruso, following Gisela Rohmert’s Functional Voice Method. She has also deepened her work on the voice with Tivitavi’s Yoga of Sound, with Mari Boine (Lapp singing), Saynko Namcylak (Tuva harmonic singing), and Amelia Cuni (Indian Druphad singing).
Since 1995, her life, art, and teaching have been enriched by spiritual, inner, and shamanic paths. Her research into Tantric yoga and shamanism led her to dance in contact with nature, to explore the unconscious and the spirit, and to deepen her understanding of the body’s energy structures and flows.
In 1995, she encountered Hara Yoga, a practice founded by Gio’ Fronti, which draws on yoga, Zen, martial arts, therapeutic touch, Japanese culture, Indian Tantra, and shamanism. In 2001, she became a Hara Yoga teacher. She also met healers and shamans from various traditions, such as Siberian shamanism in Tuva and Venezuelan spiritualism.
In 2000, she started a 10-year artistic and therapeutic journey through Psychogenealogy and Psychomagic with Cristobal Jodorowsky, thanks to whom she trained in reading family trees and joined a research group on Psycho-shamanism. She then deepened her study of the Tarot of Marseille and Psychogenealogy with Jade Doniz for seven years, with whom she also followed a path of healing through the body using bioenergetics and holotropic breathing practices.
Since 2007, she has been giving private consultations with the Tarot of Marseille, following the method of Alejandro Jodorowsky and Jade Doniz.
Since 1990, she has performed in various theater and dance productions, collaborating with various directors and choreographers.
In 2008, together with musician Tivitavi, she founded CompagniaKha, creating numerous Butoh dance performances combined with singing and live acoustic and electronic sounds. The performances have been presented at numerous festivals and theaters in Italy, Europe (Barcelona, Paris, Lyon, Valence, London, Berlin, Basel, Vienna, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Helsinki, etc.), Mexico (Mexico City), Russia (Moscow and Krasnodar), and Ukraine (Odessa). The company has also collaborated with various artists, including Hiroko Komiya, Atsushi Takenouchi, Joan Laage, Monique Arnaud (Noh Theater Master), Marek Jason Isleib, and Alessandra Pescetta.
In 2005, together with Tivitavi, she founded Spazio Continuum in Milan, where she teaches and creates, and since 2010 she has created numerous performances with her students.
In 2021, with the performance “Mono,” she received the artistic direction award from the “Le voci dell’Anima” Festival in Rimini.
In 2021, dance critic Jean-Marie Gourreau wrote a review of her Butoh dance, published in the French magazine Critiphotodanse and entitled “Une talentueuse danseuse occidentale de butoh.”
For more than 25 years, she has been sharing her research in dance through classes and workshops in studio and in nature, in Italy and abroad.
Her seminars are immersions in the body and soul, enriching awareness of the laws of movement in dance and offering transformation, grounding, vitality, expressive freedom, and catharsis. Accompanied by live music from Tivitavi, they open the body and Being to Presence and Beauty.
PERFORMATIVE AND CHOREOGRAPHIC EXPERIENCES
2024 – Miroir de Lune, Butoh dance performance, on Autobiophonie, acousmatic music by Michel Titin-Schnaider, Festival En Chair et en Son, Paris.
2024 – Being Humans, Butoh performance, choreography by Kea Tonetti, with live music by Tivitavi, with Kea Tonetti, Mariagiulia Leuzzi, Puer Purpura, Šamaš Sarmiento, Spazio Continuum, Milan.
2023 – Elettra, performance dedicated to violence against women, inspired by Donatella Bisutti’s poetry, with readings by Sonia Grandis and live music by Tivitavi, presented at: International Poetry Festival “Parole Spalancate,” Palazzo Ducale, Genoa (2023); Casa della Poesia di Monza, Reggia di Monza (2024).
2023 – Butoh Experience, Butoh dance improvisation with live music by Tivitavi, Studio Manzoni, Milan.
2023 – Butoh Improvisation, with Ken Mai and Josephine Groundy, music by Tivitavi, Helsinki Butoh Festival.
2022 – Splendore, Butoh performance, with live music by Tivitavi, presented at: Amsterdam Butoh Festival (2022); Hybrid Butoh Festival, Vienna (2022); Helsinki Butoh Festival (2023); Festival Miniature, Ruvo di Puglia (BA) – IT (2023); Festival International Danse Butoh, Valence – FR (2024); Festival Sol de Sabba, Bosa (OR) – IT (2024); Festival “Le Voci dell’Anima”, Rimini (2024); Teatro Republika Sztuki Tłusta Langusta, Poznan – PL (2025).
2022 – Traffics, Butoh dance performance, with acousmatic music by Denis Royer, Festival En Chair et en Son #7, Aleph Theater, Paris.
2021 – Terre Rare – Mémoire des Sols, Butoh dance performance, with acousmatic music by Rodolphe Collange, Festival En Chair et en Son #6, Aleph Theater, Paris. The performance received the review “Une talentueuse danseuse occidentale de butoh” by critic Jean-Marie Gourreau in Critiphotodanse magazine.
2021 – “Chi è Stato?”, choreography and interpretation for the group performance directed by Ferruccio Ascari (dedicated to Pino Pinelli and the victims of Piazza Fontana), presented at: PACTA Salone, Milan (2019); Sala Consiliare di Palazzo Marino, Milan (2019); Museo del ‘900, Milan (2021).
2020 – We Body We Nature, dance for the Sicula Butoh video project, created during lockdown by Butoh dancers from around the world.
2020 – Rivers running red, interpretation with Joan Laage for the Butoh performance directed by Joan Laage, Sala Alma Rosè – Artepassante, Milan.
2020 – Strata, group Butoh performance directed by Joan Laage, with live music by Tivitavi, with Kea Tonetti, Maruska Ronchi, Elisa Tagliati, Gauri Silvia Fontana, Mariagiulia Leuzzi, Marco Casiraghi, Veronica Vetrila, Ricardo Sarmiento Muñoz, Aeryn Rock, Sala Alma Rosè – Artepassante, Milan.
2019 – Mono, Butoh performance, with live music by Tivitavi, presented at: Kulturraum Rosenhof Festival, Tegernau – GER (2019); Sommerwerft Festival, Frankfurt (2019); Amsterdam Butoh Festival, Munganga Theater (2020); Festival “Le Voci dell’Anima” (The Voices of the Soul), Rimini (2021), where she received the organization’s award assigned by the artistic direction.
2019 – Two Little Pierrots, Butoh performance with Joan Laage, presented at: Paris Butoh Festival, Espace Culturel Bertin Poirée (2019), Paris; Spazio Continuum, Milan (2019).
2019 – Remnants Project, group Butoh performance directed by Joan Laage, with live music by Tivitavi, with Joan Laage, Kea Tonetti, Elisa Tagliati, Mariagiulia Leuzzi, Ricardo Sarmiento Muñoz, Marco Casiraghi, Spazio Continuum, Milan.
2019 – Kyoto Tonight, dance for Gianmarco Vumo’s music video.
2018 – Tasogare, Butoh performance with Atsushi Takenouchi, with live music by Hiroko Komiya and Tivitavi, The Art Land, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan.
2018 – Amor, Butoh performance, with live music by Tivitavi, presented at: Spazio Continuum, Milan (2018); Három Holló, Budapest (2018); Hortus Conclusus Festival, Novi Ligure (AL) – IT (2018); “Haru No Kaze” Festival, Teatro Comunale, Vicenza (2019).
2018 – Three Little Pierrots, Butoh performance directed by Joan Laage, with Joan Laage, Kea Tonetti, and Maruska Ronchi, Spazio Nu, Pontedera.
2016 – Ātman, Butoh performance, with live music by Tivitavi, presented at: “La voce del corpo” Festival, Osnago (LC) – IT (2016); “The Living Art” Festival, Spazio Shed, Schio (VI) – IT (2016); “Hors Lits” Festival, Venice (2016); “Haru No Kaze” Festival, Teatro Comunale, Vicenza (2017); Most Center, Odessa – UKR (2017); “Le Voci dell’Anima” Festival, Rimini (2018).
2016 – Just for One Day, performance for the tribute event to David Bowie directed by Giorgio Magarò, presented at: Barrio’s, Milan (2016); Olinda – ex Paolo Pini Psychiatric Hospital, Milan (2016); Teatro Binario 7, Monza (2017).
2016 – Ma to Ma, Butoh performance with Atsushi Takenouchi, with live music by Hiroko Komiya and Tivitavi, Spazio Continuum, Milan.
2016 – Dunkelspiegel, Butoh performance with Marek Jason Isleib, with live music by Tivitavi, Art Action Festival, Monza.
2016 – Variazione, dance for the video project by designer Sara Ricciardi, Fuori Salone, Milan.
2015 – Notte sacra, Butoh performance with Atsushi Takenouchi, with live music by Hiroko Komiya and Tivitavi, Macao, Milan.
2015 – White-hot, Butoh performance, with live music by Tivitavi, presented at: Pontedera Butoh Festival (2015); “Behind the Movement”, event at Loophole, Berlin (2015); Stems Festival Migratorio des Artes, Barcelona (2015); Jurányi Art Incubator House, Budapest (2015); Teatr Novyy Balet, Moscow (2016); One Theater, Krasnodar – RU (2016).
2015 – Hana, choreography created for the dancers of the Vinculation dance company directed by Isabel Beteta, with music by Tivitavi, “Los Tailleres” Cultural Center, Mexico City.
2014 – Hana no inochi: Life of the flower, Butoh performance with Atsushi Takenouchi, with live music by Hiroko Komiya and Tivitavi, Spazio Tadini, Milan.
2014 – Butoh improvisation, with live music by Tivitavi, “Butoh Off” Festival, Basel.
2014 – Kha, Butoh performance, with live music by Tivitavi, Művelődési Szint-Müszi, Budapest.
2013 – Yo soy Azul, Butoh performance, with live music by Tivitavi, presented at: Kulturraum Rosenhof Festival, Tegernau – GER (2013); Jurányi Art Incubator House, Budapest (2014); One Theatre, Krasnodar – RU (2014); Evolutive dance festival “Behind the movement” Acud Kunsthaus, Berlin (2014); Brotfabrik, Berlin (2014); Brady Arts Centre, London (2014); Un Teatro Centro Cultural, Mexico City (2014); Festival “Grandezza Naturale”, Oggiono (LC) – IT (2014); Moving Bodies Butoh Festival, Bologna (2014); Festival Solliloquios y dialogos bailado, Teatro Los Tailleres, Mexico City (2015); “In Butoh #3 Les racines du mouvement”, Théâtre Le Gai Savoir, Lyon (2015); Espai 30, Barcelona (2016).
2013 – Mothersea, Butoh performance, with live music by Tivitavi, for the installation “The plastic side of the sea,” Straf Hotel, Milan.
2013 – Utsusemi, Butoh performance, with live music by Tivitavi, “La voce del corpo” Festival, Osnago (LC) – IT.
2012 – Enthüllt, the flower garden, performance with Shaiba Vincenzo Geddo, with live music by Tivitavi and Ogam Fabio Malizia, presented at: Kulturraum Rosenhof Festival, Tegernau – GER (2012); Werkraum Schöpflin, Lörrach – GER (2012).
2012 – Utsusemi, performance with Monique Arnaud, Noh Theater Master, with live music by Tivitavi and Ogam Fabio Malizia, Centro Alik Cavaliere, Milan.
2012 – Inori, Butoh performance in a church in Milan.
2010 – Wu, Butoh performance, with live music by Tivitavi, presented at: Kulturraum Rosenhof Festival, Tegernau – GER (2010); Trace Becoming Art, Perypezye Urbane, Studio 28, Milan (2010); PAF Performing Art Festival, Meina (NO) – IT (2011).
2009 – Space is body, Butoh performance with Yuko Ota, with live music by Tivitavi and Ogam Fabio Malizia, Spazio Continuum, Milan.
2009 – Shishigami, Spirito della foresta, Butoh performance, with live music by Tivitavi, presented at: Kulturraum Rosenhof Festival, Tegernau – GER (2009); Spazio Nu, Pontedera (2009); Sconfinando Sarzana Festival, Sarzana (SP) – IT (2010); Teatro la Scala della Vita, Milan (2010); Dojo Sheegana, Milan (2010); Eco-Art Festival, Asti (2011).
2009 – La veglia di Venere, dance in the video art project, directed by Alessandra Pescetta.
2009 – Spiegel im Spiegel, dance performance directed by Pilar Buira Ferre, with Pilar Buira Ferre, Sandra Zabeo, Kea Tonetti, and Riccardo Maffiotti, Kulturraum Rosenhof Festival, Tegernau – GER.
2008 – Memoire d’eau, Butoh performance, with live music by Tivitavi, Spazio Spirale Ex Richard Ginori, “Fuori Salone” event, Milan.
2008 – Omoshiroi, dance performance, with live music by Tivitavi, Davide Livornese, Ogam Fabio Malizia, and Rumi Pascal Marino, Studio Novi, Milan.
2008 – She founded CompagniaKha with Tivitavi, for which she dances and creates choreographies, also collaborating with other musicians and dancers.
2008 – L’ombra della luce, choreography and dance, solo performance presented at: Pin Teatro, Milan (2008); Kulturraum Rosenhof Festival, Tegernau – GER (2008).
2007 – Ador-azione, interactive performance, Studio D’Ars, Milan.
2005 – La Primavera, dance (five months pregnant with her daughter) for the performance dedicated to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, directed by Alessandra De Santis, Teatro delle Moire, Milan.
2003 – Fremito d’apocalisse, choreography and dance, accompanied on piano by Paolo Ferrari, Centro Studi Assenza, Milan.
2002 – Mass-Construction, dance, music, poetry, acting, and painting performance with Lorenzo Sanguedolce, Carlo Garofalo, Tivitavi, Sabina Villa, Kea Tonetti, and Antonella Dell’Ara, Circolo Parvus, Milan.
2002 – Astratta Commedia by Paolo Ferrari, choreography and dance for the production directed by Corrado Accordino.
2001 – In-vitro, choreography and dance for the production directed by Edoardo Favetti, Teatro Libero, Milan.
2000 – L’inferno di Strindberg, dance for the production directed by Edoardo Favetti, Teatro Libero, Milan.
2000 – Isolde, dance for the production directed by Maria Carpaneto, Danae Festival #2, Teatro Out Off, Milan.
2000 – T.I., dance for the production directed by Maria Carpaneto.
2000 – Rava Noir, dance for the production directed by Maria Carpaneto, with live music by Enrico Rava and Stefano Bollani.
1993 – Danton, la mort and Don Giovanni el Burlador de Sevilla, choreography and dance for productions by Marco Maria Linzi, Teatro della Contraddizione, Milan.