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Dancer, teacher, performer, and choreographer. Her artistic and pedagogical research combines Butoh dance with Sensitive Dance\u00ae and is oriented toward an inner, artistic, and spiritual exploration of existence. Hers is a \u201cdance of the soul\u201d that nourishes the Being and seeks the union of mind, heart, body, and spirit, \u201cpresence,\u201d and the expansion of Consciousness. It opens up to sensations, in contact with others and with Nature, generating vital energy.<\/p>\n\n

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 \u201cemptiness,\u201d in which to let oneself dance and go through transformation and catharsis.<\/p>\n\n

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Born in 1971, she began her dance training<\/strong> in Italy in 1978<\/strong> 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\u2019s school, and the Lim\u00f3n Institute. In Paris, she attended Peter Goss\u2019 School, La M\u00e9nagerie 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.<\/p>\n\n

In 2000<\/strong>, she discovered Sensitive Dance\u00ae<\/strong>, 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.<\/p>\n\n

In 2002<\/strong>, she encountered Butoh<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n\n

Since 2008<\/strong>, she has been studying singing<\/strong> with Carola Caruso, following Gisela Rohmert\u2019s 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).<\/p>\n\n

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Since 1995<\/strong>, her life, art, and teaching have been enriched by spiritual, inner, and shamanic paths<\/strong>. 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. <\/p>\n\n

In 1995<\/strong>, 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<\/strong>, she became a Hara Yoga teacher. She also met healers and shamans from various traditions, such as Siberian shamanism in Tuva and Venezuelan spiritualism.<\/p>\n\n

In 2000<\/strong>, 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. <\/p>\n\n

Since 2007, she has been giving private consultations with the Tarot of Marseille, following the method of Alejandro Jodorowsky and Jade Doniz.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Since 1990<\/strong>, she has performed in various theater and dance productions, collaborating with various directors and choreographers.<\/p>\n\n

In 2008<\/strong>, together with musician Tivitavi, she founded CompagniaKha<\/strong>, 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.<\/p>\n\n

In 2005<\/strong>, together with Tivitavi, she founded Spazio Continuum<\/strong> in Milan, where she teaches and creates, and since 2010 she has created numerous performances with her students.<\/p>\n\n

In 2021, with the performance \u201cMono,\u201d she received the artistic direction award from the \u201cLe voci dell\u2019Anima\u201d Festival in Rimini.<\/p>\n\n

In 2021, dance critic Jean-Marie Gourreau wrote a review of her Butoh dance, published in the French magazine Critiphotodanse<\/em> and entitled \u201cUne talentueuse danseuse occidentale de butoh.\u201d <\/p>\n\n

For more than 25 years, she has been sharing her research in dance through classes and workshops in studio and in nature<\/strong>, in Italy and abroad.<\/p>\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n

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PERFORMATIVE AND CHOREOGRAPHIC EXPERIENCES<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

2025 –Dancing for Yamamba,<\/strong><\/em> performance di danza Butoh e musica dal vivo di Tivitavi, presented at: Beaware Butoh Festival, Helsinki; Winterwerft Festival, Frankfurt am Mein.<\/p>\n\n

2024 \u2013 Miroir de Lune<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh dance performance, on Autobiophonie<\/em>, acousmatic music by Michel Titin-Schnaider, Festival En Chair et en Son, Paris.<\/p>\n\n

2024 \u2013 Being Humans<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh performance, choreography by Kea Tonetti, with live music by Tivitavi, with Kea Tonetti, Mariagiulia Leuzzi, Puer Purpura, \u0160ama\u0161 Sarmiento, Spazio Continuum, Milan.<\/p>\n\n

2023 \u2013 Elettra<\/em><\/strong>, performance dedicated to violence against women, inspired by Donatella Bisutti\u2019s poetry, with readings by Sonia Grandis and live music by Tivitavi, presented at: International Poetry Festival \u201cParole Spalancate,\u201d Palazzo Ducale, Genoa (2023); Casa della Poesia di Monza, Reggia di Monza (2024).<\/p>\n\n

2023 \u2013 Butoh Experience<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh dance improvisation with live music by Tivitavi, Studio Manzoni, Milan.<\/p>\n\n

2023 \u2013 Butoh Improvisation<\/em><\/strong>, with Ken Mai and Josephine Groundy, music by Tivitavi, Helsinki Butoh Festival.<\/p>\n\n

2022 \u2013 Splendore<\/em><\/strong>, 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) \u2013 IT (2023); Festival International Danse Butoh, Valence \u2013 FR (2024); Festival Sol de Sabba, Bosa (OR) \u2013 IT (2024); Festival \u201cLe Voci dell\u2019Anima\u201d, Rimini (2024); Teatro Republika Sztuki T\u0142usta Langusta, Poznan \u2013 PL (2025).<\/p>\n\n

2022 \u2013 Traffics<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh dance performance, with acousmatic music by Denis Royer, Festival En Chair et en Son #7, Aleph Theater, Paris.<\/p>\n\n

2021 \u2013 Terre Rare \u2013 M\u00e9moire des Sols<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh dance performance, with acousmatic music by Rodolphe Collange, Festival En Chair et en Son #6, Aleph Theater, Paris. The performance received the review \u201cUne talentueuse danseuse occidentale de butoh\u201d by critic Jean-Marie Gourreau in Critiphotodanse<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n\n

2021 \u2013 \u201cChi \u00e8 Stato<\/em><\/strong>?\u201d, 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 \u2018900, Milan (2021).<\/p>\n\n

2020 \u2013 We Body We Nature<\/em><\/strong>, dance for the Sicula Butoh<\/em> video project, created during lockdown by Butoh dancers from around the world.<\/p>\n\n

2020 \u2013 Rivers running red<\/em><\/strong>, interpretation with Joan Laage for the Butoh performance directed by Joan Laage, Sala Alma Ros\u00e8 \u2013 Artepassante, Milan.<\/p>\n\n

2020 \u2013 Strata<\/em><\/strong>, 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 Mu\u00f1oz, Aeryn Rock, Sala Alma Ros\u00e8 \u2013 Artepassante, Milan.<\/p>\n\n

2019 \u2013 Mono<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh performance, with live music by Tivitavi, presented at: Kulturraum Rosenhof Festival, Tegernau \u2013 GER (2019); Sommerwerft Festival, Frankfurt (2019); Amsterdam Butoh Festival, Munganga Theater (2020); Festival \u201cLe Voci dell’Anima\u201d (The Voices of the Soul), Rimini (2021), where she received the organization\u2019s award assigned by the artistic direction.<\/p>\n\n

2019 \u2013 Two Little Pierrots<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh performance with Joan Laage, presented at: Paris Butoh Festival, Espace Culturel Bertin Poir\u00e9e (2019), Paris; Spazio Continuum, Milan (2019).<\/p>\n\n

2019 \u2013 Remnants Project<\/em><\/strong>, group Butoh performance directed by Joan Laage, with live music by Tivitavi, with Joan Laage, Kea Tonetti, Elisa Tagliati, Mariagiulia Leuzzi, Ricardo Sarmiento Mu\u00f1oz, Marco Casiraghi, Spazio Continuum, Milan.<\/p>\n\n

2019 \u2013 Kyoto Tonight<\/em><\/strong>, dance for Gianmarco Vumo\u2019s music video. <\/p>\n\n

2018 \u2013 Tasogare<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh performance with Atsushi Takenouchi, with live music by Hiroko Komiya and Tivitavi, The Art Land, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan.<\/p>\n\n

2018 \u2013 Amor<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh performance, with live music by Tivitavi, presented at: Spazio Continuum, Milan (2018); H\u00e1rom Holl\u00f3, Budapest (2018); Hortus Conclusus Festival, Novi Ligure (AL) \u2013 IT (2018); \u201cHaru No Kaze\u201d Festival, Teatro Comunale, Vicenza (2019).<\/p>\n\n

2018 \u2013 Three Little Pierrots<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh performance directed by Joan Laage, with Joan Laage, Kea Tonetti, and Maruska Ronchi, Spazio Nu, Pontedera. <\/p>\n\n

2016 \u2013 \u0100tman<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh performance, with live music by Tivitavi, presented at: \u201cLa voce del corpo\u201d Festival, Osnago (LC) \u2013 IT (2016); \u201cThe Living Art\u201d Festival, Spazio Shed, Schio (VI) \u2013 IT (2016); \u201cHors Lits\u201d Festival, Venice (2016); \u201cHaru No Kaze\u201d Festival, Teatro Comunale, Vicenza (2017); Most Center, Odessa \u2013 UKR (2017); \u201cLe Voci dell’Anima\u201d Festival, Rimini (2018).<\/p>\n\n

2016 \u2013 Just for One Day<\/em><\/strong>, performance for the tribute event to David Bowie directed by Giorgio Magar\u00f2, presented at: Barrio\u2019s, Milan (2016); Olinda \u2013 ex Paolo Pini Psychiatric Hospital, Milan (2016); Teatro Binario 7, Monza (2017).<\/p>\n\n

2016 \u2013 Ma to Ma<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh performance with Atsushi Takenouchi, with live music by Hiroko Komiya and Tivitavi, Spazio Continuum, Milan.<\/p>\n\n

2016 \u2013 Dunkelspiegel<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh performance with Marek Jason Isleib, with live music by Tivitavi, Art Action Festival, Monza.<\/p>\n\n

2016 \u2013 Variazione<\/em><\/strong>, dance for the video project by designer Sara Ricciardi, Fuori Salone, Milan. <\/p>\n\n

2015 \u2013 Notte sacra<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh performance with Atsushi Takenouchi, with live music by Hiroko Komiya and Tivitavi, Macao, Milan.<\/p>\n\n

2015 \u2013 White-hot<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh performance, with live music by Tivitavi, presented at: Pontedera Butoh Festival (2015); \u201cBehind the Movement\u201d, event at Loophole, Berlin (2015); Stems Festival Migratorio des Artes, Barcelona (2015); Jur\u00e1nyi Art Incubator House, Budapest (2015); Teatr Novyy Balet, Moscow (2016); One Theater, Krasnodar \u2013 RU (2016).<\/p>\n\n

2015 \u2013 Hana<\/em><\/strong>, choreography created for the dancers of the Vinculation dance company directed by Isabel Beteta, with music by Tivitavi, \u201cLos Tailleres\u201d Cultural Center, Mexico City.<\/p>\n\n

2014 \u2013 Hana no inochi: Life of the flower<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh performance with Atsushi Takenouchi, with live music by Hiroko Komiya and Tivitavi, Spazio Tadini, Milan.<\/p>\n\n

2014 \u2013 Butoh improvisation<\/em><\/strong>, with live music by Tivitavi, \u201cButoh Off\u201d Festival, Basel.<\/p>\n\n

2014 \u2013 Kha<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh performance, with live music by Tivitavi, M\u0171vel\u0151d\u00e9si Szint-M\u00fcszi, Budapest.<\/p>\n\n

2013 \u2013 Yo soy Azul<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh performance, with live music by Tivitavi, presented at: Kulturraum Rosenhof Festival, Tegernau \u2013 GER (2013); Jur\u00e1nyi Art Incubator House, Budapest (2014); One Theatre, Krasnodar \u2013 RU (2014); Evolutive dance festival \u201cBehind the movement\u201d Acud Kunsthaus, Berlin (2014); Brotfabrik, Berlin (2014); Brady Arts Centre, London (2014); Un Teatro Centro Cultural, Mexico City (2014); Festival \u201cGrandezza Naturale\u201d, Oggiono (LC) \u2013 IT (2014); Moving Bodies Butoh Festival, Bologna (2014); Festival Solliloquios y dialogos bailado, Teatro Los Tailleres, Mexico City (2015); \u201cIn Butoh #3 Les racines du mouvement\u201d, Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Le Gai Savoir, Lyon (2015); Espai 30, Barcelona (2016).<\/p>\n\n

2013 \u2013 Mothersea<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh performance, with live music by Tivitavi, for the installation \u201cThe plastic side of the sea,\u201d Straf Hotel, Milan.<\/p>\n\n

2013 \u2013 Utsusemi<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh performance, with live music by Tivitavi, \u201cLa voce del corpo\u201d Festival, Osnago (LC) \u2013 IT.<\/p>\n\n

2012 \u2013 Enth\u00fcllt, the flower garden<\/em><\/strong>, performance with Shaiba Vincenzo Geddo, with live music by Tivitavi and Ogam Fabio Malizia, presented at: Kulturraum Rosenhof Festival, Tegernau \u2013 GER (2012); Werkraum Sch\u00f6pflin, L\u00f6rrach \u2013 GER (2012).<\/p>\n\n

2012 \u2013 Utsusemi<\/em><\/strong>, performance with Monique Arnaud, Noh Theater Master, with live music by Tivitavi and Ogam Fabio Malizia, Centro Alik Cavaliere, Milan.<\/p>\n\n

2012 \u2013 Inori<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh performance in a church in Milan.<\/p>\n\n

2010 \u2013 Wu<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh performance, with live music by Tivitavi, presented at: Kulturraum Rosenhof Festival, Tegernau \u2013 GER (2010); Trace Becoming Art, Perypezye Urbane, Studio 28, Milan (2010); PAF Performing Art Festival, Meina (NO) \u2013 IT (2011).<\/p>\n\n

2009 \u2013 Space is body<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh performance with Yuko Ota, with live music by Tivitavi and Ogam Fabio Malizia, Spazio Continuum, Milan.<\/p>\n\n

2009 \u2013 Shishigami, Spirito della foresta<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh performance, with live music by Tivitavi, presented at: Kulturraum Rosenhof Festival, Tegernau \u2013 GER (2009); Spazio Nu, Pontedera (2009); Sconfinando Sarzana Festival, Sarzana (SP) \u2013 IT (2010); Teatro la Scala della Vita, Milan (2010); Dojo Sheegana, Milan (2010); Eco-Art Festival, Asti (2011).<\/p>\n\n

2009 \u2013 La veglia di Venere<\/em><\/strong>, dance in the video art project, directed by Alessandra Pescetta.<\/p>\n\n

2009 \u2013 Spiegel im Spiegel<\/em><\/strong>, dance performance directed by Pilar Buira Ferre, with Pilar Buira Ferre, Sandra Zabeo, Kea Tonetti, and Riccardo Maffiotti, Kulturraum Rosenhof Festival, Tegernau \u2013 GER.<\/p>\n\n

2008 \u2013 Memoire d\u2019eau<\/em><\/strong>, Butoh performance, with live music by Tivitavi, Spazio Spirale Ex Richard Ginori, \u201cFuori Salone\u201d event, Milan.<\/p>\n\n

2008 \u2013 Omoshiroi<\/em><\/strong>, dance performance, with live music by Tivitavi, Davide Livornese, Ogam Fabio Malizia, and Rumi Pascal Marino, Studio Novi, Milan.<\/p>\n\n

2008 \u2013 She founded CompagniaKha<\/em><\/strong> with Tivitavi, for which she dances and creates choreographies, also collaborating with other musicians and dancers.<\/p>\n\n

2008 \u2013 L\u2019ombra della luce<\/em><\/strong>, choreography and dance, solo performance presented at: Pin Teatro, Milan (2008); Kulturraum Rosenhof Festival, Tegernau \u2013 GER (2008).<\/p>\n\n

2007 \u2013 Ador-azione<\/em><\/strong>, interactive performance, Studio D\u2019Ars, Milan.<\/p>\n\n

2005 \u2013 La Primavera<\/em><\/strong>, dance (five months pregnant with her daughter) for the performance dedicated to Vivaldi\u2019s Four Seasons<\/em>, directed by Alessandra De Santis, Teatro delle Moire, Milan. <\/p>\n\n

2003 \u2013 Fremito d\u2019apocalisse<\/em><\/strong>, choreography and dance, accompanied on piano by Paolo Ferrari, Centro Studi Assenza, Milan.<\/p>\n\n

2002 \u2013 Mass-Construction<\/em><\/strong>, dance, music, poetry, acting, and painting performance with Lorenzo Sanguedolce, Carlo Garofalo, Tivitavi, Sabina Villa, Kea Tonetti, and Antonella Dell\u2019Ara, Circolo Parvus, Milan.<\/p>\n\n

2002 \u2013 Astratta Commedia<\/em><\/strong> by Paolo Ferrari, choreography and dance for the production directed by Corrado Accordino.<\/p>\n\n

2001 \u2013 In-vitro<\/em><\/strong>, choreography and dance for the production directed by Edoardo Favetti, Teatro Libero, Milan.<\/p>\n\n

2000 \u2013 L\u2019inferno di Strindberg<\/em><\/strong>, dance for the production directed by Edoardo Favetti, Teatro Libero, Milan.<\/p>\n\n

2000 \u2013 Isolde<\/em><\/strong>, dance for the production directed by Maria Carpaneto, Danae Festival #2, Teatro Out Off, Milan.<\/p>\n\n

2000 \u2013 T.I.<\/em><\/strong>, dance for the production directed by Maria Carpaneto. <\/p>\n\n

2000 \u2013 Rava Noir<\/em><\/strong>, dance for the production directed by Maria Carpaneto, with live music by Enrico Rava and Stefano Bollani.<\/p>\n\n

1993 \u2013 Danton, la mort<\/em><\/strong> and Don Giovanni el Burlador de Sevilla<\/em><\/strong>, choreography and dance for productions by Marco Maria Linzi, Teatro della Contraddizione, Milan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dancer, teacher, performer, and choreographer. Her artistic and pedagogical research combines Butoh dance with Sensitive Dance\u00ae and is oriented toward an inner, artistic, and spiritual exploration of existence. Hers is a \u201cdance of the soul\u201d that nourishes the Being and seeks the union of mind, heart, body, and spirit, \u201cpresence,\u201d and the expansion of Consciousness. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3995","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/compagniakha.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/compagniakha.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/compagniakha.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compagniakha.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compagniakha.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3995"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/compagniakha.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4439,"href":"https:\/\/compagniakha.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3995\/revisions\/4439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/compagniakha.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}