DOP – Higher education training is a structured course of study in contemporary dance, research and the integration of physical vocabularies for live performance, with a particular focus on improvisation and an openness to multidisciplinary practices.
Where: Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
When: An information and selection meeting will be held on 23 and 24 May 2025
DOP is geared to all dancer/artists between 18 and 40 years old who have already completed their training and have the desire to mature and develop an artist’s profile through experiences and studies articulated on a non-typical academic basis. The course aims to provide practical and theoretical tools to nurture and develop one’s own research work, to stimulate reflection on one’s artistic journey and to generate links between various experiences in dance and theatre in relationship to different visions and methods of choreographic composition and improvisation.
DOP offers a course of 9 intensive appointments of practical-poetic training on a monthly basis, from October 2025 to June 2026. The course takes place at Studio Company Blu and Teatro Limonaia, Sesto Fiorentino (Florence Italy).
TEACHERS Charlotte Zerbey, Alessandro Certini, Julyen Hamilton, Renate Graziadei, Vera Mantero, Giovanni Di Cicco, Elena Giannotti, Massimiliano Barachini, Katie Duck, Jurij Konjar.
How to apply:
PARTICIPATION AND SELECTION
Participation is limited in number upon selection
Attendance is mandatory for the entire course
It is intended to constitute a stable and heterogeneous group (aged between 18 and 40).
To apply it is necessary to send an email to: laboratori@companyblu.it
Subject: DOP – Training 2025/26
Attachments:
A short motivational letter
C.V.
2 photographs (one portrait and one dance)
Short video link (if available)
Costs for participants: All the details on our website
For further information, please visit https://www.companyblu.it/formazione.html
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