Professional Dancers Among the Students
of the Sarzana School
4Movimento is a renowned dance school located in the picturesque town of Sarzana, a place where many professional dancers took their first steps, beginning a journey that led them to achieve remarkable goals. Today, these talents are a great source of pride for the school’s teachers, who devote their time and passion to training the new generations.
On this page, you will have the opportunity to get to know them better and to celebrate their achievements together with the school’s staff. We invite you to browse the gallery to discover the distinguished students who have made the 4Movimento dance school famous—and to be inspired by their extraordinary stories and performances!
Rachele Buriassi
Born in Sarzana, she began studying dance at the age of four at the 4°Movimento Dance School. In 2000, she started studying at the École Supérieure de Danse de Rosella Hightower, thanks to a scholarship she won through an audition. In 2002, she continued her studies at the John Cranko Schule in Stuttgart, where she graduated in 2006. Rachele took part in numerous competitions: in 2005, she won second prize at Tanzolymp in Berlin, and in 2006, the special “Wish Will” prize at the Vaganova Grand Prix in Russia.
In the 2006/2007 season, she joined the corps de ballet of the Stuttgart Ballet. In the 2010/2011 season, she was promoted to demi-soloist and became a soloist in the 2012/2013 season.
In March 2009, Rachele Buriassi and William Moore received an invitation to the prestigious Erik Bruhn Prize in Canada, where they performed La Grande Parade du Funk, choreographed by Bridget Breiner for the occasion, and the pas de deux from Act III of Swan Lake (John Cranko).
She is currently a principal dancer at Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal.
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Her Roles
Principal Roles with Stuttgart Ballet
Swan Lake (John Cranko): Odette/Odile
Don Quixote (Maximiliano Guerra): Kitri
Soloist Roles with Stuttgart Ballet
Bravo Charlie (Marco Goecke)
Das Fräulein von S. (Christian Spuck): Ruby
Forgotten Land (JiĹ™í Kylián): Red Couple
Gaîté Parisienne (Maurice Béjart): Marianne
Giselle (production: Reid Anderson, Valentina Savina): Myrtha
Hamlet (Kevin O’Day): Travelling Dancer
I Fratelli (Die Brüder, Mauro Bigonzetti): Ginetta
Il Concertone (Mauro Bigonzetti)
Initialen R.B.M.E. (John Cranko): soloist in part one
La Sylphide (Peter Schaufuss after August Bournonville): First Sylph, one of the Two Sylphs
Las Hermanas (Sir Kenneth MacMillan): Martirio
Lifecasting (Douglas Lee)
Seventh Symphony (Siebte Sinfonie, Uwe Scholz)
Slice to Sharp (Jorma Elo)
Swan Lake (John Cranko): Big Swan, Pas de Six
The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier): Prudence Duvernoy, Manon Lescaut
The Sleeping Beauty (Márcia Haydée after Marius Petipa): Strength Fairy, Ruby
The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko): Pas de six
The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude (William Forsythe)
Theme and Variations (George Balanchine): Principal Role
Roles Created for Her
Dancer in the Dark (Marco Goecke / Louis Stiens)
Hamlet (Kevin O’Day): Court Lady
Il Concertone (Mauro Bigonzetti)
Leviathan (Douglas Lee)
Orlando (Marco Goecke): One of the Two Allegories
Orphée et Euridice (Staging and Choreography: Christian Spuck)
Pocket Concerto (Edward Clug)
Two at a Time (Cayetano Soto)
Special Roles Created for Her at the Noverre Society – Young Choreographers
Dearest (David Moore)
Duet for Six (Armando Braswell)
Fragrance (Emil Faski)
In Passing (Joseph Morrissey)
Speak Volumes (Tim Plegge)
Why Are We Here? (Sebastian Geiger)
Corps de Ballet at Stuttgart Ballet
Carmen (John Cranko; new production: Reid Anderson and Georgette Tsinguirides)
Das Siebte Blau (Christian Spuck)
Frank Bridge Variations (Hans van Manen)
Gaîté Parisienne (Maurice Béjart)
Giselle (production: Reid Anderson, Valentina Savina)
Goecke at the Chamber: The Nutcracker (Marco Goecke)
Initialen R.B.M.E. (John Cranko)
La Fille Mal Gardée (Sir Frederick Ashton)
Lulu. A Monster Tragedy (Christian Spuck)
Onegin (John Cranko)
Requiem (Kenneth MacMillan)
Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko)
Seventh Symphony (Uwe Scholz)
The Lady and the Fool (John Cranko)
The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier)
The Sleeping Beauty (Márcia Haydée after Marius Petipa)
The Song of the Earth (Kenneth MacMillan)
The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko)
Theme and Variations (George Balanchine)


Edoardo Boriani
Born in Sarzana, he began studying dance at the private school 4°Movimento. He continued to refine his skills through various internationally recognised workshops with some of the greatest masters. In 2005, he became a student at the John Cranko Schule in Stuttgart, graduating from the same institution in 2010.
In the 2010/2011 season, he became a member of the corps de ballet of the Stuttgart Ballet, where he performed various roles in both classical and contemporary repertoire. Since 2014, he has been dancing as a soloist for Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo.
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Soloist roles with Stuttgart Ballet
La Sylphide (Peter Schaufuss after August Bournonville): Pas de huit
Special roles
Christoph (Louis Stiens)
Corps de ballet roles
Bolero (Maurice Béjart)
Don Quixote (Maximiliano Guerra)
Gaîté Parisienne (Maurice Béjart)
The Brothers (I Fratelli, Mauro Bigonzetti): Lover
Il Concertone (Mauro Bigonzetti)
Initialen R.B.M.E. (John Cranko)
La Sylphide (Peter Schaufuss after August Bournonville)
Leonce and Lena (Christian Spuck)
Onegin (John Cranko)
Orphée et Euridice (Staging and choreography: Christian Spuck)
Swan Lake (Lago dei Cigni, John Cranko)
The Lady and the Fool (John Cranko)
The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier): Eugène, among others
The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko): Petruchio’s servant, among others
Corps de ballet roles as a student of the John Cranko Schule
The Sleeping Beauty (Márcia Haydée after Marius Petipa)
The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko)
Francesca Bracelli
She began her journey in 1992 at the 4°MOVIMENTO Dance School in Sarzana.
In 2004, she joined the Ecole de Danse de Genève, directed by Sean Wood and Patrice Delay. In 2006, she passed the audition for Codarts Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Rotterdamse Dansacademie, directed by Caroline Harder. From 2010 to 2012, she attended the Vocal Dance & Voice Movement Integration Somatic Movement Training course with Patricia Bardi.
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Diplomas and Awards Obtained:
2008: Scholarship ITS Festival – Workshop with Sarah Linstra (Modern dance) and Michael Schumacher (Improvisation)
2007: Propedeusegetuigschrift Hoger Beroepsonderwijs (propaedeutic certificate) at Codarts Hogeschool voor de Kunsten
2006: Scholarship – Verbier Festival & Academy – Trisha Brown’s workshop with Vicky Shick
2005: Scholarship – Verbier Festival & Academy – Voice and Movement masterclasses with Georges Appaix
Experience as Dancer:
2012: Nina Boas, Follies Filles, Sprookjesparade
2011: Invisible City by Adam Niellissen, Theatre Maatwerk – Battle of Dreams by Hans Lein and Matthew Otaegui
2008–2010: Nina Boas, Les Follies; Merkx & Dansers / De Dansers – Reuzenparade, Fantamagoria, Marathon 2010
La Fura dels Baus – Extollunt Marmora Lunam
Compagnia Belle Epoque – operettas Il Paese Dei Campanelli, Sì, The Merry Widow
Dylan Newcomb – Dancing Science, research project
Teatri del Vento – La Nascita Della Primavera
2004–2006: Ballet Junior de Genève
Choreographers she worked with: Kirsten Debrock, Thierry Malandain, Pascal Gravat, Prisca Harsch, Sean Wood, Lucinda Childs, Patrick Delcroix, Gilles Jobin
Experience as Choreographer:
2012: In un attimo (duo), Spazio Made, Italy
Salone della Moda, Tableau Vivant by Mevan Kaluarachchi, Netherlands
2009–2010: Merkx & Dansers – Marathon 2009/2010, Reuzenparade, A Line (collaborative project), Netherlands
2005: Straniero (solo), Switzerland
Experience as Teacher:
2012: Workshop for Dasanteliers and Christelijke Basisschool
Ballet teacher for children at Stichting Trias, Rijswijk
2011: CIRCLE Rotterdam – Vocal Dance & Voice Movement Integration classes for professional dancers
Workshop at Theatre Maatwerk, Rotterdam
Substitute teacher for modern and ballet at Balletschool Marcella, Gouda
2008–2010: Private and group dance lessons
2003–2004: Modern dance teacher at Scuola di Ballo Quarto Movimento, Sarzana
Productions:
2010: One Night Dance with Ellit Marrom
Anime Salve in Terra e in Mare tour in collaboration with Codarts students, A Line (solo) with Helene de Groot
2009: Choreographic Game by Dirk Dumon (Holland Dance Festival)
Zwart Festival
Michele Pogliani repertoire: Venus as a Boy
2008: Kylián’s repertoire: Symphony of Psalms, rehearsed by Brigitte Martin
Drama performance
Listen Baby by Gabriella Staiger
Cloud Nine, Dance Nacht, Blind Date by Tatiana Eranosyan
Museum Room by Lucie Burton (film)
2007: Choreographic Game by Dirk Dumon (Holland Dance Festival)
Icosahedron by Thom Stuart, Sabrina Vis
Secret Skin by Nanine Linning
Graham repertoire: Diversion of Angels, Heretic
Poverty Requiem by Noortjie Bijvoets and Feri de Geus
Photo project in Brussels (Street improvisation)
2006: Stijn Celis repertoire rehearsed by Kate Ketchum
2005: Chinese Shadows (on a Bridge)
Choreographic workshop
Mats Ek repertoire rehearsed by Marc Hwang
Nacho Duato repertoire: Por vos Muero, White Darkness, rehearsed by Fabrice Edelmann
Cittadella Danza
2004: Gala of the international classical dance workshop “Nina Soldun”
JiĹ™í Kylián repertoire rehearsed by Ken Ossola
2003: The Jungle Book (lead role)
Gala of the international classical dance workshop “Nina Soldun”
2001–2002: Amore Perduto (solo), Sincronismi 2, Alice (lead role) with Scuola di danza Quarto Movimento
JiĹ™í Kylián repertoire rehearsed by Gerald Tibbs
1993–1999: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Peter Pan, Pinocchio, Cinderella with Scuola di danza Quarto Movimento
Workshops:
Ballet: Vadim Desnitskj, Rosella Hightower, Dominique Khalfouni, Margarita Smirnova, Gilbert Mayer, Kathryn Wade, Collet Armand, Patricia Carey, Arlette Castanier, Claudie Winzer, Anne Marie Benati, Olga Evreinoff, Irina Chistyakova, Bella Ratchinskaja, George Bodnarciuc
Modern and Contemporary Dance: Dominique Mercy, Samuel Wuersten, Dyane Gray, Frédéric Bendongue, Inga Sterner Jacquin, Malou Airaudo, Gigi Caciuleanu, Raffaella Giordano, Nienke Reehorst, Fabrizio Monteverde, Kyomi Ichida, Louise Frank, Luisa Guicciardini, Stephan Brinkmann, Larrio Ekson, Fernando Mendoza Suels, Jenny Coogan, Ruth Barnes, Mena Avolio, Yuval Pick, Gilles Jobin, Fernando Carrillo
Improvisation and Techniques:
William Forsythe Improvisation Technique with Heide Vierthaver, Regina Van Berkel
Trisha Brown’s repertoire
Angelin Preljocaj repertoire taught by Naomi Perlov
Improvisation: Ruth Barnes, Michael Schumacher
Contact Improvisation: Kevin Polak, Miquel de Jong, Paola Gianoli
Countertechnique: Anouk Van Dijk
Partnering Workshops based on Kylián, Gingras, Van Dijk’s repertoire
Release Technique & Movement Research: Georg Blaschke
Other Disciplines:
Capoeira: Leone Barilli
Cuban Salsa: Fernando Carrillo Zevada, Sophie Zufferrey
Yoga: Nienke Reehorst, Rick Bendeck
Tai Chi Chuan: Fabio Ruini
Guardian of Destiny training: Adam Apollo
African Dance: Ayaovi Kokousse
Budo: Ami Raymond
Feldenkrais: Kevin Gregan
CobosMika Company Repertoire: Iker Arrue, Laura Villar


Elisa Ianniello
Professional Profile
Graduate with fifteen years of progressive experience in the dance sector. Offers in-depth knowledge of the body as well as a strong aptitude for achieving goals while respecting budgets and deadlines.
Demonstrates strong motivation and initiative, along with organisational and planning skills.
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EXPERIENCE
Prodanza, Santo Stefano di Magra — Classical and Modern Dance Teacher
09.2020 – 09.2022
Led workshops on visual language and expressive techniques, offering sensory experiences and creative processes that were effective and highly relevant. (Ages 3–5)
Introduction to classical technique. (Ages 5–7)
In-depth study of classical technique. (Ages 7–12)
Preparation and training of young artists, designing customised methods and programmes that enabled pupils to achieve significant results. (Ages 12–20)
Summer Campus Falconara — Dance Teacher
06.2021–08.2021 / 06.2022–07.2022
Guided participants in body awareness through recreational activities using equipment
Created short choreographed sequences
Introduced concepts of music, dance, and art
Nursery “Le Tate Torture” — Physical Education Teacher
01.2022 – 05.2022
Guided children in developing body awareness through recreational activities using equipment
Danseavie Corpo Unico — Classical and Modern Dance Teacher
09.2018 – 08.2021
Conducted workshops on visual language and expressive techniques, offering sensory and creative experiences
Initiation into classical technique (Ages 3–5)
In-depth classical and modern dance training (Ages 7–25)
Focus on expressiveness through small choreographic workshops
Dance study for adults
Naima Academy — Classical and Modern Dance Teacher
09.2018 – 12.2019
Training and preparation of young dancers for competitions, events, and performances
Ekodanceproject — Secretary
09.2017 – 12.2019
Registration form management
Payment processing
Organisation of travel
EDUCATION
Ateneo della Danza, Siena — Certificate
2021, Siena
In-depth study of stretching and various stretching techniques
Opus Ballet, Florence — Certificate
2020, Florence
Professional training for contemporary/modern dance teachers
Accademia Italiana Fitness, Prato — Certificate
2020, Prato
Certified to teach Pilates
Certified to teach postural gymnastics
Ddweco, Milan — Certificate
2019, Milan
Percussionist training
Royal Ballet School, Livorno — Certificate
2019, A.E.d. Livorno
Refresher course on classical dance teaching
AED, Livorno — Diploma
2018, A.E.d. Livorno
Certified to teach classical dance
Teatro Nuovo, Turin — Diploma
2017, Turin
Scholarship recipient
Professional course in contemporary dance
Ekodanceproject (Artistic Director: Pompea Santoro), Turin
09.2014 – 08.2017
Classical dance training and study of Mats Ek’s repertoire
Joined the company
Performed in shows such as Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake by Mats Ek
4Movimento by Lucia Boschi and Giuseppe Gilardi, Sarzana
09.2009 – 08.2014
Introduction to classical and modern dance
Production of shows (Puss in Boots, The Wizard of Oz)
Participation in performances (La luna sul pontile, photo exhibitions, Parallelamente, Il Natale in comune, bookshop events, Fondachi inauguration)
Dance Studio by Sarah Menconi, Carrara
09.2008 – 06.2009
Introduction to classical and jazz dance
WORKSHOPS
Progetto Danza, Treviso
07.2010 / 07.2011 / 07.2012 / 07.2013
Studied classical dance with Olivieri (Director of La Scala, Milan)
Studied modern dance with Mousse (Choreographer of Può Dance)
PERFORMANCES
Puss in Boots (2009), End-of-year show (Massa)
Incontri (2010)
Libro (2013), Performance for Mondadori opening (Sarzana)
TUTÙ (2013), Dance shop opening (S. Stefano)
Gente (2013), Restaurant opening (Sarzana)
Luci (2014), Opening season performance (Sarzana)
Sleeping Beauty by Mats Ek (2015), Show opening (Turin)
Swan Lake by Mats Ek (2016), Show opening (Turin)
Il Cammino (2017), Final exam show (Turin)
The Doll Shop (2018), End-of-year show (La Spezia)
Dance and Song (2018), Summer show (Lerici)
Petrushka and Its Colours (2019), End-of-year show (La Spezia)
Intervention on the Moon (2019), Summer show (Lerici)
Summer event (Treviso)
La luna sul pontile (2010), Summer performance (Lerici)
On Pointe (2011), Performance for gym opening (Carrara)
The Seal (2012), Photo studio performance (Treviso)
Dance in the Window (2012), Competition (Treviso)
Free Body (2012), Shop opening performance (Carrara)
The Wizard of Oz and Ballet Evening (2013), End-of-year show (S. Stefano)
Annita Conti
Professional Profile
Born in Sarzana on 13/04/1989, she began her classical and modern dance studies at the age of 5 in 1995 at the 4° Movimento dance school in Sarzana, directed by teachers Lucia Boschi and Giuseppe Gilardi, where she trained until 2009.
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She took part in the school’s performances at the Teatro Guglielmi in Massa and Teatro Impavidi in Sarzana, and enhanced her training through dance workshops with dancers and choreographers such as: Carl Portal (2008 and 2009), Beatrice Buffin (2008 and 2009), Fabrizio Monteverde (2008 and 2009), Bruno Collinet (2008 and 2009), Larrio Ekkson (2004, 2008 and 2009), Fura Dels Baus (2009), Samuele Cardini (2012), Paolo Granello (2012), Yoko Wakabayashi (2012), Frédéric Olivieri (2008 and 2009), Margarita Smirnova (2008 and 2009), Anna Maria Prina (2016).
In December 2008 she took part in the international competition "Rapallo Danza" and won a four-week scholarship with Maestro Vadim Desnitskj (Kirov Theatre).
She continued her training and dancing career in contemporary dance with the company Effetto Parallelo in Pisa, directed by choreographer Michele Arena, and with the company Exit-Danza_t, directed by Franco Cecchini, performing in all productions up to 2014.
In October 2012 she was selected as a dancer for the Officina Pisano Project, directed by Virgilio Sieni, and in April 2013 she performed in the production Dolci Camminamenti at the Teatro Politeama in Cascina.
Since September 2012, she has been teaching children at the Arabesque school in Pisa, directed by Sabrina di Cristofaro.
From September 2013, she has been teaching at the Labulé dance school at the Centro Dialma Ruggiero in La Spezia, leading classes in movement education and contemporary dance (ages 3½ to 14).
Since September 2013, she has collaborated in the production of the theatre-dance festival FISIKO! as part of the Fuori Luogo La Spezia season, under the artistic direction of Michela Lucenti.
In 2014 she obtained a BA in Modern Literature from the University of Pisa.
In December 2014, she obtained her diploma in a two-year training course in movement pedagogy at Choronde Progetto Educativo in Rome, under the artistic direction of Susanna Odevaine, qualifying to teach dance in nursery and primary schools. During the course, she studied with international artists such as: Françoise Dupuy, Marcelle Bonjour, Laura Delfini, Sabine Oetterli, Chiara Ossicini, Marina Rocco (CND Paris), and Ciro Paduano.
In summer 2014, she took part in the choreographic workshop “Corpo a Corpo” with the Balletto Civile company, directed by Michela Lucenti, and participated in the final performance at Centro Allende in La Spezia.
During the “Scrigni” festival in Fiano Romano, she attended the voice and movement workshop “Il corpo ritrovato” led by Oretta Bizzarri.
In November 2014, she took part in the seminar directed by Raffaella Giordano at L’Arboreto–Teatro Dimora (RN).
In January 2015, she launched and directed two educational projects presented in primary schools in the province of La Spezia aimed at promoting creative movement in schools: Il corpo e l’immaginazione and Dalla favola al teatro.
In the 2014/2015 academic year, she joined a choreographic project led by dancer Marigia Maggipinto (former member of Pina Bausch's company) at Spazio Nu (Pontedera).
In April 2015, she staged Le favole di Esopo, which she conceived and choreographed. The show was produced by Ass. Labulé in collaboration with IRCCS Stella Maris in Pisa, a third-level child neuropsychiatry centre.
From March 2015, she took part in the “Link teatro-scuola” project (Fondazione Carispezia) as a movement educator for adolescents in secondary schools in the province of La Spezia.
In June 2015, she directed the production Les Mobiles, suoni rumori colori, inspired by the works of Calder and Pollock, with pupils from the Labulé dance school at the Centro Giovanile Dialma Ruggiero.
During July and August 2015, she led a project in collaboration with Auser La Spezia and the Municipality of La Spezia, involving contemporary dance and art workshops for elderly groups.
In July–August 2015, she trained with the Balletto Civile company in residence at Centro Dialma Ruggiero in La Spezia, studying with choreographer Michela Lucenti.
In September 2015, she took part in a seminar with Dominique Dupuy at the Oriente Occidente Festival in Rovereto.
In October 2015, she participated in the “Danse, magie, poésie” project at the CND (Centre National de la Danse) in Paris, aimed at educators and teachers of creative dance and movement.
She was selected as a dancer for the three-year training project KLM/Kinkaleri – Compagnia MK – Compagnia Raffaello Sanzio and attended all meetings in Prato, Rome, and Bologna from November 2015.
From March 2016, she coordinated several educational projects for children at the Ludoteca Civica in La Spezia.
In April 2016, during the artistic residency of the Dreamtime company in La Spezia at the Centro Dialma Ruggiero, she supported the residency and took part in classes led by Anna Maria Prina and Stefania Ballone.
In June 2016, she staged a choreographic project involving 70 performers including dance students and their families, entitled Gener-Azioni, performed at the Centro Giovanile Dialma Ruggiero with the support of Associazione Labulé.
In July 2016, she was selected to attend the DanceAbility Teacher Training course with Alito Alessi at the ImpulsTanz Festival in Vienna (1–30 July), where she obtained her teaching certificate in the method.
In October 2016, she began the two-year teacher training programme at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.
She currently collaborates on various artistic and educational projects organised by Compagnia degli Scarti (Scarti Factory) and Balletto Civile (Physical Theatre Lab and the How Long is Now project involving elderly residents in La Spezia care homes – October 2016).
Since January 2017, she has brought DanceAbility and dance education into primary and nursery schools, winning two 50-hour education projects titled Il corpo e l’immaginazione.
From February 2017, she was included in the school-work transition programme at the T. Parentucelli Scientific High School in Sarzana for a total of 60 hours, as a movement education teacher for both able-bodied and disabled students (a project in collaboration with Consorzio Cometa, funded by the Ministry of Health).
In September 2017, she founded the ASD Les Mobiles – Educazione al movimento, of which she is president.
In December 2017, she received a grant from BCC–Credito Cooperativo Bank to support dance and movement education projects in schools.
Thanks to this funding, the project Le favole di Esopo a Scuola was implemented in the De Ghisi Primary School in Fabiano, with 30 hours of activities and a final performance entitled Esopo e la danza.
Since February 2018, she has continued the Dance and Community project at the Sarzana Mission, working with disabled youth living on the third floor of the facility. Her lessons have also been integrated into the REGIONE LIGURIA project La danza degli uomini uguali, in collaboration with ISFORCOOP, Scarti, and Balletto Civile.
In April, together with director Enrico Casale, she staged UH! Versacci Futuristi with 30 disabled young people from the REGIONE project.
In June 2018, she directed a project on emotions inspired by the film Inside Out: E-motion, involving 30 children from the after-school dance education programmes run by ASD Les Mobiles – Educazione al movimento.
On 26 June 2018, she completed the two-year teacher training course and received her qualification as a teacher of the Scala method, authorised to teach the first three academic levels.
In September 2018, she continued her training at the Accademia Teatro alla Scala to qualify to teach the advanced courses (4th–5th academic levels).
She currently teaches introductory and classical dance classes at the Centro Giovanile Dialma Ruggiero, La Spezia.
ASD Les Mobiles collaborates with the E. Ghezzi dance school in Pisa on an integrated DanceAbility® project involving both able-bodied children and those with varying abilities. The project is overseen by Dr Bargagna, a neuropsychiatrist from Stella Maris Pisa, alongside educators and sector experts.


Eugenio Micheli
She began her studies at the age of four at the 4°Movimento Dance School in Sarzana. She refined her training by attending international-level stages with renowned teachers.
In the winter of 2011, she won a scholarship that secured her admission to the Summer Dance Programme at the Boston Ballet School. In the same summer, she also took part in the Summer Course in London at the English National Ballet School through a selection process. Thanks to a scholarship awarded by Michel Gascard, Director of the Rudra Béjart School in Lausanne, she was admitted to the professional training course offered by the Rudra School, which lasts two years.
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She graduated from the École Supérieure de Danse de Rosella Hightower and is currently dancing for Pompea Santoro in the Eko Dance International Project and for Italian choreographer Matteo Levaggi.
For the Rudra Béjart School, she has performed in numerous theatres for a variety of events:
Meeting of Swiss Private Banks – Théâtre des Forces Motrices, Geneva
Opening of the International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Geneva at the CICG
Théâtre de Beaulieu
Closing ceremony of the Olympic Museum in Lausanne – Performance in collaboration with the vocal group Voxset
Press presentation of the new programme – Théâtre de Vidy, Lausanne
Pavia and Reggio Calabria – 2012 Anniversary Programme
Geneva, Salle Hippomène – Private gala for the Union of Swiss Private Banks
Festival de la Cité, Lausanne
Théâtre de Beaulieu – 25th Anniversary of the Béjart Ballet Lausanne Foundation
Como, Italy – Como City of Music Festival, Villa Olmo Park
20th Anniversary of our school – Unprecedented Programme in Switzerland, Théâtre Barnabé, Servion, Switzerland
20th Anniversary – Private performance for sponsors and former students
Lara Pilloni
Born in Sarzana, she began her classical and modern dance training at the 4° Movimento Dance School in Sarzana with Lucia Boschi, Giuseppe Gilardi, and Alice Maruelli. Her encounter with Franko Schmidt, dancer with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, led her to the Folkwang Universität der Künste, where she continues her studies to this day.
There, she deepens her study of classical technique and becomes familiar with the Jooss-Leeder technique under the guidance of Malou Airaudo, Lutz Förster, and Stephan Brinkmann. Since 2017, she has taken part as a dancer in various projects within the Tanzabend, Exercitium, and Junge Choreographen programmes.
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Performances with Scuola 4° Movimento
May 2011
Chiostro Chiesa San Francesco, Sarzana – Opening of the photography exhibition dedicated to dance by Giuseppe Gilardi and Riccardo Podestà
June 2011
Via Fiasella, Sarzana – Opening of the Podestà-Gilardi Photography Centre
July 2011
Piazza dei Signori, Treviso – Grand Gala - Progetto Danza, Incontri – choreography by Lucia Boschi and Giuseppe Gilardi
August 2011
Lerici – Maritime Festival, La Luna sul pontile – choreography by Lucia Boschi
December 2013
Sarzana Town Hall – Le campane di Santa Lucia – choreography by Lucia Boschi
June 2014
Via dei Fondachi, Sarzana – Opening of Restaurant I Fondachi
December 2014
Soluzione d’Interni, Avenza (MS) – Il Cappotto – choreography by Lucia Boschi, freely inspired by the novel The Overcoat by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
August 2015
Sarzana – ParallelaMente | Festival della Mente – Area Balletto – choreography by Lucia Boschi, Bright Red – choreography by Lucia Boschi
June 2016
Soluzione d’Interni, Avenza (MS) – Convivio – choreography by Lucia Boschi
Personal Research Project
August 2018
Chiostro, Sarzana Town Hall – ParallelaMente | Festival della Mente
"...E il mare non si riempie?" by and with Lara Pilloni and Sara Valenti – a dance-theatre performance freely inspired by the story In the Name of the Mother by Erri De Luca
At the Folkwang Universität der Künste
She furthers her study of contemporary and classical dance with Lutz Förster, Malou Airaudo, Stephan Brinkmann, Rodolpho Leoni, and takes part in advanced workshops with:
Mu-Yi Kuo (Department of Physical Theatre / Improvisation)
Juan Cruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola (Sasha Waltz Company)
Kenji Takagi (technique and improvisation)
Peader Kirk (composition/directing of performance and physical theatre)
Ernesta and Andra Corvino (Cecchetti technique)
As a Dancer – Selected Performances
June 2017
Neue Aula | Folkwang Universität der Künste – TanzAbend
Squared Piece – choreography by Ivan Strelkin
November 2017
Pina Bausch Theatre | Folkwang Universität der Künste – Exercitium
Rasa Sayang – choreography by Kai Strathmann
February 2018
Neue Aula | Folkwang Universität der Künste – Junge Choreographen
In Meinem Garten – choreography by Sara Valenti (3rd-year BA)
+/-/x/: – choreography by Jong Min Kim (2nd-year MA, Movement Notation)
Qualifications and Additional Training
In 2011–2012, she obtained certification as a Dance Teacher through a course organised by AED (European Dance Association), Livorno, under the patronage of the Region of Tuscany.
In May 2014, she passed the entrance examination and was admitted to the Contemporary Dance undergraduate degree programme at the National Academy in Rome.
Workshops and Masterclasses with Renowned Teachers
Irina Rosca – National Dance Academy, Rome
Alen Bottaini – English National Ballet / Bayerische Staatsoper
Rachele Buriassi – Boston Ballet, formerly Stuttgart Ballet
Carolina Amoretti – Freelance
Francesca Bracelli – GYROKINESIS® Trainer, Vocal Dance Integration Practitioner – Codarts
Gigi Caciuleanu – Artistic Director, Ballet Nacional Chileno
Carl Portal – Freelance, Studio Harmonic
Samuel Wuersten – Holland Dance Festival, Director, Rotterdam Academy
Michele Pogliani – Choreographer, National Dance Academy, Rome
Paolo Granello – Freelance
Ian Broeckx – Director, Munich Academy
Wim Broeckx – Director, Prix de Lausanne
Nicola Biasutti – Stuttgart Academy
Nathalie Quernet – Ballet of the Opéra National de Paris
Catarina Moreira – National Dance Conservatory, Lisbon
Adria Ferrali – Martha Graham Dance Company
Celia Amade – Nederlands Dans Theater
Tim Percent – Leine Roebana Dance Company
Roger van der Poel – NDT
Stefan Zeromski – NDT
Menghan Lou – NDT
Franko Schmidt – Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch
Pompea Santoro – Cullberg Ballet and EkoDanceProject
Leone Barilli – MaggioDanza Company, Teatro Comunale di Firenze – Kalinka Danza Company
Anna Hermann – NDT, Freelance Dance Artist


Carolina Moretti
A former student of the 4°Movimento school directed by Lucia Boschi, she went on to study at the École Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower.
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In 2002, she moved to Rudra Béjart in Lausanne, where in addition to classical and modern dance, she specialised in percussion, kendo, African dance, Indian dance, and circus arts. She worked with the Effetto Parallelo company directed by Michele Arena, and with the Nuova Danza group led by Fabrizio Monteverde. From there, she continued working until 2006 with Kalinka Danza directed by Leone Barilli.
During this period, she also took part in numerous laboratories and workshops in both classical and contemporary dance, studying with teachers from St Petersburg such as Vadim Desnitsky, Margarita Kullik, and Bella Ratcinskaia for classical ballet; and for contemporary dance, contact and improvisation, with Larrio Ekson, Yasmeen Godder, Isira Makuloluwe, Laura Arìs Alvarez, Khosro Adibi, Scott Smith, Alessandro Certini, and Charlotte Zerbey. She also attended contact improvisation seminars at the Contact Festival in Tel Aviv.
Since 2007, she has been working with the TPO Company in Prato, and since 2010 has also collaborated with the Cantiere Ikrea association. In 2011/2012, she worked on new projects together with Tommaso Monza, a young choreographer and dancer from the Abbondanza/Bertoni company.
She is currently teaching professionals in Florence and dancing for Fika Contemporanea Danza.