Bio

Today the Pizzica is an integral part of my life – a sleeping passion that demands to be awoken. It was within my familial and social milieu that I discovered this dance, right in the heart of my homeland. For over 10 years, through close friends in my village, I had the opportunity to practice the Pizzica in its traditional context. Parallel to this I furthered my knowledge by participating in workshops.

I had the opportunity to organise, in collaboration with the Pour le Bal association, a workshop in Geneva in 2013 with a dance friend from southern Italy. For the love of dance, I also gave several classes within the framework of the Association Régionale des Pouilles de Genève. Having been invited by Massimo and Salvatore, my Tamburelloteachers, to participate in some of their performances, I was given the chance to demonstrate my abilities.

I expanded my knowledge base through other traditional dances such as the Tammurriata, the Tarantelle Calabrese and other Tarantelles. I am pulled by the simple love of dance, and I have hade the chance to practice a number of traditional European dances like Masurka, Scottish, waltzs in three, five and eight counts, and the dances of Brittany.

All of this has allowed me to extend my range and to better appreciate all of these dances, which all have something in common: the pleasure of dance and expression of emotions.