Simonetta Alessandri

Biography

Simonetta has collaborated as a dancer and choreographer in many Companies in Italy: Jazz Ballet, Encanto, Pudore ben in Vista, Dark Camera, La fabbrica dell'attore, MDA. Her choreography has been shown in: Italy, UK, Turkey, Japan and Colombia. Since 1999 MDA Produzioni Danza have produced her choreographies in Italy. Simonetta has been teaching for more than 20 years in Italy (Ballet, Contemporary Dance, Contact Improvisation, Improvisation and Feldenkrais) and she has also taught in France, Germany, Colombia, Norway and Israel. She recently moved to London and has taught at: LCDS, Moving East, Independent Dance, Goldsmith College and Laban Center.

Research Interest

Simonetta Alessandri studied Ballet, Modern, Contemporary and Jazz dance in Torino (Bella Hutter school and Teatro Nuovo school) in Roma (Mimma Testa school) and she obtaining the T.C. at the Royal Academy of Dancing® . In the early 90s she started to study Contact Improvisation and Improvisation with the foremost teachers: S.Paxton, N.Stark Smith, A.Harwood, J.Hamilton, J.Skinner, D.Heitkamp and R.Saporah. In 2002 she completed a 4 year education to become a qualified teacher of the Feldenkrais Method. She is currently working on an MA in Choreography at LCDS.