IDaCo Transition program
Site specific performances
USELESSNESS project
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Giorgia Bovo in collaboration with musician/composer Francesco Beccaro
A videodance project
Uselessness Project is the result of the collaboration between dancer/choreographer Giorgia Bovo and musician/composer Francesco Beccaro. Through a series of videos, the focus of the project changes with each series. This particular one, it is the theme of colors. Each video is a synesthetic exploration of the psychophysical effects of a specific color expressed through dance, film and music.
GIorgia Bovo, (from Biella, Italy) trained on full scholarship at Scuola del Balletto di Toscana. While in Italy she worked with Junior Balletto di Toscana and Kaos-Balletto di Firenze. After moving to NY, Giorgia has worked with The Metropolitan Opera, Armitage Gone! Dance, The Francesca Harper Project and Bradley Shelver Dance Theater. She currently works with Gabrielle Lamb, Rebecca Kelly Ballet, Indelible Dance, Flusso Dance Project and Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance. Giorgia is an ABT® Certified Teacher to teach Pre-Primary through Level 3 of the American Ballet Theater National Training Curriculum. As a choreographer she has created work for Uselessness Project, a collaboration with the musician Francesco Beccaro, and for Indelible Dance
Francesco Beccaro is a bass player, composer and educator originally born in Italy. After graduation from The Collective School of Music he went on to perform and record with countless musicians, with the like of: Popa Chubby, Sheryl Bailey, Savion Glover, Monifah, Jimmy Cobb, Oz Noy, L.E.S, Pipes, Carmine Appice and Alex Acuna.
As a teacher Francesco is a faculty member of The Collective School of Music in New York City and of Kosa International Workshops (VT) and appeared on the instructional video "Groove Workshop" by Victor Wooten.
As a composer Francesco wrote music for short films and theater shows. His latest compositional work is for Uselessness Project, a collaboration with dancer Giorgia Bovo.
ONESELF
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Alessandra Giambelli in collaboration with graphic designer Francesco Izzo
Dance – Video – Graphic design
The idea of the project is to record excerpts of the dancer's life during the months prior the performance. This record could be a mixture of images, videos, words or drawings.
All this material will be gathered in a sequence to be projected while the dancing is happening. The goal is to show how all the memories and facts of a dancer's life affect the performance itself. Because a dancer brings on stage all the experience she/he had until the performance allowing him/her becoming oneself with the piece.
ALESSANDRA GIAMBELLI Choreographer
www.alessandragiambelli.com
Born and raised in Italy, Alessandra Giambelli now lives in New York. She combines a professional dancing career at various reputable companies with a role of instructor and mentor at The Ailey School where she brings her passion for dance on to the next generation.
Since her arrival in America, Giambelli attracted prestigious choreographers and artists such as Alonzo King, Nick Cave, Manuel Vignoulle, Maurya Kerr, Robert Sher-Mahherndl, Michele Oliva and Norbert De la Cruz III as mentors and collaborators. Giambelli studied at The Ailey School (NYC), Alonzo King Lines Ballet (SF) on scholarship, M.A.S (Italy) and l’Academie de Danse Classique Princesse Grace(Monte Carlo).
She revealed her extraordinary talent and commitment to dancing while working and performing for BODYART Dance Company, Nathan Trice/Rituals, ACB Dance Company, Nomad Contemporary Ballet, Lydia Johnson Dance and Benjamin Briones Ballet. She has taught masterclasses at Syracuse University (NY), Manhattan Movement Arts Center (NYC) and M.A.S (Italy) .
As a rising choreographer, Giambelli’s works have been presented at the Ailey Citigroup Theater, the Performance Lab at Steps on Broadway, the Boston Contemporary Dance Festival, Green Space Blooms and The Dance Gallery Festival 2014. Alessandra is also a GYROTONIC® certified instructor.
FRANCESCO IZZO – Graphic designer & Videographer
http://francescoizzo.com
Francesco Izzo grew up between the north, center and south Italy enjoying their cultural differences.
The love for music, graffiti and art brought him to become a designer. Francesco left Italy in 2009 for the need of change and today he resides in New York where he's been employing his ability to engage with people's emotions through visual language
IDaCo nyc team
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