Da sedici anni faccio parte della comunità dell’Axis Syllabus e insegno regolarmente nei gruppi di studio AS. In questo ambito di ricerca esploro il ruolo che l'AS può avere in termini di etica del movimento, sia nella vita quotidiana sia nell’arte del corpo e in dialogo con la mia ricerca somatica e performativa.

Qualche parola sull’Axis Syllabus

L’Axis Syllabus è un sistema di riferimento e un archivio in costante evoluzione per lo studio del movimento umano. Integra conoscenze empiriche e scientifiche di anatomia, biomeccanica, fisiologia, antropologia, neuroscienze e fisica, collegandole all’esperienza pratica e alla vita quotidiana. L’AS viene spesso trasmesso attraverso la danza, ma non è un metodo o una tecnica di danza: fornisce principi e applicazioni per un movimento efficiente ed etico, in dialogo con le specificità di ciascun corpo.

Un aspetto fondamentale dell’AS è incoraggiare l’auto osservazione consapevole e l’applicazione al movimento di principi teorici, in dialogo con le proporzioni e il tono unici di ogni corpo. Le informazioni presenti nell’AS sono organizzate con cura e trasmesse con accuratezza terminologica.

L’AS è stato consolidato alla fine degli anni ’90 grazie al lavoro del coreografo, danzatore e pedagogo Frey Faust, insieme al contributo di una rete internazionale di artisti, terapisti, scienziati e operatori del movimento. Col tempo, è diventato l’Axis Syllabus International Research Network (ASIRN), una piattaforma globale per la ricerca e la pratica del movimento. 

Tena del workshop of Jessica Yiskah: CORPI RISONANTI 
Principi in dialogo per un embodiment del movimento

In his lessons of contact inserts elements from the various disciplines that has studied extensively over the years as: floorwork, release technique, experiential anatomy, applied anatomy, dupuy technique, acrobalance, martial arts, afro dance, ballet, alexander technic, chi kung, dance theatre and much more.

– In the past collaborated with the UNIVERSITY OF ROME “Roma 3”, department of “Philosophy of Education” giving lectures about “Pedagogy, C.I. and personal researches on teaching”.

– for two years he received an open scholarship in Brussels (PARTS-ROSAS Dance Company) and in Rome by the region of Lazio to proceed with his research on dance theater projects. His original works (“Buongiorno Amore”, “Afroditi”, presented at Olympic theatre and Theatre Greco) combine together elements of theatre and dance.
– Was professor in the theatre school “il Cantiere Teatrale”.
– 2018 award: His work as choreography director for the Pina Bausch “The Nelken line in Rome”. An international project of 25 dancers of 11 different countries. Receives the second award of Lazio Film Festival Commission.
– he has been a guest together with Giulio Tremonti (former Italian Minister of Economy), Romano Prodi (the former Italian prime minister and former president of the European community), Ermanno Olmi (film director) in the TV show “the wind whistles” of Gad Lerner for Repubblica television and for the art channel Effe tv.
– Has collaborated -teaching and making shows of improvisation- with the Italian National Organization of Theatre.
– Teaches regularly  Contact Improvisation in Rome and around europe developing his own method.
– Has collaborated with Roberto Castello-Aldes for “Narrate” premium UBU as the best dance theatre production of the year in Italy and many others.
– Co-founder of CORE an association of choreographers of central Italy to promote the rights of the live performing arts.
– Co-founder of RomaContact a collective of dancers who promote and give shows of improvisation and Contact Improvisation.

– Lives in Rome where graduate at school “l’officina” where study release technique, Dupuy technique, contact improvisation, instant improvisation and composition.
– As a choreographer, dancer and improviser has organized and participated at different events, in the last ten years.
– Has studied with many choreographers and participating at numerous workshops of physical-theatre, contemporary dance, choreographic composition and contact improvisation.

Theme of the workshop of Ippokratis Veneris “From the anatomy to the Contact Improvisation”

Founder and co-artistic director since 2010 of the Training and Production Center La Scatola dell'Arte and since 1997 of the Atacama Company, funded by the MIC Ministry of Culture, for which he has created numerous choreographies presented at international festivals in Italy, Brazil, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and Poland.
He has taught at the DAF Dance Arts Faculty, the IALS, the AIAD Academy Teatro Quirino Vittorio Gassman, the Q Academy Teatro Quirinetta, the Cassiopea Academy in Rome, the Academy of Art in Arezzo, and at the Dance High Schools of Teramo, the I.I.S. F. Filelfo in Tolentino (MC), and the Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II in Rome,

as well as at the Instituto de Estudios Secundarios de la University of Chile and the University of Corsica Pasquale Paoli. Since 2022, he has been the artistic director of the District Dance Festival in Rome and, since 2023, of the ATP Atacama Training Program, a higher education project.
In 2024, the National Academy of Dance in Rome, an institution of higher culture,
commissioned him to choreograph "Connections" for the School of Contemporary Dance
- First Three-Year Contemporary Course, presented as part of the
Final Performance "Le Monere: The Kingdom of Transformation" at the Teatro
Grande Accademia Nazionale di Danza.

Theme of the workshop of Ivan Truol: “The Practice of Improvisation”

As a songwriter in collaboration with Maurizio Filardo, she has written and sang for the soundtracks of various films and TV series (“Beata Ignoranza”, “The Place”, “Non ci resta che il Crimine”, “Domani è Un’Altro Giorno”, “Immaturi”, “I Migliori Giorni”).
She discovered the world ofvcirclesinging and Vocal River (Rhiannon’s forms of collaborative vocal improvisation) and has been studying these disciplines, traveling to train with masters in the field and to research various styles and approaches. Among the trainings she has completed are: Rhiannon’s annual masterclass on vocal improvisation “All The Way In” (2017), Música Do Círculo’s annual training for leaders in São Paulo, Brazil (2022-2023) and she has attended Bobby McFerrin’s Circlesongs School (2016, 2018, 2022).

She is a founding member of the vocal improvisation collective led by Rhiannon, whose name “The Well” was given by Bobby McFerrin, and the Italian group Collettivo CantinCerchio.
She facilitates regular circlesinging gatherings and teaches courses and workshops on circlesinging (circular singing) and vocal improvisation practices.
She was an original faculty member of the French festival Le Cercle Enchanté. She took part in the Vocal River Murmurations project that premiered in Montreal, Canada, in October 2023, under the artistic direction of Rhiannon and Margie Gillis.

She has been studying and practicing Nonviolent Communication since 2017, training with and assisting various trainers, mainly with Yoram Mosenzon’s Connecting2Life school and community, and is constantly looking for ways to combine Empathy with collective music improvisation practices. Chiara is co-founder of the “Circlesinging Roma” initiative, the first open circlesinging community in the Italian capital, active since 2015, which she continues to manage together with co-founding partner Daphne Nisi and colleague Cristina D’Arcangelo. 

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