Francesca La Stella

Born in Milan, she studied at Balletto Teatro Torino and Art Factory International in Bologna where she won a scholarship to attend the Duncan Center (CZ) dance conservatory, where she had the opportunity to go deeper into her training with international teachers (from Forsythe Dance Company, Sasha Waltz & Guest, Lenka Vagnerová Company ecc.). In 2013/14 she worked on different projects with Lara Russo, Anna Albertarelli, Alexis Blake and Stefan Dreher. For Artemis Company she danced in the productions Traviata, Doppia Notte and Tosca. In 2015 she collaborated with Iris Erez and Collettivo Cinetico. Since 2019 she has been a teacher at Artemente, high training center for dance and from 2023 she also teaches at MilanoContemporaryBallet. In recent years she worked with Déjà Donné, Compagnia Balafori and Veicolo Danza. She currently dances for Sanpapiè Dance Milano, Lost Movement and Luna Cenere.

FLOORWORK AND IMPROVISATION

The workshop is divided in two parts; the first one is about the Floorwork Technique. We start preparing the body to dance on and off the floor, dealing with different movement combinations, from the simplest to some more acrobatic ones.

In the second part, each participant will have the opportunity to develop a personal dance through instant improvisation. The research  focuses on different tools (speed, rhythm, levels, etc.) and challenging ourselves to always be interesting, always different for as long as possible.

At the end of the process, the goal is to enrich our personal dance with the technical steps previously studied.