Irene Sposetti
2000
2004
Irene is a multidisciplinary performing artist, teacher and dancemaker. She has studied classical music, drama and movement.
While originally from Italy, for the last twenty-two years she has been living and working as an independent freelancer throughout Europe, Asia and North America. Her artistic path has been therefore influenced by different cultures and is deeply intertwined with self-inquiry investigations and practices.
She offers dance training, performances, and lectures in universities, schools, companies, festivals, cultural institutes, and independent platforms. She has been developing most of her work in Spain, India, Sweden and China.
Through her practice, she aims for a heightened state of presence, for aware, functional and effortless motion. She has a particular interest in explorative, intuitive learning processes focusing on principles, broadening the technical, investigative and compositional skills of the mover and empowering individuals. She also focuses on the “synergy of togetherness”: the relational, collaborative and creative aspects of partnering and group dancing. Her practice is mainly inspired by contact improvisation, instant composition, somatic and meditation practices.
She explores “inner and outer ecology” believing that a healthy and creative relationship with the body and oneself can generate awareness, trust and authenticity in our lives, as individuals and as a collective.
In 2011 she created BeingMotion, a platform for collaborating and sharing her artistic practice and promoting independent research, creations and educational projects.
Live music and voice are part of her performing and teachings, exploring the link to body and movement and the evocative imaginary power of word, sound and music with dancing.
Her dance works are based on improvisation and instant composition and are performed in theatres, galleries, dance festivals, and educational settings. She also does outdoor and site-specific work and has choreographed fashion shows and produced dance videos.
She dances as well Argentine Tango, researching and facilitating new technical somatic and creative approaches to it and its learning.
She sings and plays transverse flute, collaborating as a musician in a wide range of musical projects, contact improvisation events, performances and recordings.
Irene is deeply engaged in the research of Contact Improvisation by teaching, organizing dance events and promoting the growth of new CI communities, especially in China and India. She regularly attends international teachers and practitioners' gatherings, investigating the practice and its development.
She has been involved for over a decade with the Goa Contact festival, particularly engaged in coordinating the Dance Exchange Program for Indian dancers and performance making.
She worked at:
Beijing Minzu University, Beijing Normal University, Beijing Capital Normal University, Central Academy of Drama Beijing, Nanchang Normal University, Shanghai Normal University, Ltdx Dance Academy, Beihe Academy Nanjing (China), Balletakademien (Stockholm), Ials (Rome), Gati (Delhi),9 Theatre Company (Beijing), HouYing Dance Company (Beijing), Danceworx Company (Delhi/Mumbai), Terence Lewis Dance Company (Mumbai), Les Temps du Corps (Paris), Play Practice Residency (Bangalore), Goa Dance Residency, Kamshet CI (Pune ).
Since 2005 she worked in numerous contact improvisation, contemporary dance and yoga festivals all over the world: Touch (Beijing), Freiburg, Würzburg, Vienna, Poland, Ester Improv, CmC, Göttingen, Ibiza, NIM, Glarisegg, Goa, Malmö, Italy Contact Improvisation Festivals;
Beijing Universities Dance festival, Avayava (Pune), Fiço Journey (Slovenia), Nataraj Dance Festival ( Delhi), Shakti festival (Delhi), No Mind, Yoda and Space of Love (Sweden), Mandala fest (Moscow).
Her latest dance works:
“Winged” dance video with I.Sposetti and Paul J Castañeda, India 2020
“Anima” dance video directed by M.Belin, choreography-casting by BeingMotion, Shanghai 2018
“You” dance performance with I.Sposetti and Xindi Chen, Beijing 2017-2018
“Conversations” site-specific dance performance with I.Sposetti, Yu-Chien Cheng and Jess Seetoo, Improvisation Festival, Shanghai 2017
“ The scenes of the street” Dance theatre performance directed by Yu-Chien Cheng, Inch Dance Company, Insideyuz, Shanghai 2017
“WuWei” Dance theatre performance co-directed by Irene Sposetti and Zhao Xi, the New festival, Beijing 2016
“Conversations” sites-specific dance performance, directed by I.Sposetti, Nanchang 2016
“Hong” dance performance directed by Zhao Xi, Beijing 2015
“Nanchang Normal University” dance performance, directed by I.Sposetti, Nanchang 2015
“Beijing Design Week” sites-specific dance performance, directed by I.Sposetti with seven dancers and live music, Beijing 2015
“Rise” dance performance, created by BeingMotion with Irene Sposetti and Johan Nilsson, Sweden/India, 2012-2013