Manuela Martella
2010
2013
Axis Syllabus focused teacher, dance artist, performer, independent curator, designer, polyglot, project coach, and active member of ASRM (Axis Syllabus International Research Meshwork).
Resident iin Italy, regularly teaching CI in Germany.
Manuela cultivates a particular interest in anything that can facilitate motor learning and the refinement of movement coordination applied to dance, partnering, and Contact Improvisation. She investigates levels of stress and physical resistance as part of the learning process. Since 2018, solo, duo, or collective performative creations have been an integral part of her research mode. From her previous experiences in the context of American Dance Sport and Fashion, she has also developed an interest in traditional, contemporary, and future male and female codes and role models.
She is co-editor and co-curator of the Axis Syllabus bi-monthly Journal, co-author of the third edition of the Axis Syllabus Notation System www.axissyllabusforum.org) conceived by Frey Faust, co-curator of the upRisingUp festival and collective (IT) www.uprisingup.com, co-editor/curator of the Axis Syllabus Bi-monthly Journal www.axissyllabusforum.or, co-curator of the Association La Radice dei Viandanti www.laradicedeiviandanti.org, co-founder of die Synapse project (D) www.diesynapse.com, and was the founder of the SkratchAtch project and collective (2012-2014) www.skratchatch.blogspot.com. From 2016 to 2020, she was the creator and director of IUPLA Balance Training www.iupla.com.