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Definitions aren't always for good. 
Mine could be: movement practitioner, improviser, dancer, performer with writing delights. Control-freak, melancholic, efficient, cry-baby.
​In my everyday life I speculate, read, sew and practice carefulness, generosity and climate activism. 
I work as a dancer/choreographer and as a birth doula. If I didn’t dance, I’d maybe be a biologist or a mathematician.
I celebrate creativity, imperfection and life's little pleasures.

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Maria Teresa comes from Bari, Italy and she's currently based in Stockholm. She is a dancer, choreographer, mother and birth doula.
 

She had her first education in dance and theatre in Bari, performing regularly in Teatro Kismet OperA and Teatro Team, and through some workshops in Italy and abroad (e.g. Aberdeen International Youth Festival and Martha Grahm Contemporary Dance School in New York). In that time she also presented her first choreographic works (Paura di volare - winner of the contest MOMArt 2010 - and sFruttateci)

She continued her education at SEAD Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, graduating in 2014 and at University of Trento, Faculty of Literature and Philosophy, BA in Cultural Heritage (music and performance), which she is now finishing.
 

Lately she's been creating with the UTOPISISTAS collective.
She worked for Gala Dance, 
Avartdans, Zina Vaessen, Vrum Performing Arts Collective, Doris Uhlich, Michikazu Matsune, Theater Foxfire, VicoQuartoMazzini (among others), performing in festivals like Sommerszene, Impulstanz, Tanzwerkstatt Europa, CoFestival Ljubljana.
During her time in Salzburg she danced in works by Martin Kilvady, Jelka Milic, Akrahm Khan (among others) that have been performed in SEAD Theatre and in other venues.

Her work as a choreographer has been shown in Zurich (TanzHaus), Salzburg (Lust am Risiko),Vienna (Raw Matters, Tanzquartier, Tanzhotel), Stockholm (Riskteatern, Dansenshus) , Barcelona (Tragantdansa), Bari (Teatro Kismet OperA), Ruvo (Teatro comunale), Zagreb (Festival of alternative theatrical expression FAKI), Bilbao (BAD Festival), etc.
 

Experiences which she finds absolutely important for her development have been workshops with David Zambrano (she took part in EXIN 2014 and 2018, one month intensive of Flying Low and Passing Through), Martin Kilvady, Edivaldo Ernesto, Jozef Frucek-Rootlessroot and the practice of JiuJitsu and Brazilian JiuJitsu. She was a DanceWeb scholarship recipient 2022.
 

Her work has been supported by Life Long Burning Wild Cards/Cullberg Ballet, Konstnärsnämnden, Fondazione Roberto Cimetta, Ministero dei Beni e delle attività culturali/GAI and Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse. She won different competitions (Flashdance, MOMArt). She was awarded twice at writing competitions (Immagina e scrivi, 2009 third prize - Parole in corsa, 2007, first prize).

Since 2012 she is a certified BASI Pilates teacher.

 

 

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