Massimo Gerardi – 3rd prize 2011
Choreography "Urban Investigation"
| Title of the choreography | Urban Investigation |
| Videoclip | 254 Seconds |
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"A dancer leaves a closed space, where usually dance takes place, towards an open space with a larger freedom of expression. By encountering new settings and architectures he is at the same time inspired and again limited, doubting eventually about his decision."
Zur Person
| Nationality | Italian |
| Year of birth | 1966 |
Massimo Gerardi had professional engagements at Balletto Comunale di Firenze, Aterballetto, Stadttheater Augsburg Teatro la Fenice-Venezia, Ballett Nürnberg, Ballett Dortmund, Ballett Linz and Staatstheater Oldenburg, just to name a few. He danced in choreographies by William Forsythe, Rui Horta, Jacopo Godani, Birgit Cullberg, Amanda Miller and others. Massimo won choreographic prizes at Competitions in Firenze, Treviso and Hannover. In 2000, he received a scholarship for choreographic studies from Kunststiftung NRW hosting at Icelandic Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater, Göteborg Balletten and Komische Oper Berlin. Today, he co-directs the free-scene group "Movingtheatre" in Cologne, within which he created several dance–theatre performances that have been awarded and were invited to national and international festivals.
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