Giusy Quattrone

Contemporary Dance for Children

Thursdays, 16:00–17:00 (age 8–10)
Thursdays, 17:00–17:45 (age 6–7)

Bio

Giusy Quattrone was born in a small village in southern Italy, where she began her dance training at the age of 4 in the home salon with a ballet teacher invited by her mother, who had sensed her daughter’s artistic inclination. From there, her lessons in classical dance and modern jazz and couple dance took her to the most prestigious schools in southern Italy. Together with her brother, she won numerous dance competitions and took part in international workshops. As a member of the modern and contemporary dance company “Il Balletto di Calabria”, she performed in theaters in southern and central Italy and moved to Rome at the age of 19, from where she traveled as a dancer to dance, musical and theater performances in Italy and abroad. Along the way, she studied education at the University of Roma Tre fort, choreography and contemporary dance at the National Dance Academy and specialized in art therapy.
With her pedagogical background, she taught creative dance, contemporary dance and dance therapy at several renowned dance schools, schools and dance companies and in 2018 she founded the contemporary dance company “Didodance Company” in Rome, (didodancecompany.com) with which she participates in international artistic and educational exchanges and dance festivals.

An innate passion for Germany eventually led Giusy to Berlin, where she carried out dance education projects at the Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin and Sasha Waltz Kindertanz Company. She currently works regularly with Marameo, TanzZeit and the Spandau Music School. She also leads dance workshops for children to senior citizens at events, festivals and projects.
She is constantly continuing her education and has been studying contact improvisation, Argentine tango and acro yoga in addition to contemporary dance for several years.
Her pedagogical approach is the integration of technical dance training with creative and expressive aspects, which encourages dancers to be not only performers but also creators of their own dance. Her choreographic creations always start from a theme that can be understood, explored and elaborated by the dancers. It can be social, psychological, anthropological, fantastic, but always refers to the age and stage of development of the group, so that it remains not just an artistic work, but an experience of life and therefore of growth.

Class description Contemporary Dance for Children

The course “Creative Dance” offers a voyage of discovery of the body in movement, in relation to space and to other bodies in space. The technical and coded basic elements of academic dance are combined with creative experiences: the use of stimulating materials (images, music, stories, objects) and imaginative stimuli (tasks) aim to broaden the range of expression of the individual and the group. Three fundamental aspects of artistic exploration will be explored: Improvisation, exploration and composition. It is planned to prepare a final performance.