Nunzio Impellizzeri (born 1980) is an Italian-Swiss choreographer. He is based in

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Early life and education

Impellizzeri was born in 1980 in Acireale. He completed his studies in Visual Art at the Istituto Statale D’Arte di

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in Italy. After discovered dancing he began to study and practice dance at the pedagogical project MoDem improving his skills in classic and

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Early career

In 2000, Impellizzeri began his dancing career as a soloist with the Compagnia Zappalà Danza directed by Roberto Zappalà in Sicily. From 2004 to 2005 he has worked in

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with the Compañia Metros Dansa directed by Ramón Oller Martínez; in

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and

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as a soloist dancer he worked with the choreographers Jacqueline Beck for the Walk Tanztheater Project

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in 2006 and the choreographer Kinsun Chan; from 2006 to 2007 in

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for the ballet of the

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and for the Stadttheater Kempten Allgäu directed by Jochen Heckmann.

Career

Impellizzeri began his choreographic career in Italy in collaboration with the Theater Company Gruppo Iarba for ''Le mille e una notte'' in 2003, the Genius Loci and Studio Ferrera with ''Terre Laviche'' in 2004. In 2011, in Germany, he cooperated with Giorgio Madia and the Cottbus Staatstheater in the creation of

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, which plays with the tradition of the Italian

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. In Switzerland, in 2009, on behalf of Gisela Rocha Dance Company, in 2010 for the Faa-Zone Dance Company, in 2006 for Cinevox Junior Dance Company, in 2008 for the ZTTS of Zürich, from 2008 to 2013 for the SZZ_Junior Company and in 2015 for the

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: BA Contemporary Dance. In 2009, Impellizzeri was one of the four choreographers chosen for the review 12 Min. Max. at the Tanzhaus Zürich. In 2010, he was selected amongst six other choreographers for "SiWiC 2010" – (The 14th Swiss International Coaching Project for Choreographers) directed by

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. He participated in ChoreoLab 2013 in

and in

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, directed by Tanzhaus

and Centrum W RU-CHU Warsaw. In 2012 and in 2013, Impellizzeri won the choreographic competition Ballet-ex in

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. In 2014, he founded the Nunzio Impellizzeri Dance Company of which he is the artistic director. He created ''Quieta... inquietudine'', a short dance video in 2014, which received the public award 60secondsdance, during Loikka Dance Film Festival 2016 in Finland. ''Lost & Found'' which was performed at Tanzhaus Zürich and ''Way Out'' which premiered in Theater am Gleis (Winterthur, Switzerland) and Grabenhalle (St. Gallen, Switzerland) in 2015. In 2016, he was invited to create two works "#Il-prete Rosso" and "Bleeding heart" for the

/BA Contemporary Dance. In the same year, he was appointed to choreograph "Happening" for the Opening of

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. In 2017, for the Nunzio Impellizzeri Dance Company in collaboration with the composer

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, Nunzio has directed and choreographed “IN.QUIETA ROOMS” In 2018, Impellizzeri coproduced by Tanzhaus Zürich, Nunzio Impellizzeri created CORPO BAROCCO, based on the question of why the imperfect can be so fascinatingly beautiful (see

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imagery) "choreographer Nunzio Impellizzeri develops the 60-minute evening that leaves the audience almost as breathless as the extremely demanding dancers. But during the one hour, one succumbs to a spell, a fascination that one feels almost physically. An intense experience!" (Kaspar Sannemann - Oper-aktuell). From 2006 to 2019, Impellizzeri has taught workshops and classes for the Art Garage (Naples, IT), Steps Academia de Danzas (Panama City), Steve lachance Ballet & Friends (Rome, IT),

/ BA Contemporary Dance (Zürich, CH), Jessica Iwanson International School of Contemporary Dance (Munich, DE), Profitraining Tanzbüro Basel (Basel, CH), Ballettschule

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(Basel, CH), Cinevox Junior Dance Company (

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, Progetto danza (Catania, IT),

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(St. Gallen, CH), Tanzhaus Zürich (Zürich, CH), Zurich-Tanz-Theater-Schule (Zurich, CH), Tanzwerk 101 (Zürich, CH).

Works (overview)

* "Essence (=) Interference" (Cinevox Junior Dance Company, CH - 2006) * "Sand's Creatures" (Youth America Grand Prix / Ballet Center Zürich, NY/USA - 2006) * "Bitte, ich!" (Zürich Tanz-Theater-Schule, Rigiblick Theater - CH - 2008) * "Here she comes" (Tanzolymp Berlin, D - 2009) * "In Attachment..." (12 Min. Max., Tanzhaus Zürich, CH - 2009) * "Just Begin... Aber Pünktlich!" (Faa-Zone Dance Company, Theater am Gleis, CH - 2010) * "Attending... for devotion" (Teatro Orione - Roma, IT - 2012) * "Water Resistant" (Centrum W Ruchu / Varsau, PL - 2013) * "Quieta... Inquietudine" (Nunzio Impellizzeri Dance Company, Loikka Dance Film Festival / 60secondsdance competition, Helsinki - 2014) * "Lost & Found" (Nunzio Impellizzeri Dance Company, Tanzhaus Zürich, CH - 2015) * "WAY OUT" (Nunzio Impellizzeri Dance Company, Theater am Gleis, CH - 2015) * "HAPPENING" (Nunzio Impellizzeri Dance Company, Zürich Landesmuseum, CH - 2016) * "#il-prete-rosso" (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, CH - 2016) * "Bleeding Heart" (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, CH - 2016) * "IN.QUIETA ROOMS" (Nunzio Impellizzeri Dance Company, Theater am Gleis, CH - 2017) * "CORPO BAROCCO" (Nunzio Impellizzeri Dance Company, Tanzhaus Zürich, CH - 2018) * "Nun te scurdà" (Human Bodies / Artgarge Pozzuoli - IT - 2019) * "SEIRĒNES" (Nunzio Impellizzeri Dance Company, Tanzhaus Zürich, CH - 2020)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Impellizzeri, Nunzio 1980 births Living people People from Acireale Italian choreographers Swiss choreographers Italian male ballet dancers