Gioia Morisco

GIOIA MORISCO

Gioia Morisco is a freelance dancer, contemporary dance teacher and choreographer. She graduated in Philosophy (BA at University of Bologna – Sorbonne University of Paris), she has a BA in Contemporary Dance(AccademiaDanza / Teatro Franco Parenti, under the direction of Susanna Beltrami, in Milan) and a Master in Contemporary Dance at Arsenale Danza (The Venice Dance Biennale, under the artistic direction of Ismael Ivo).

Over the years, she has collaborated and performed with numerous international artists and companies, including Ismael Ivo, Kenji Takagi, Geyvan McMillen, Tan Temel Istanbul Dance Theatre, José Navas / Compagnie Flak, Daniel Léveillé, Iñaki Azpillaga, Ryuzo Fukuhara, Jasmeen Godder, Itzik Galili, and Manfredi Perego with Tir Danza.

For more than five years, she worked as a company dancer with Artemis Danza, directed by Monica Casadei, and for a further five years with CZD – Roberto Zappalà Dance Company.

Since 2011, she has been teaching Movement Research and Body Dramaturgy within several professional training programs, including Modem and Modem Pro at Scenario Pubblico in Catania (Italy), under the artistic direction of Roberto Zappalà. She also teaches within the Art Factory International and Anfibia programs in Bologna (Italy), directed by Carlo Massari.

She regularly leads floorwork and movement seminars for different levels, as well as a well-established workshop specifically designed for participants over 50. Together with her colleague Martina La Ragione, she created and coordinates UDT – Urban Dance Training, a movement research path exploring the relationship between the body, urban space and architecture.


Movement Research & Body Dramaturgy

This course offers a distinctive training approach in which movement research, technical practice and expressiveness are continuously interwoven, supporting dancers in the embodiment of ideas.

The methodology is based on a process of stratification, where improvisation tools, choreographic phrases, gesture studies and compositional structures are developed through a cyclical sequence of try – observe – analyze – share.

The aim is to encourage dancers to feel free, creative and proactive, while refining their technical skills and developing a deep physical engagement that supports both artistic clarity and expressive freedom.