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Enzo Celli
Contemporary & Floorwork
Biography:
Enzo Celli, Founder and Artistic Director of
VIVO Ballet, is an
acclaimed dancer,
educator, and
choreographer.
Born in Sora, Italy, Celli received formal training
as a
breakdancer at the age of
19, and continued his studies as a self-taught
artist. Celli’s
eagerness to learn later
earned him a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Movement
Sciences from the Faculty of
Psychology eCampus of Novedrate in Milan, Italy.
Celli’s
artistic abilities and
choreographic visions were supported and encouraged
by
renowned Italian arts
critic, Vittoria Ottolenghi. Ottolenghi’s interest
in Celli was
justified in 1995 when
Celli founded, Botega, a rome-based dance company.
Establishing himself as a
dance educator and choreographer at the age of 26,
Celli
became the youngest
choreographer funded by the Italian Government.
From 1996-2015, Celli and Botega toured
internationally
and performed works
on theaters including: Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theatre
in New
York, La Cigale in
Paris, Na Strastnom Theatre in Moscow, National
Theatre of
Belgrade in Serbia
and Teatro Guaíra in Brazil. His studies and
interests in
contemporary dance
intensified and kept bringing him back to New York
City
throughout the years.
Teaching as a guest choreographer at places such as
Sarah
Lawrence College, Sam
Houston State University, and Peridance Center. In
2013, Igal Perry
commissioned Celli, Ohad Naharin, Dwight Rhoden and
Sidra Bell
to create a new
work for Peridance Contemporary Dance Company.
His international engagements include: Bashkortostan
State
Academy in Russia,
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil,
National
Choreographic Centre of
Montpellier in Les Orsoline, France, Erfurt Opera
House in
Germany, Centro
ADAV in Ibiritè in Brazil, Espace Robert Hossein in
Lourdes in
France, La Versiliana
Festival 2010 in Italy, and Expo 2012 in Yeosu,
Korea.
In 2015, Celli founded his New York based company
VIVO
Ballet, and helped
launch the VIVO Ballet Professional Training Center
along
with
Elisabetta Minutoli,
Associated Artistic Director of VIVO Ballet and wife
of Enzo
Celli. The VIVO Ballet
Professional Training Center became a place of
growth for
what was becoming
the VIVO Ballet Company.
In 2018, Enzo Celli officially moved to New York to
become
an established
American choreographer with his wife, and company
dancer,
Elisabetta Minutoli, and
their son Emanuele. In May 2018 he was invited to be
part of
the INSPIRE ITALY
roundtable at LaMaMa Culture hub and to hold a
masterclass
at the American
Academy of Dramatic Arts during the European Month
of
Culture series in NYC.
Celli currently is on faculty teaching classes at
Peridance Center, Steps on
Broadway, Gibney Dance, and Broadway Dance Center.
Below are some of the choreographer’s most important
works and collaborations:
June 2006 Celli was a collaborating choreographer
for the
event “L’amour et son
amour, l’uomo che danza e la sua aspirazione”
directed by
Vittoria Ottolenghi
and performed by the soloists Roberto Bolle,
Vladimir
Derevianko and Viviana
Durante at Todi Festival. Also in June 2006, Botega
Dance
Company, together with
Alvin Ailey Company, Bèjart Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet
and
Staatsballet München,
joined the Dance Gala Amores as a guest company
under the
direction of Vittoria
Ottolenghi. 2008 brought Celli to the Bashkir State
Academy in the Republic of
Bashkortostan (Ufa, Russia) to teach and collaborate
with the
Russian Drama
Theatre. That was also the year that Botega
performed
Subway at La Cigale
Theatre in Paris. In 2011, Botega Dance Company
performed
Fragile at the Russian
Drama Theatre and at the Na Strastnom Theatre in
Moscow.
In September 2009,
Enzo Celli was a resident choreographer at Topaz Art
in New
York and debuted at
Versiliana Festival in August 2010 with his remake
of Giselle
to great reviews and
success. He was also a guest at the Erfurt Opera
House
(Germany) that same
year. In 2012, his Company was a guest at Yesou
(Korea) for
Expo 2012.
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