PTZS meets TanzLuzern Contemporary: Vittorio Bertolli

Profitraining Zentralschweiz meets TanzLuzern
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This class focuses on my personal approach to the Flying Low method, a contemporary dance training created and developed by the Venezuelan dance artist David Zambrano. The technique is based on two principles that have been subject of study since the beginning of the 20^th century in modern, post-modern and contemporary dance: cohesion and expansion of the self, applied to the process of moving into the floor and out of the floor. The distinctiveness of this method is how these concepts are applied: through rich choreographic material the aim is to move as fast and smoothly as possible in a very efficient way, while charging every movement of an enormous vitality. The pedagogical approach is strongly based on Imagery, and fosters autonomous learning and collaboration amongst the students. The learning outputs are both physical, in terms of increased speed, stamina, and power; and artistic, in terms of challenging the motivation at the root of each movement, its potential for expression, and the strong link between technique and embodied communication.

Born in Napoli in 1981, Vittorio graduated from the Ecole Atelier Rudra Béjart Lausanne in 2002. During the following years he danced for the Béjart Ballet Lausanne, Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Compagnia Aterballetto, and Bern Ballet. Since 2014, he works as freelance performer and assistant choreographer with several Swiss-based and international artists. During his dance career Vittorio collaborated with Maurice Béjart, William Forsythe, Mauro Bigonzetti, Ohad Naharin, Noa Zuk, Andrea Miller, David Zambrano, Philippe Saire, Guillerme Botelho, Andonis Foniadakis, Alexander Ekman, Felix Landerer, and many others. Alongside his work as a performer and assistant, Vittorio teaches Flying Low and Improvisation at the Bern Ballet and in several companies and education programs in Switzerland, Germany, Italy and France. Since 2015 he is a co-founding member of the dance-theatre company Unplush, with Marion Zurbach. In 2018, he achieved the MAS program in Dance Science at the University of Bern. He’s at present involved in the MFA Dance Science program at the Trinity Laban College of Music and Dance of London. Currently Vittorio is working as rehearsals’ director at Luzerner Theater Tanz.

Vittorio Bertolli ©Aimée Lagrange

Please note that the schedule is subject to changes.

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Profitraining Zentralschweiz meets TanzLuzern is open only to professional dancers.
Info: profitraining@igtz.ch