Melt / Primo Studio
Primo studio

Woman, Italian, choreographer, artist and performer based in Berlin & Italy. Francesca Penzo graduated from the Academy of Dance & Theater, Paolo Grassi Milano in 2009 and in 2011 graduated with a degree in Culture and Human Rights from the Faculty of Political Science. She is a founding performer of the Italian contemporary dance company, Fattoria Vittadini, whom she has danced with since 2009. She has performed with Lucinda Childs, Maya Weinberg, Matanicola, Maya Carrol, Jan Claude Penchenat and Enzo Cosimi. For the past three years Penzo has developed her personal process as author and choreographer through collaborations with visual artists, musicians and lighting designers. Her choreographic work has shown at the 100 Grad Festival, Berlin’s English Theater and Vetrina Anticorpi XL 2015 in Italy and in 2014 she co-founded FEM collective, a Berlin-based platform for feminist’s work in the performing arts. "Teaching is helping. We teach to help others give birth to their truth". Socrates "Parallel to the creative work, it is important for me to improve a parallel activity and research as teacher. As a teacher, I’m interested in working and coming into contact with different realities and generations. In this way the aim of my work is to involve people from different backgrounds, ages and intentions. To teach means to me to give back what I’ve learned in my experience and to create new places of encounter, meetings and confrontation. For contemporary dance classes I use skills derived from the Contemporary Release Technique with floor work elements. In my long-term masterclass experience with groups in academies and dance schools, I have created a precise teaching module which includes the interaction with visual art and the collaboration with a dramaturge". Francesca Penzo www.francescapenzo.it