Alessio Damiani - Italia

Alessio Damiani è nato nel 1993 a Palermo, Italia, dove inizia la sua formazione nella danza. A 18 anni entra nella compagnia giovanile Agora Coaching Project diretta da Michele Merola ed Enrico Morelli. Dal 2013 lavora come danzatore freelance e insegnante in Italia e in Germania. Dal marzo 2017 è danzatore del Hessisches Staatsballett presso lo Staatstheater Wiesbaden. Collabora con diversi coreografi internazionali tra cui Ohad Naharin, Sharon Eyal, Imre e Marne van Opstal, Damien Jalet, Eyal Dadon, Nadav Zelner, Edward Clug.
Negli ultimi anni ha sviluppato la propria ricerca coreografica. Il suo lavoro Burdens of Being è stato selezionato come finalista in numerosi concorsi internazionali tra i quali Barnes Crossing, 38° International Competition di Hannover, Concúrso Coreográfico Internacional Burgos & New York e Prospettiva Danza Teatro Padova oltre a festival come Quinzena de Dança de Almada, TanzBiennale Heidelberg, Festival de Danse de Cannes e Corto in Danza.
Nel 2026 è invitato come guest alla gala internazionale dello Staatstheater Augsburg. Come coreografo crea per la Companhia de Dança de Almada Echoes of Your Loss e per M.A.D. di Malta, presentando due nuove coreografie durante il Malta International Arts Festival.
È selezionato con When We Collide per la competizione internazionale RIDCC 2026 a Rotterdam e per la Vetrina della giovane danza d'autore 2026.

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Alessio Damiani was born in 1993 in Palermo, Italy, where he also started his educational school for dancing. At the age of 18 he joined the young company Agora Coaching Project under the direction of Michele Merola and Enrico Morelli.
Since 2013 he worked as a Freelance dance and as a Teacher in his home country as well as in Germany. Dancer since March 2017 of the Hessisches Staatsballett in Staatstheater Wiesbaden. He worked with international choreographers such us Ohad Naharin, Sharon Eyal, Imre and Marne Van Opstal,Damien Jalet, Eyal Dadon, Nadav Zelner, Edward Clug.
During the last years he started his career as choreographer and with his last work Burdens of Being he has been on tour and selected as finalist of choreographic competitions such as Barnes crossing, 38. International competition in Hannover, Concúrso coreografico internaciónal Burgos y Nueva York, Prospettiva Danza Teatro Padova and in festivals like Quinzena de dança de Almada, TanzBiennale Heidelberg and in November part of the Festival de Danse de Cannes and the festival Corto in Danza in Cagliari.
In February 2026 invited as guest at the international Gala organised by Staatstheater Augsburg.
Recently he has made the creation Echoes of your Loss for the Companhia de dança de Almada. 
He has been selected with When we Collide to the international choreographic duet competition in Rotterdam RIDCC June 2026 and for his first time to the platform Anticorpi XL Network 2026.
In June he has been creating for M.A.D. in Malta presenting 2 new choreographies during the Malta International Art Festival.

ph. Tatsuki Takada