Glenda Gheller - Italia

Glenda Gheller (1995) è una danzatrice e coreografa originaria di Asiago.
Dopo la formazione in Italia, si trasferisce nel Regno Unito per studiare presso la Northern School of Contemporary Dance di Leeds, dove consegue il Bachelor of Performing Arts. Nel 2018 entra a far parte della compagnia postgraduate Verve diretta da Matthew Robinson e nel 2019 consegue il Master in Contemporary Dance Performance.
Dal 2020 al 2023 è danzatrice dello Scottish Dance Theatre con sede a Dundee, dove interpreta lavori di diversi coreografi tra cui Sharon Eyal, Maxine Doyle, Noa Zuk, Emanuel Gat, Roser López Espinosa, Sofia Nappi, Botis Seva, Joan Clevillé, Ben Wright, Theo Clinkard, Colette Sadler, Mele Broomes, Janine Harrington e Meytal Blanaru.
Nel corso della sua carriera collabora inoltre con la compagnia Komoco diretta da Sofia Nappi, interpretando produzioni presentate in contesti nazionali e internazionali tra cui Chora, IMA, Wabi-Sabi e PUPO.
Parallelamente all’attività performativa sviluppa una pratica pedagogica conducendo classi e workshop rivolti a studenti, danzatori professionisti e compagnie in diversi contesti internazionali.
Negli ultimi anni sviluppa la propria ricerca coreografica orientata verso l’indagine del corpo come spazio di relazione, trasformazione e narrazione. Nel 2022 crea la sua prima opera di lunga durata, Achilles’, commissionata da Ocram Dance Movement, per cui realizza successivamente anche il duetto LOVE PARADE (2025), uno dei due progetti vincitori del bando This Must Be The Space 2026 organizzato da Festival Danza Estate e MILANoLTRE. Nel 2024 presenta Camaré, assolo prodotto con il sostegno di Teatro del Lemming, Operaestate Festival Veneto e Scenario Pubblico, finalista nel 2026 del bando Twain Centro Produzione Danza.
È inoltre invitata dall’Institute of the Arts Barcelona a creare Double Folk per la classe di laureandi. Nel 2026 realizza la figlia femmina, lavoro commissionato da Il Balletto di Calabria, e Filò, nuova produzione commissionata dalla Northern School of Contemporary Dance (Regno Unito).


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Originally from Asiago, Italy, Glenda began her professional training through various dance programs across Italy. She then moved to the UK, where she continued her education at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds. She graduated in 2018 with a First Class Honours Degree and, in the autumn of the same year, joined VERVE19, the postgraduate dance company directed by Matthew Robinson. In August 2019, she completed her MA in Contemporary Dance Performance.
In January 2020, Glenda joined Scottish Dance Theatre as a company dancer, based in Dundee. During her time with the company, she performed works by choreographers including Sharon Eyal, Maxine Doyle, Noa Zuk, Emanuel Gat, Roser López Espinosa, Sofia Nappi, Botis Seva, Joan Clevillé, Ben Wright, Theo Clinkard, Colette Sadler, Mele Broomes, Janine Harrington and Meytal Blanaru.
In June 2023, Glenda joined Komoco, the Italian company directed by Sofia Nappi, for a collaboration that led her to perform internationally in four productions: Chora, IMA, PUPO and Wabi-Sabi.
Alongside her performing career, Glenda has been developing her teaching practice since 2020, leading classes and workshops for students, professional dancers and companies across Italy and the UK.
Over the past few years, she has developed her own artistic voice as a choreographer. In 2022, she created her first full-length work, Achilles’, commissioned by the Sicilian company Ocram Dance Movement, for which she later created the duet Love Parade (2025), one of the two winning projects of the This Must Be The Space 2026 call organised by Festival Danza Estate and MILANoLTRE. In 2024, she presented Camaré, a solo work produced with the support of Teatro del Lemming, Operaestate Festival Veneto and Scenario Pubblico [Centro di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale], finalist of the Twain Centro Produzione Danza call in 2026.
She was also commissioned by the Institute of the Arts Barcelona (IAB) to create Double Folk for their graduating class. In spring 2026, she created la figlia femmina, a work commissioned by Il Balletto di Calabria, and Filò, a new production commissioned by the Northern School of Contemporary Dance (UK).



ph. Sonia Giudici