Gianluca Schiavoni

(choreographer)

EDUCATION AND WORK

Gianluca Schiavoni graduated from Teatro alla Scala Academy in 1992 and joined the ballet company in the same year. Since then, has performed in classical and contemporary productions, both as soloist and principal. In 2006, he collaborated with Teatro alla Scala Academy as dance coordinator for the project “Leonardo Best”. In the same year, he graduated from La Sapienza University (Rome) in Literature and Philosophy with a major in History of Theatre and Performing Arts. Since 2006, he has dedicated himself full-time to choreography. In 2010 he became the house choreographer of Teatro alla Scala.

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Gianluca Schiavoni began his artistic career at a young age in the Italian movie “Il coraggio di parlare”. For this, he received the Best Actor prize at the Giffoni Film Festival (1987).

 

CHOREOGRAPHY

“Andromeda” (2006, Teatro Manzoni)

“Orion” (2006, Teatro Manzoni)

“Amnios” for the triple bill “Sphairos” (2008, Teatro Arcimboldi)

“Shock” (2009, Teatro Arcimboldi)

“Blackstone” (2013, Ekaterinburg Dance Gala)

“Kimera” (2013, Balletto di Roma)

“Medea” (2014, Estonian National Ballet)

“La Strada” (2015, Georgia State Opera)

“Alice in Wonderland” (2017, Teatro di San Carlo; 2019, Estonian National Ballet)

 

Teatro alla Scala:

“Steel” (2010, Teatro alla Scala)

“L’altro Casanova” (2011)

Dances in Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” (2011)

“L’altra meta’ del cielo” (2012, together with Martha Clarke)

 

Multimedia shows:

“Degas Diamond” at Shanghai Grand Theatre (2011)

Choreography for the short film by Matthias Zentner for Audi (2012)

An advertisement campaign for the fashion brand Bagutta

An advertising campaign video “Italian Dream” for the luxury brand Tod’s

For the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death in 2019, he created an event “The Flying Machine” sponsored by Castello Monte Vibiano in the Hamburg History Museum.