Elisa Barucchieri
 
 

Raised travelling between Italy and the United States, Elisa Barucchieri graduated Magna cum Laude,
Phi Beta Kappa from Middlebury College, VT, USA, with a double major in Dance and Anthropology,
international major with Italian.
She has attained gold level certification as dance teacher by the Federazione Italiana Danza.

After a past as competitive skier, she began dancing at Middlebury College,
under the guide of Andrea Olsen, Peter Schmitz, Penny Campbell.
She has studied with David Zambrano, Alwin Nikolais, Andrew Harwood,
Susan Klein, Lucas Hoving, Michele Abbondanza and Antonella Bertoni, Dino Verga,
Tere O’Connor, Karen Levi.

In modern dance, she has performed for Jacques Heim, Diavolo Dance Company,
Simona Bucci, Imago Dance Company, Elisabetta Vittoni, EVDance, Barbara Uccelli, and others.

Through a collaboration with the Accademia Chigiana of Siena,
Elisa began studying and working with Renaissance Dance,
for Andrea Francalanci and Bruna Gondoni, Il Ballarino,
Veronique Daniels of the Schola Cantorum Basilensis, Switzerland,
and becoming assistant to Gianni de Gennaro, director of Calixtinus,
early music and dance ensemble,
with whom she has directed and created several performances and events,
and has deepened her knowledge of early and ethnic music of the Mediterranean Basin,
eventually becoming frame drum percussionist for the Ensemble Cantaiatra.

In 1999, she decides to concentrate on choreography and modern dance,
and begins presenting her choreographical work throughout Italy.
During this time, the constructive meeting with Victoria Sogn
and other dancers push her further into the choreographic journey,
and in 2002 she is selected as recipient of the international award,
“Pegaso d’Oro” for artistic talent, by the Federazione Italiana Danza.

In the same year, she is also chosen for the Accademia Isola Danza,
La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, where she studies with teachers such as Nigel Charnok,
Carolyn Carlson, Josef Nadj, Susanne Linke, David Zambrano, Janet Panetta,
Ivan Wolfe, Benoit LaChambre, Andrew Harwood.
She is then selected to represent the academy in Italy and abroad.

Following the Venetian experience, she has been called as official translator and assistant for
Carolyn Carlson and Susanne Linke, with whom
a tight collaboration has developed and for whom she now dances.

With Victoria Sogn, she has founded ResExtensa,
and presents her choreographic work with the aid and support of
Carolyn Carlson and Susanne Linke.

As teacher, she has pupils admitted to schools such as Folkwang Hochschule, Essen, Germany,
The Laban Centre, London, UK, Scuola d’Arte Drammatica Paolo Grassi, Milan.

She also collaborates with Teatro Kismet O.per.A, of Bari, and with Daniele Cipriani Entertainment, Rome.