Francesco Ferrari

Born and raised in Italy, Francesco graduates from London Contemporary Dance School in 2013, to then join Scottish Dance Theatre as company dancer, where he works on creations by international choreographers such as Damien Jalet, Anton Latchky, Botis Seva, Fleur Darkin. He later covers the role of Project Rehearsal Director for the company, whilst freelancing across UK and Europe. He performs for productions like ‘Planet [wanderer]’ and ‘Vessel’ by Damien Jalet and Kohei Nawa, ‘Cents Mille Façons de Parler’ by Maqamat, ‘Danse Macabre!’ by Jacopo Jenna, ‘Inlet’ by Saeed Hani, ‘Carmen’ by Jose Agudo and ‘ANIMA’, Netflix production directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and choreographed by Damien Jalet. His collaboration with Fleur Darkin develops towards their co-creation of ‘Ithaca’, which is presented as a work in progress in Milan, London, St Andrews and Glasgow. With theatre director Fabio Cherstich, Francesco performs in ‘Six Acts- My Circuit’ for Milan Design Week, and most recently, in ’30 Blizzards’, site-specific work conceived by artist Helen Marten, in collaboration with Miu Miu at Palais de Iéna in Paris. As part of ‘Venere in Teatro’ festival in Venice, he shows his first solo work ‘Hide and Reveal’, of which a live-set version has been recently presented in Milan, in collaboration with Scottish-Portuguese sound artist and musician SHHE. Francesco has also been developing a teaching practice, leading workshops and classes in various contexts. ©Emanuele Padovani