Sara Bizzoca graduated from Folkwang University of Arts in Essen, Germany, in 2009, under Lutz Forster, Malou Airaudo,Dominique Mercy and choreographer Rodolpho Leoni. From 2006 to 2010 Sara worked with the choreographer Fang-Yu Shen and In 2010 she took part in a show by Bianca Sere Pulungan called “White Lies” (Rhubhune Theater Essen). In 2011 she created her first show “Zap-ping” which was performed in the festivals “Danzarte” (La Tana Barletta) and “Oriente- Occidente ” (Rovereto). Since 2009, Sara has worked with “Koreoproject” (a company directed by Giorgia Maddamma) where she danced in “Nina”, “Trilogy’s Journey” , “Apulie Art Festival”. In July 2011 she took part in the project PLOTS with the performance “The Passion of the Trojan Women”, directed by Giorgia Maddamma and Salvatore Tramacere. In June 2012, together with “Koreoproject”, she presented “Piaf and Marlene” at the second edition of “Azioni in Danza”. From 2014 participates with the solo “La vie mecanique” at the Festival “180°” (Sofia), while in 2015 choreographer of the production “8 reflection in a party that never took place”.
She is currently works in “the Ugly duckling” with the Teatro dei Borgia. In 2015 creates “Crash” a Koreoproject ‘s production In February 2016 collaborates with Penny Chivas getting a residency at “the Work room” (Glasgow) “Decline”. Selected In “DaDa” young choreographers showcase (Teramo) with The coreographie “Na Diander” in collaboration with Elizabeth Bonfá.
Koreoprojects dancers
Charlotte Virgile studied dance at the “Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Toulouse”. In 2015 she graduated with a B.A. in Dance at the Folkwang University of the Arts, directed by Malou Airaudo, there she studied with Malou Airaudo, Stephan Brinkmann, Juan Cruz, Rodolpho Leoni and Giorgia Maddamma. During her studies she worked with different choreographers such as Suzanne Linke,Jorge Puerta Armenta and Giorgia Maddamma. Member of Folkwang Tanzstudio for the season 2015-2016, company based at Folkwang University, and directed by Rodolpho Leoni.
There she worked with Rodolpho Leoni, Fang Yu Shen, Khosro Adibi and Reinhild Hoffmann .
Since November 2015 she dances as a guest dancer at the Wuppertaler Tanztheater Pina Bausch in “Le Sacre du Printemps”.
Simon Wolant, guest dancer for Pina Bausch Company from 2016.
From 2000 to 2007 dancing and singing at the Gospelprojekt-Ruhr and from 2006 to 2014 Showdance at the Hassler Schreberjugend Bundesverband e.V. in Gelsenkirchen. Contemporary dance project “wave to community” in the Herne (Germany) and Konin (Poland) and Wakefield (England) from 2009 to 2011. Two dance theater projects (Es geht um Sie/Hömma) with the choreogapher Patricia Noworol (New York) in Herner Kulturzentrum, Bochumer Kammerspiele, Grillo Theater Essen and Bremen Stadttheater, from 2011 to 2012.
Ballet / Contemporary dance theater project with choreographer Ingo Meichsne at the Folkwang Universität der Künste (Pina Bausch Theater) in 2012; dancer in “sacre du printemps” in context of the Stravinsky evening of Pina Bausch in Opernhaus Wuppertal and the Aalto-Theater Essen in 2013; dancer in “Ein Stein” of Susanne Linke at Tanzabend of Folkwang Universität der Künste and dancer in reconstruction of José Limón “Concerto Grosso” under the direction of Giorgia Maddamma in Pina Bausch Theater the Folkwang University in 2014; dancer in Folkwang Tanz Studios in 2015.
Awards: 1st place talent show “Revierkönig 2010” and 1st place Breakdance at Freestyle Jam Battle Nr.II in Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Haus Gelsenkirchen in 2010