Michele Di Stefano

Milan, 1963

Michele Di Stefano ia a choreographer and performer. He has been active on the international scene since 2000 with an extensive body of work comprising performances, choreographic environments and evolutionary systems based on dynamic research, travel literature and meteorology. He has received choreographic commissions from Aterballetto, the Korean National Contemporary Dance Company, Nuovo Balletto di Toscana and the Ballet de Lorraine. He is a consultant for the dance programme at the Teatro di Roma and co-curator of the Giacimenta project for Matera 2019. In 2018, he curated the outdoor section of the BolzanoDanza-Tanz Bozen Festival. Alongside the touring of his productions, he is actively involved in conferences, workshops and experimental projects, including the Balinese Dance Platform at the Santarcangelo Festival (2014 and 2015), and projects for the BiennaleDanza 2013–14–15 and BiennaleTeatro 2019. Among the awards received are the Silver Lion for innovation in dance at the Venice Biennale (2014) and the Nico Garrone Prize (2018).