About
Alessandra is a freelance choreographer, performer and teacher based in Berlin.
Originally from Italy, after graduating in 2011 at the Hamburg Ballett School, Alessandra has been working as a soloist in Theaters around Germany (including Staatstheater am Gartnerplatz, Gauthier Dance//Theaterhaus Stuttgart and Staatsballett Hannover). Her repertoire included works and creations by: Marco Goecke, Ohad Naharin, Sharon Eyal-Gai Behar, Jirí Kylían, Hans Van Manen, Medhi Walerski, Nadav Zelner, Mauro Bigonzetti, Helena Waldmann, Cayetano Soto and many others.
Since August 2022, Alessandra has been working as freelance choreographer.
She teaches ballet, improvisation and Marco Goecke’s repertoire all over Europe.
“The core of my creative process is the life itself: the pulsating essence of blood and flesh, the raw intentions, fears, and aspirations that reside within each of us. My focus lies in the shared human experiences that bind us, in the moments that touch our hearts and the courage to embrace vulnerability. My creative approach emphasizes storytelling that underlies gestures and actions, aiming for authenticity, tangibility, and vividness.”
Coming up 2025/2026:
“Macbeth” Landesbühnen Sachsen / New full length creation / Premiere 21.03.2026
As choreographer:
“Verbrechen - Tanatas Teeschale” Neuköllner Oper Berlin / New creation for actors ( Berlin, Germany - Premiere 2025)
“Amadeus” Volkstheater Rostock / New interdisciplinary creation ( Rostock, Germany - Premiere 2025)
“Il peso del fango” Independent creation / Residency Festival Dance in transition + Residency Black C Art Gallery USA ( Teramo, Italy - 2024)
“Fall asleep, my child” Landesbühnen Sachsen ( Radebeul, Germany - Premiere 2023)
“Swan song” Independent creation / Residency LOT Theater Braunschweig + Berlin Alte Feuerwache Residency Berlin + Internationaler Choreografie Wettbewerb Detmold” 2024 + Festival Girona en Moviment 2024 ( Braunschweig + Berlin, Germany- 2023+2024)
“Tale of us” Teatro Bellini Napoli / In collaboration with Rosario Guerra, Alessio Marchini, Beatrice Panero (Napoli, Italy - Premiere 2023)
“Nostos, the Myth of the Return” Ballett X Schwerin / Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater ( Schwerin, Germany - Premiere 2023)
“A study on falling” Residency Residenzzentrum tanz+ ( Baden, Switzerland - 2022)
“Wu Wei: The Art of not Forcing” Staatstheater Hannover ( Hannover, Germany - Premiere 2022)
“A silver distance” Independent creation ( Hannover, Germany - 2022)
“A quiet thriller” Short dance film / Staatstheater Hannover / Award winner “Best director” Vesuvius International Film Festival 2023 ( Hannover, Germany - Premiere 2021)
“Push the sky away” Staatstheater Hannover / “Corpi in fuga” International Dance Gala Trieste + Jerusalem International Solo Dance Festival + Premio Internazionale Prospettiva Danza Teatro 2023 XIV Edition ( Hannover, Germany - Premiere 2020)
Funding:
“Stillness versus Dynamism and the act of creation”, Take Heart Residency Program 2023 - Fonds Darstellende Kunste e.V.
As dancer:
2022 Freelance dancer
2019-2021 Staatstheater Hannover, directed by Marco Goecke
2018-2019 Freelance dancer
2015-2018 Gauthier Dance//Theaterhaus Stuttgart, directed by Eric Gauthier
2014-2015 Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, directed by Karl Alfred Schreiner
2011-2014 Theater Nordhausen, directed by Jutta Ebnother
As actress:
2022 / Schauspiel Hannover
“Die Bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant”, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
as “Marlena” / Regie: Pia Kröll
As assistent:
2026 / Theater Krefeld und Mönchengladbach
New creation
Choreographer: Xenia Wiest / Assistant: Alessandra La Bella
2025 / Opéra National de Bordeaux
“Beauties and Beasts” / New creation
Choreographer: Xenia Wiest / Assistant: Alessandra La Bella
As teacher / Ballet + Improvisation + Marco Goecke’e repertoire:
Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater, Schwerin DE
Landesbühnen Sachsen, DE
Marameo e.V. Berlin, DE
Friedrichstadt Palast, Berlin, DE
Liceo Coreutico I.S. Niccolini Palli, Livorno IT
Liceo Coreutico Educandato Statale Agli Angeli, Verona IT
“Il Balletto” Castelfranco Veneto, IT
Korzo, NL
Volkstheater Rostock, DE
Center of dance Berlin, DE
Tanzbüro Basel Profitraining, CH
Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin, DE
Trois C-L Luxembourg, LU
DART Dance Company, DE
ADDA Advance Dance Institute Barcelona, ES
Staatstheater Cottbus, DE
Theater Osnabrück, DE
Henny Jurriëns Studio Amsterdam, NL