ABOUT

Alessandra is an Italian choreographer based in Berlin.

After graduating from the Hamburg Ballet School and an extensive career as a dancer with companies such as Gauthier Dance//Theaterhaus Stuttgart and Staatstheater Hannover under the direction of Marco Goecke, Alessandra has developed a distinctive choreographic voice that intertwines physical intensity, emotional sensitivity, and narrative depth.

In her choreographic work, Alessandra explores the human condition in its most authentic and vulnerable form — the pulse of the body, its fears, desires, and the connections that bind us. Her creative approach is rooted in storytelling emerging from movement, aiming for tangibility, vividness, and a sense of truth, where each gesture becomes a fragment of narrative.

Her creations have been presented in numerous festivals and residencies, including the Jerusalem International Solo Dance Festival, Residenzzentrum Tanz+, and LOT Theater Braunschweig. Her dance film A Quiet Thriller has received international recognition, winning Best Director in the Short Dance Film category at the Vesuvius International Film Festival 2023.

She has also created works for institutions such as Staatstheater Hannover, Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater, Teatro Bellini Napoli, Landesbühnen Sachsen, and Volkstheater Rostock. In 2026, she has premiered her full-length creation Macbeth for the company of Landesbühnen Sachsen.

Alongside her artistic work, Alessandra is an active teacher across Europe, sharing her practice through ballet, improvisation, and Marco Goecke’s repertoire at professional institutions and companies throughout the continent.

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.

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As dancer:

• 2019-2022 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