New Breed Choreographer Spotlight: Davide Di Giovanni

Contemporary! I believe that the most contemporary way of dance is classical movements, seen from another point of view.

Yes, the music plays a big role in my work. When I dance I feel the notes inside my movements. I imagine myself in between the music world and the physical. I believe my choreography is the result of the union of this.

The inspiration for my work is a silent movie and how fascinating and deep that world is for me. There was no space for voices but only faces and body languages on a black and white platform full of shade and light. All of that is mixed together with a piece of jazz improvisation based on a famous theme called In Walked Bud.

Picture a scene from an old time movie that brings them to question things of this time.

My career highlight was teaching at Paris Opéra and seeing something that I created with my body and my soul, and have it transferred to another body will never get old.

I’m currently listening to classical music by Rachmaninoff, Chopin and Ravel. Pretty romantic and nostalgic vibes. I like to mix it with jazz or electronic and bring myself back to earth by the rhythm. Books at the moment: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong, Find Me by André Aciman and Harry Potter; always since I was a kid.

I’m most influenced by the artists and geniuses of this world. The ones that speak of love, death and time. Choreographers like Marco Goecke, William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián. As well as fashion designers Prada and Ludovic de Saint Sernin.