MARIGIA MAGGIPINTO
FROM TANZTHEATER PINA BAUSCH

She began her professional career with the ballet company in the Foundation Niccolo’ Piccinni (J. De Min / Roberto Fascilla). In 1985, she participated in the international tour with the dance company of “Danzatori Scalzi” of Rome, and took part in the movie ” Il Giovane Toscanini ” of F. Zeffirelli. She had studied in Rome with Viola Faber, Libby Ney (tecn. Limon) Andre’Peck, Roberta Garrison (tecn. Cunningham), Richard Haisma (Nikolais) Mudra ( Bejart), Matt Mattox (Jazz) e Martha Graham. She had participated in the creation of the performance by Giorgio Rossi (Stop Palmizi / Carolin Carlson) at the Festival of Polverigi. She had studied the techniques of Jean Cebron (composi- tion/ improvisation), Hans Zullig (tecn. Joss) at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen (directed by Pina Bausch).

She had danced with Pina Bausch in 14 different choreographies and had parti- cipatedin the new creations of the German choreographer: Tanzabend II (’92), Schiff (’93), Trauerspiel(’94), Danzon(’95) and Fensterputzer(’97). She left the company in 1999 but later returned as a guest participating in the festival Tanzteather (2000, 2001, 2002). In the United States, she participated in the creation of a theatral work with the company Mutation Theater Project, and teached in the faculty of “American Dance Festival” at Duke University (2003, 2004, 2005). She also worked with Emilia Romagna Teatro (ERT) in the performance directed by Pippo Delbono, “Dopo la Battaglia”, winner of the UBU Prize as the best 2011 Italian theater performance.

She worked in collaboration with Pina Bausch Foundation giving workshops in occasion of two big expositions dedicated to Pina at the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn and at the Gropius Bau in Berlin (2015-2016). She created a solo in a project/ residence , sponsored by circo Vertigo in Turin by the title “ two but not two “ (2019) and her last work directed by Chiara Frigo “Miss Lala al circo Fernando Production of Opera Estate festival Bassano del grappa and Zebra culture zoo (2021). She now works as a freelance giving workshops and master classes in Italy and Europe.