Performer/Choreographer ELENA COPELLI has worked in theatre and dance production; then she has begun to create her own performances of dance theatre creating her own company, Elena Copelli Project in 2016. Her works have been selected in many international festivals. She has held workshops and won residencies with her research project on the use of light, audience participation and site-specific performance. Since 2018 Elena is the assistant choreographer and rehearsal director of Cristiana Morganti Company (Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch).
Festival and theatre where her work has been presented: International Solo Contest-Gdansk/Poland, STOFF-Stockholm/Sweden, Faki International Festival-Zagreb/Croatia, HangartFest-Pesaro/Italy, Teatri di Vita-Bologna/Italy, Teatro Libero-Palermo/Italy, roBOt Festival-Bologna/Italy, No Borders Festival-Alghero/Italy, Trenoff Festival-Bologna/Italy, Caffeine Festival-Lecco/Italy, Teatro dell’Argine-Bologna/Italy, Festival In-Milano/Italy, Festival Le Voci dell’Anima/Italy.
She has been artist in residency in the following theatre: Teatro Magro-Mantua/Italy, Spam-Lucca/Italy, Teatro dell’Argine/Itc-Bologna/Italy, Teatro delle Forche-Taranto/Italy, Teatri di Vita-Bologna/Italy, Ortopolis-Pesaro/Italy, Teatro Actores Alidos-Caglliari/Italy, Teatro In Folio-Milano/Italy.
She has held workshop in the following schools and festival: Dams-University of Performing Arts- Turin/Italy, Anfibia-Bologna/Italy, Bide-Barcelona/Spain, Torino Fringe Festival-Turin/Italy.
She was selected in 2020 for the Fase X training project of the Umbrian Theater Center and in 2021 for the European project The Ways of the Heroes, which led to the creation of the performance A Beloved Enemy in the city of Zenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
During the years, she has worked and studied, among others, with: Jérome Bel, Britta Pudelko (Akram Khan Company, Sasha Waltz and Guest), Thomas Steyaert (Wim Vandekeybus/Ultima Vez), Teri J. Weikel, Dino Verga, Cantabile 2 (DK), Instabili Vaganti (Italy).
