Contemporary Dance

Professor. Former Chairperson of Dance Department (2015-2022), National Taipei University for the Arts. Freelance dancer/choreographer/photographer and actor.

"My movement phrases can be fast and percussive or lyrical and fluid but I would say always challenging."

I like to concretize trough my body what the choreographer's mind imagines. The rehearsal room is sacred place for me, the creative process sap for my soul.

An internationally acclaimed award-winning contemporary dance artist and choreographer from Taiwan, celebrated particularly for her work as a Principal Dancer for the Martha Graham Dance Company.

Dal 1999 Emanuela Tagliavia è docente di danza contemporanea presso la Scuola di Ballo dell’Accademia delle Arti e Mestieri del Teatro alla Scala, dove svolge anche il ruolo di coreografa.

Giuliana Mele teaches permanently at the Daf Dance Arts Faculty in Rome and holds repertory stages throughout Italy.

He is currently the artistic director of MM Contemporary Dance Company, founded in 1999, and has created many choreographies for MMCDC, for shows both in Italy and abroad.

Thomas's style is fluid, energetic, and expressive. He loves the contrast between soft fluidity, long lines, power, and attack.

"Choreographing to me is a movement for a reason. It is an intention guided by emotions. I want to create moods and pictures that can take the spectator somewhere else for a while."