Ambra Senatore (born 1976) is an Italian choreographer, researcher and educator at the University of Milan. In 2015, she was named director of the Centre Chorégraphique National de Nantes.[1]

She was born in Turin. In 2004, she completed a doctorate in contemporary dance. She has trained with various choreographers including Carolyn Carlson, Dominique Dupuy and Bill T. Jones. In 2012, she established a dance company EDA based in Besançon.[2][1][3] She lectures on the history of dance at the University of Milan. In 2007, she published La danza d’autore, vent’anni di danza contemporanea in Italia.[4]

Senatore has worked with Jean-Claude Gallotta [fr], Giorgio Rossi, Georges Lavaudant [fr] and Antonio Tagliarini.[2][3]

In 2013, she choreographed and produced Nos amours bêtes, based on a script by Fabrice Melquiot [fr]. In 2018, she developed choreography for dances performed in the opera Cendrillon by Jules Massenet.[2]

Choreographed works edit

  • Merce
  • Passo (2010), was awarded the Premio Equilibrio by the Fondazione Musica per Roma[4]
  • A Posto (2011)
  • John (2012)
  • Aringa Rossa (2014)
  • Quante Storie (2016)

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Nomination d'Ambra Senatore à la direction du Centre chorégraphique national (CCN) de Nantes" (in French). Ministère de la Culture, France.
  2. ^ a b c "Ambra Senatore" (in French). Centre Chorégraphique National de Nantes.
  3. ^ a b "Ambra Senatore". Centre Chorégraphique National de Nantes.
  4. ^ a b "Ambra Senatore". MA scene nationale (in French).