Flavia Zaganelli (she/her) is a dance artist and performer.
She trains independently, following the work of international choreographers and artists. In 2017 she completed an intensive training period in dance and performance in Berlin, attending SMAHS#9 and graduating from the Tanzfabrik School of Contemporary Dance. Since 2013 she has been a performer for Italian and international artists.
From 2018 she began to create choreographic works in collaboration with other artists, and then embarked on a more authorial path. Her research is transversal and multidisciplinary, she is interested in relationships between different planes, hybrid forms, collaborative processes and investigations in public space. Dance and performance are for her the concrete places where she embodies thoughts about the future.
In 2021 she debuts at Danza Urbana with The Game We Play, a choreographic investigation around the theme of play and with INVISIBILIA thanks to the award of Bando Abitante prize of Compagnia Virgilio Sieni. In 2023 she debuts with electrica /ecosi'stɛma/ at Spazio Kor, within the season curated by Chiara Bersani and Giulia Traversi.
She is selected artist for Boarding Pass Plus Dance 2023 for her new research Placebo Dances, hosted in residency at Moving in November Festival (Helsinki) and Santarcangelo Festival among others. In 2024 she is shortlisted artist for FONDO - support network for emerging creativity nominated by Santarcangelo Festival.
Besides Dance, Flavia has a Master degree in cultural management and has worked in different cultural contexts as a producers (Santarcangelo Festival, Middle East Now Film Festival...) and has co-curated independent different artistic formats (Bologna for Palestine, Ca'Publique, Magazzino Viveri...).