Ottavia Catenacci (she/her)
ott.catenacci@gmail.comhttps://ottaviacatenacci.com/
©Martin Dam Kristensen
Ottavia Catenacci is an Italian dancer and choreographer based in Copenhagen.
She holds a BFA in Scenography from the Academy of Fine Arts in Urbino and a BFA in Dance and Choreography from the Danish National School of Performing Arts. She was an apprentice at Dance Theatre Heidelberg and Danish Dance Theatre. She has performed in works by Masako Matsushita, Maria Francesca Guerra, Samuel Feldhandler, Snorre Elvin, Renan Martins, Matija Ferlin, Iván Pérez, Doris Uhlich and Aske Thiberg. Among her choreographic works there are Glory was at the fingertips (2019), A Bridge/in case you will forget (2020), godsibb (2022), Gossip Body (2023). She has an ongoing collaboration with Ella Östlund in YOUR HEART OUT, a project investigating the excessive emotions of fandom. Ottavia is currently attending an MFA in Choreography at the Danish National School of Performing Arts.
Education
2024-ongoing MFA Choreography, Danish National School of Performing Arts (DK)
2019-2022 BFA Dance and Choreography, Danish National School of Performing Arts (DK)
2015-2018 BFA Scenography, Urbino Fine Art Academy (IT)
2016-2017 Exchange student at Vilnius Academy of Arts (LT)
2010-2014 Scuola del Balletto di Toscana (Florence, IT)
Work as choreographer
2022-ongoing Co-creator and performer of the duo YOUR HEART OUT with Ella Östlund, co-produced by Tårnby Park Studio (DK)
2023 Choreographer and performer of the solo Gossip Body, presented at ONE HIT WONDER#11, organized by Dance Theatre Heidelberg (DE)
2022 Choreographer and performer of the solo godsibb, DDSKS (DK), presented at Aaben Dans (Roskilde, DK)
2020 Choreographer and performer of the solo A Bridge/In case you will forget, produced by HangartFest (Pesaro, IT)
2019 Choreographer and performer of the solo Glory was at the fingertips, premiered at Art Printing House (Vilnius, LT), selected for Vetrina della giovane danza d’autore 2019.
Work as performer
2024 Performer in Shutting Out the Sun by Aske Thiberg, O-Overgaden (DK)
2023 Performer in Habitat by Doris Uhlich, Metropolis København (DK)
2023 Performer in Reality and the Cosmos by Iván Pérez, Dance Theatre Heidelberg (DE)
2023 Performer in Sunset Boulevard, musical theatre, Theater und Orchester Heidelberg (DE)
2022 Performer in Tears by Monster Chetwynd, Art in a Day 2022 Copenhagen (DK)
2022 Performer in Students of Insistence by Matija Ferlin, DDSKS (DK)
2021 Performer in Flash Mob by Renan Martins, DDSKS (DK)
2020 Performer in In a common dance by Samuel Feldhandler, DDSKS (DK)
2020 Performer in Kubelko by Snorre Elvin, DDSKS (DK)
2016 Performer in Dance Blanche Passo A4 of Masako Matsushita (IT)
2016 Performer in Electric Counterpoint of Maria Francesca Guerra (IT)
Other work
2024 Choreographic assistant in LIEBE by toaspern|moeller – Leipzig (DE)
2018 Curator of the exhibition Exposure at Indipendance (IT)
2017 Exposing Artist in the group exhibition Not Quite There (TRU Art Gallery, Canada)
2017 Exposing Artist in the collective exhibition Remains at SHCH/ŠČ Gallery, Vilnius (LT)
2017 Exposing Artist in the online exhibition Guest Room for Der Greif with I need to take my peels
Internships
2023 Choreographic Assistant Apprentice with Marina Mascarell, Danish Dance Theatre (DK)
2023 Dance Apprentice with Dance Theatre Heidelberg (DE)
2021 Dance Intern at Hotel Pro Forma (DK)
2017 Production Assistant Intern at Amalgamate Dance Company (NYC/IT).