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Gianfranco Celestino

(Luxembourg)

Gianfranco Celestino in Solo con Piano. Photo: Patrick Muller

dancer-choreographer-musician

 

After he accomplished his classical piano studies at Conservatorio « G. Verdi » in Torino
(I), Gianfranco Celestino studied dance at the « Folkwang Hochschule » in Essen (D). In
1999 he studies in Venice at « Accademia Isola Danza », directed by Carolyn Carlson.
In the same year he receives the scholarship to take part to the « Dance WEB »
programme at Wiener Tanz Wochen in Vienna.

He has worked, between others, with Les Ballets C. de la B. (B), Unit.Control (L),
ARAZZO Tanztheater (D).

Since 2002 he lives in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and works on his own
choreographic ideas.

His major work:
Solo con Piano (2005) is a dance theatre solo programme in which he plays the piano
and dances with it. The show has played, among other places, at the festival Les
Répérages - Danse à Lille (F), at the International Theatre Festival of Sibiu, Romania, in
Montréal (CND), Cardiff (UK), Ljubljana (SLO), at Ballet de Lorraine in Nancy (F), Milano
(I), in Eupen (B), at the Southbank Centre, London (UK), Internationale Tanzmesse Nrw,
Düsseldorf (D), in Vitebsk (BY). Coproduced by Kulturfabrik, Centre de Création
Chorégraphique Luxembourgeois TROIS C-L, MASKéNADA.

Crossing Town (2007) is a dance-theatre piece for five dancers. Using sarcasm and
irony, the show deals with the relations between urban people, sharing a common space
but often ignoring one another. Different ways of meeting and communicating with each
other brings the personages to a situation of constant competition. Coproduced by
MASKéNADA, Théâtre National du Luxembourg and TROIS C-L.

Sweet Dreams (2009) is an interdisciplinary piece, aiming to portray the life and
characteristics of Luxembourg's capital. Sweet Dreams! is keen to investigate the fabric
of a city full of contrast and secrets, rich in legends and history but not without its critics
and challenges, and to uncover the true identity of one of the most intriguing European
capitals. Coproduced by MASKéNADA, TROIS C-L, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg.