4+4 Days in Motion / Virginia Spallarossa: OUF

Performer: Virginia Spallarossa
Inspired by: 1x7 by Gianni Rodari
Adaptation: Paolo Bufalino
Assistant: Monica Rosanò
Sound and music: Zed
Light design: Cesare Lavezzoli
Production: Pandanz
Co-producer: Déjà Donné
Copyright of photography: Monica Rosanò, Francesca Massa

Virginia Spallarossa studied modern and classical dance in Italy. In 1994, she left to study at Merce Cunningham’s academy in New York. She has worked with the Olympic Contemporary Ballet in London and New York, and has frequently appeared as a dancer in opera performances (Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Rome Opera, Florence City Theatre, Bunkakhan in Tokyo, Bayerisches Staatsballett in Munich). Since 2007, she has danced in several projects by the Déjà Donné ensemble, where she also worked as assistant choreographer and director (performances in Salzburg and at Prague’s Duncan Center). Beside Ouf, she is the author of numerous other performances (including An ear x a leg, Mostarda, Apollo Living Room, and 2:2=1), which she has presented at festivals in Italy and abroad.