Balduzzi, Massimiliano

Practitioner

Massimiliano Balduzzi is an Italian performer, director, and teacher based in New York City. He is currently working on a solo called REQUIEM with dramaturge Susan Mar Landau and with Helga Davis on CASSANDRA, set to premiere at BRIC in 2014. With Ben Spatz and Urban Research Theater, Massimiliano created and performed in PLAYWAR (Abrons Arts Center) and directed THEATRICALE (Lincoln Center Atrium). Massimiliano has been a resident artist at Movement Research and LEIMAY-CAVE. Before moving to New York City in 2008, Massimiliano worked for five years with director Anne Zenour in Siena, co-founding the performance group Teatro della Pioggia. Massimiliano has also worked with Stefano Vercelli and with Mamadou Dioume. In 2006, he spent six months living in Bali, studying Balinese dance and song.

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Photos © Ben Spatz. Panetta Movement Center, New York City, 2009.

Video 1_AssetThumb — Physical Training for Performers: First Sequence

These six videos document research in solo physical training developed by Massimiliano Balduzzi over more than fifteen years, and include work on exercise sequences.

Video 4_AssetThumb — Physical Training for Performers: Floor Work

These six videos document a research in solo physical training developed by Massimiliano Balduzzi over more than fifteen years. Next, he is shown integrating floor work and impulses/isolations.

Video 5_AssetThumb — Physical Training for Performers: Isolations/Impulses

These six videos document a research in solo physical training developed by Massimiliano Balduzzi over more than fifteen years. Next, he is shown integrating floor work and impulses/isolations.

Video 6_AssetThumb — Physical Training for Performers: Open Work

These six videos document a research in solo physical training developed by Massimiliano Balduzzi over more than fifteen years. Finally, he is puts all the previous elements together in ‘open work’.

Video 7_AssetThumb — Physical Training for Performers: Open Work (with commentary)

These six videos document a research in solo physical training developed by Massimiliano Balduzzi over more than fifteen years. Finally, he is puts all the previous elements together in ‘open work’.

Video 2_AssetThumb — Physical Training for Performers: Second Sequence

These six videos document research in solo physical training developed by Massimiliano Balduzzi over more than fifteen years, and include work on exercise sequences.

Video 3_AssetThumb — Physical Training for Performers: Third Sequence

These six videos document research in solo physical training developed by Massimiliano Balduzzi over more than fifteen years, and include work on exercise sequences.

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