Activities and Projects

"Mind The Gap - Edition I", August 2024

"Mind The Gap - Edition I", the first edition of the "Pre-Professionals Summer Academy". This course is a significant step towards the promotion of young dance professionals in Switzerland and beyond. The project, by Filipe Portugal https://www.filipeportugal.com/, aims to bridge the gap between education and the professional stage world. It was a great success at the Première, on 23rd August 2024, at the Kurtheater Baden, Switzerland. An endless standing ovation crowned the enormous effort of the last five weeks, which dancers and crew have taken over. Enjoy the diversity and skills of these young dancers who offer you an insight into the challenges and potential of the new generation. We are proud to have contributed to this. The Pierino Ambrosoli Foundation team wishes you continued success. D&S.

Ballet and Modern Dance

• Training at internationally recognised academies
  
  
• Participation in competitions, dance workshops, and summer programmes
  
  
• Choreographies and contributions, dance projects, and performances
  
  
• Organisation of auditions in collaboration with international academies for stage dance
  
  
• Apprenticeships in a ballet company for dancers who complete their studies with accolades
  
  
• Organisation of artists’ own performances

Performances

• 15 Years, Pierino Ambrosoli Foundation, 5 July 2005 –
  Rigiblick Theatre, Zürich
  
  
• 18 Years, Pierino Ambrosoli Foundation, 21 September 2008 –
  Rigiblick Theatre, Zürich
  
  
• 25 Years, Pierino Ambrosoli Foundation, 8 June 2015 –
  Rigiblick Theatre, Zürich

Dance and Movement Theatre

• Swiss Professional Ballet School (SBBS)
• Prix de Lausanne
• Bern Ballet
• Ballet National de Marseille Roland Petit
• “Contemporary Dance Zurich” company
• “Nomades” company
• “Looping” company
• “Linga” company
• “Krassen Krastev” company
• “Metzger/Zimmermann/de Perrot” company
• “Prototype-Status” company, Jasmine Morand
• “Yondering Exchange” exchange programme, The National Ballet School Canada / Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier
  
  

• Königsfelder Festspiele 2004
• Choreographer Mi Jung
• Tiziana Arnaboldi dance theatre
• Les Ballets Russes, Toni Candeloro
• Scuola Paolo Grassi, Lucinda Childs, Milan
• Youth America Grand Prix 2006, New York
• ZAL dance concert, André Despond and Andrea Herdeg
• Künstlerhaus MousonTurm, Frankfurt am Main
• Lucerne Theatre Dance Ensemble
• Zürich Dance Academy/Zurich University of the Arts
• Accademia Teatro Dimitri, Verscio, Ticino, Switzerland
   

Dance Theatre

• Scuola D’Arte Drammatica Paolo Grassi, Milan

Music

• Concerts in San Martino, Ticino, Switzerland Mattia Zappa/Massimiliano Mainolfi duo
• International New Symphony Orchestra (INSO)
• CIDE benefit gala
• Compact disks (CDs) of artists including:
  Duo Zappa/Mainolfi, Maristella Patuzzi, Fortunat Frölich, André Desponds, NAÏVE rock band

• Basel Music Academy
• Berne University of the Arts
• Zurich University of the Arts
• The Soweto Project

Film

• European Film Actor School (EFAS)
• HN Hermann Nitsch
• The Making of a Dream
• papa&dada

Retraining / Advanced Training

• Swiss International Advanced Training Course in Choreography
• Dance WEB Europe: Impuls Tanz Wien
• “Pilates” training
  
  

Publications

• “Ein Leben für den Tanz” – Jean Deroc
• “Der Tänzer und sein Körper” – Dr Joseph Huwyler

Museums

• Swiss Dance Archive / Archive suisse de la danse
• MART - museo d'arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto