Andrea Costanzo Martini
Andrea Costanzo Martini was born and raised in Italy where he received his first education in contemporary dance and ballet. At the age of 19 he moved to Munich, Germany where he attended the Heinz-Bosl Stiftung Ballet Akademien and in 2004 he began his professional carrier as a Ballet Dancer in the Aalto Staats Theater Essen.
In 2006 He joined the BATSHEVA Ensemble and 2 years later moved to the main Company. During these years he performed extensively the repertoire of Ohad Naharin and Sharon Eyal and he began his activity as gaga teacher and Choreographer through the “dancer create” program of the Company. He later joined the CULLBERG Ballet in Stockholm. In 2012 he moved back to Israel where he joined the Inbal Pinto Dance company and started creating his own works.
In 2013 he was awarded First Prize for both dance and choreography at the International Stuttgart Solo Competition for the solo work “ What Happened in Torino”. In october 2015 the work “What Happened in Torino” is awarded the audience prize at the Mas Danza Festival in Gran Canaria, Spain. In November 2016 the debut of his latest creation “SCARABEO, angles and the void” , a duet with Avidan Ben Giat as part of the Curtain Up Festival Tel Aviv. In December 2016 he is awarded the jury’s second prize at the “International Jerusalem Choreography Competition” for the solo “Occhio di Bue”. In 2016 Andrea becomes an associated artist of Associazione Culturale VAN (ITALY).
In 2018 he creates, on commission, “Emergency Arabesque” for the collective Dance Makers, “INTRO” for the Ballet of Rome and “Balera” for the Ballet Theater of Turin. It also begins a collaboration, supported by BTT, Piemonte dal Vivo and Charleroi Danse, with the video artist Cindy Sechet for a duet for a dancer and camera “The King’s Camera” The piece had its debut in June 2019 at InTeatro Festival Polverigi. In 2019 he is selected by TimeOut Tel Aviv as one of the upcoming artists to watch in Israel. Parallel to this Andrea continues his activity as teacher (Gagaand improvisation) in Israel and abroad.
He regularly teaches at the Gaga Center in Suzan Dallal , Tel Aviv, and at the Vertigo Studio in Jerusalem. He has taught Gaga and Improvisation for companies such as Batsheva Dance Company and Ensemble, Cullberg Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet, Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak Dance Company and for the students of DOCH (Stockholm), Gaaton (Israel), NOD (Italy), Zurich Tanzhaus and many more.
In 2006 He joined the BATSHEVA Ensemble and 2 years later moved to the main Company. During these years he performed extensively the repertoire of Ohad Naharin and Sharon Eyal and he began his activity as gaga teacher and Choreographer through the “dancer create” program of the Company. He later joined the CULLBERG Ballet in Stockholm. In 2012 he moved back to Israel where he joined the Inbal Pinto Dance company and started creating his own works.
In 2013 he was awarded First Prize for both dance and choreography at the International Stuttgart Solo Competition for the solo work “ What Happened in Torino”. In october 2015 the work “What Happened in Torino” is awarded the audience prize at the Mas Danza Festival in Gran Canaria, Spain. In November 2016 the debut of his latest creation “SCARABEO, angles and the void” , a duet with Avidan Ben Giat as part of the Curtain Up Festival Tel Aviv. In December 2016 he is awarded the jury’s second prize at the “International Jerusalem Choreography Competition” for the solo “Occhio di Bue”. In 2016 Andrea becomes an associated artist of Associazione Culturale VAN (ITALY).
In 2018 he creates, on commission, “Emergency Arabesque” for the collective Dance Makers, “INTRO” for the Ballet of Rome and “Balera” for the Ballet Theater of Turin. It also begins a collaboration, supported by BTT, Piemonte dal Vivo and Charleroi Danse, with the video artist Cindy Sechet for a duet for a dancer and camera “The King’s Camera” The piece had its debut in June 2019 at InTeatro Festival Polverigi. In 2019 he is selected by TimeOut Tel Aviv as one of the upcoming artists to watch in Israel. Parallel to this Andrea continues his activity as teacher (Gagaand improvisation) in Israel and abroad.
He regularly teaches at the Gaga Center in Suzan Dallal , Tel Aviv, and at the Vertigo Studio in Jerusalem. He has taught Gaga and Improvisation for companies such as Batsheva Dance Company and Ensemble, Cullberg Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet, Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak Dance Company and for the students of DOCH (Stockholm), Gaaton (Israel), NOD (Italy), Zurich Tanzhaus and many more.
