☀️ 2024 SUMMER INTENSIVE • Meet our musicians accompanists
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Technique classes will be accompanied by professional musicians (pianists and drummers), specialized in Graham technique.
DEBRA SHANNON
Born in Brooklyn, New York, USA Debra has had an unusual journey. During her music studies (classical training at Queens College of the City University of New York: B.A. magna cum laude), she discovered contemporary dance as an amateur dancer. An
adventure which is going to inspire her. She discovered African dance and music in 1987 and went to Senegal to learn the balafon and djembe
at the National Conservatory of Dakar. With Jazz studies in New York and Paris, or Indian music: tabla and the bansuri flute in Paris, all her influences enrich her whole universe of sounds,
with which she accompanies the dance. In Paris she plays at the CRR, DNSP JAZZ of the PSPBB, the CND (in training from DE and CA), private studios and at the CNSMDP where she also teaches the initiation of choreographic
accompaniment in Contemporary Dance since 2007. Her pedagogy uses Dalcrozian principles (Certificate of Continuing Education in Geneva in 2005), helping
musicians to 'dance' with their instruments.
Lorenzo masotto
pianist and composer,
graduated with top marks from the conservatory
F.E.Dall'Abaco conservatory in Verona.
He furthered his studies in Weimar with Professor Gerlinde Otto.
He has composed and performed music for the Estravagario theatre in Verona.
He has written music for short films and documentaries, participating in the Lessinia Film Festival.
He composed the soundtrack for the short film 'Giulia' directed by Carlo Perassi, which won awards all over the world.
His piece 'Chrono' was included in the soundtrack of a docufilm produced in Canada and presented at the Toronto Film Festival.
In 2010 he conceived the experimental project 'Le Maschere di Clara'. The project was received and reviewed all over Europe and has hundreds of concerts to its credit, including participation in 2013 at the 'Burg Herzberg Festival' in Germany and at the Freakshow festival in Wurzburg.
He has published a composition for String Trio 'Pierrot', published by Moderna Records, a Canadian label.
He conducts the historic polyphonic choir 'Voce dei Colli'.
He has released seven albums as composer and pianist, produced and distributed worldwide by labels such as Dronarivm (Russia), Preserved Sound (Poland), Lady Blunt (IT), Sonder House (USA) and Whitelabrecs (UK).
He has played in Italy, Holland, Germany, Ireland, Portugal, England and the USA.
He wrote, in collaboration with Laura Masotto and Bruce Turri, the music for the show Fight or Flight, created by dancer and choreographer Chiara Frigo, which debuted at the Teatro Romano in Verona.
His piece Polyphonic Dreams was used by Russian choreographer Anna Yudina for a ballet presented at the theatre, danced by dancer Daniil Kazantsev.
His music is broadcast by the BBC and KEXP.