Giulia Staccioli

A choreographer and director, she founded the company Kataklò Athletic Dance Theatre in 1995 and has been its artistic director ever since. She was a rhythmic gymnastics champion finalist at the Los Angeles ’84 and Seoul ’88 Olympics. After finishing competitions, she moved to New York to study dance at the Alvin Ailey Studios, where she established her quality as a performer by joining the American company Momix. Through these experiences, she began to outline the Kataklò Project. Her creativity is the main driving force behind the company’s repertoire, which employs highly versatile and competent performers and is frequently at the service of prestigious occasions: for the Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she conceived and choreographed the Five Rings: an icon of the Games and a tribute to the Olympic spirit