The body that moves: this is my dance.
I transform individualities into a living group, where fragility and strength merge in vibrant tension.
My artistic vision explores how social dynamics, space, and relationships generate movement, shape bodies, and redefine perception, creating experiences that engage the audience on a bodily, perceptual, and emotional level.
NUNZIO IMPELLIZZERI is an internationally recognized choreographer, whose physical language is powerful and immediately recognizable. In his works, dancers develop authentic and intense connections: every gesture and movement arises from dynamic co-creation, making each piece alive, necessary, and unpredictable.
Trained in the visual arts in Sicily, Nunzio integrates visual aesthetics and choreography: sets, costumes, and imagery become extensions of perception and embodied language. By selecting dancers with strong technical and poetic identity, he creates heterogeneous scenic constellations where individual movement fuels the ensemble’s dynamic energy.
His creations captivate through energy, contrast, and authenticity, oscillating between delicacy and strength, leaving a distinct, immediate, and lasting impression on audiences.
BIOGRAPHY
Nunzio Impellizzeri founded the Nunzio Impellizzeri Dance Company in Zurich in 2014. Born in Acireale (CT, Italy), after an international career as a solo dancer with prestigious companies, he discovered choreography as his most complete expressive form.
In Switzerland, he began collaborating with Tanzhaus Zürich through the choreographic platform 12 Min. Max. (2009); in 2010 he was selected for SiWiC under the artistic direction of Reinhild Hoffmann. In 2013, he was appointed choreographer for ChoreoLab, a platform by Tanzhaus Zürich and Centrum W Ruchu Warsaw. He won first prize at the Ballet-ex choreographic competition in Rome in 2012 and 2013.
He directed the dance short film Quieta… inquietudine, awarded the Audience Prize at the Loikka Dance Film Festival – 60secondsdance Competition in Helsinki (2016), and in the same year was chosen as choreographer for the opening of the Landesmuseum Zürich.
His guest choreographer collaborations include: Anhaltisches Theater Dessau, Teatro Arcimboldi, Milan, Marchepied Cie., Lausanne, Teatro Bellini, Naples, LaMOV Compañía de Danza, Zaragoza, Teatro Principal, Zaragoza, St. Gallen Theater, Arsenic, Lausanne, Gessnerallee, Zürich, Teatro Dimitri, Verscio, Oriental Theater, Vevey, Teatro India, Rome, Gisela Rocha Dance Company, Theater Winterthur, Zurich University of the Arts / BA in Contemporary Dance, Giorgio Madia, and Cottbus Staatstheater, Faa-Zone Dance Company, Cinevox Junior Company, Art Garage, Pozzuoli, Teatro Orione, Rome.
For the Nunzio Impellizzeri Dance Company, he created the works: WAY OUT (2015), IN.QUIETA ROOMS (2017), CORPO BAROCCO (2018), SCH.NEE (2022), PLEASE, HOLD ME (2021); site-specific works: LOST & FOUND (2015), HAPPENING (2016), PINK CARPET (2024); and dance films: WATER RESISTANT (2013), Quieta… inquietudine (2014), THE DOCTOR SAID (2017), CURA (2017).
His work has been presented in theatres and international festivals across Switzerland, Germany, Russia, Italy, Poland, Finland, Denmark, Chile, Spain, North and Central America. His creations continue to stand out for their distinctive artistic signature and their direct, impactful connection with audiences.
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