Alessio Damiani

Alessio Damiani was born in Palermo, Italy, where he also started dancing. At the age of 18 he joined the Agora Coaching Project in Reggio Emilia under the direction of Michele Merola and Enrico Morelli. Since 2013 he worked as a freelance dancer in his home country as well as in Germany before joining the Hessisches Staatsballett in March 2017, first as a guest and now as a permanent ensemble member since the 2017/18 season.

Alessio Damiani is also starting a career as a choreographer. On June 2023, he created the piece “Burdens of Being” for the young choreographer evening of Hessisches Staatsballett, Startbahn. This piece was awarded at Barnes Crossing Festival SoloDuo in Köln where he got the first price. It was also presented at Beta Publica during the 39. Edition of Festival Madrid en Dansa and got selected for the 38. Internationaler Wettbewerb für Choreographie in Hanover. It received the second prize at the Concurso Coreográfico Burgos y Nueva York together with an invitation at the Tanz Biennale Festival 2025 in Heidelberg and a residency at the Centro Coreografico la Gomera in Canary Islands. Soon, the piece will be presented at the Quinzena de Dança de Almada in Portugal.