Roberto Castello

Roberto Castello, born in 1960, is a dancer, choreographer and teacher. He probably is the most ideologically engaged choreographer among the founders of Italian contemporary dance.

In the early 1980s, he danced with Carolyn Carlson’s Teatro Danza la Fenice where he created his first choreography. In 1984 he was one of the founders of Italian modern dance company Sosta Palmizi. In 1993 he founded his new ensemble, ALDES. Among other prizes, he's been awarded the Ubu Prize in 1986, 2003 and 2018 (Il Cortile / Il migliore dei mondi possibili / ALDES project).

Since 1996 he has been curator of numerous festivals and art venues and from 2005 to 2015 he has been teaching digital choreography at the Accademia delle Belle Arti di Brera in Milan. Since 2008, with ALDES he's been carrying out the project SPAM! rete per le arti contemporanee, organizing residencies, several programming events, a multidisciplinary season, workshops, public meetings and educational activities.

In year 2017 he conceived and supervised the project 93% – materials for a non-verbal politics, a platform of opinions, discussions, and exchange of material about non-verbal language.

During his career, he has collaborated, among others, with Peter Greenaway, Eugène Durif, Rai3 TV / Fabio Fazio and Roberto Saviano, Studio Azzurro.

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