Marta Ferraris is an Italian dancer, teacher, and author based in Berlin.
With a diverse background in Ballet (Accademia Teatro alla Scala), Oriental dance (Persepolis Company), Contemporary Dance (DEOS Company), Movement Research (Tanz Fabrik), and Circus Arts;
Marta's practice delves into deconstructions of aesthetic body ideals in dance. Promoting inner creative empowerment she creates a dance practice characterized by dialectical contrasts through a strong use of gestures drawing inspiration from various sources.
Marta's focus is on bridging tradition and innovation while sharing the communicative and therapeutic power of dance.
She collaborates with different collectives, engaging in projects that reclaim urban spaces and analyzing the interlacing possibilities of body languages and arts.
QUALIFICATIONS
•2022-23- Dance Intensive- Tanzfabrik, Berlin
•2020-2021- Contemporary Dance Program “l’ Azione Silenziosa”- DEOS, Genoa
(Artistic Director Giovanni Di Cicco)
•2017-2019- Classical-Academic Dance Teacher Diploma - Accademia Teatro alla Scala, Milan
CV: cv of marta ferraris- 2025.pdf
INDIPENDENT
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
• Physical Theatre with the company Teatro Akropolis founded by Clemente Tafuri David Beronio (2019-2021)• Workshops and creation with: Carolyn Carlson (2022), Giorgio Rossi (2021) Virgilio Sieni (2021), Sonia Rodriguez and Jorge Bascunan(2022)
• practitioner of: Contact Improvisation, Kinomichi, Butoh, Theater, Singing, Oriental Dance, Fusion Dance (Datura Style), Swing,Tango, Hula Hoop, Yoga, Acro-yoga.
The open, often astonished gaze, relaxed smile, and inner calm conveyed through the diverse flow of her movement serve as a model for merging reality, thought, and dreams. Her differentiated, dynamically varied rotations—sitting, standing, lying, or falling—are excellent stimuli for authentic creativity. They allow some of the freedom observed and experienced in the performer, rooted in the broad field of culturally inherent and artistic movement, to transfer to one’s own established rigidity.
Eveline Koberg
