Tiziana Fracchiolla

Artist Profil - aug/sept 2010

TIZIANA FRACCHIOLLA
The dancer Tiziana Fracchiolla can be seen on stage in Dansehallerne in this season - in the following performances

KNOCK ON UNPAINTED WOOD by Mute Comp. 27. aug.-18. sept.

THE BIG INTENSIVE i the performance THE HUMAN FACE by Lynch Company 8.-10. october.

Tiziana is a remarkable dancer - versatile and very powerfull.
In Denmark she has among others danced in performances by Dansk Danseteater, Tim Feldman, Marie Brolin-Tani, Alexander Kølpin and Pernille Garde.



TIZIANAS DANCE ANECDOTES

When I learnt to walk I would only walk around on tiptoe. No amount of encouragement could make me put my heels down. I still have that habit. My parents thought that that was a sign that I should start ballet.


At the age of six I performed in my first ballet. I danced the role of a monkey.
When all the other animal characters were given animal masks I stood in line eagerly awaiting mine. When the director got to me she smiled and said “you don’t need a mask” and that was that, I performed bare faced amongst all the masks.
I was horrified.


When I was 10 years old, I performed in the musical Bugsy Malone. During a performance my headband fell and sat around my eyes and my tube top landed up around my waist. I pretended all was as it should be and continued like this right through to the end. After the show the director told me she thought I had what it took to be a dancer.


From an early age until I was 12 years old we would have big Italian lunches with family and friends every Sunday. It was at these gatherings, that I would clown around and improvise a dance. It became a regular part of the teatime entertainment, and even at weddings and special occasions. I still blush when they talk about it!


In college I had a ballet teacher who taught class with a glass of vodka in one hand and a lit cigarette in the other. She would stand beside us and hold the burning cigarette under our legs saying higher, higher. It sounds crazy but we got our legs up!


 

THE WAY TO A PROFESSIONAL CAREER
 
Tiziana is Italian born in South Africa.
Having based herself in London for the past eight years she now lives here in Copenhagen.

EDUCATION
She completed her training at The Royal Academy of Dance, The National School of the Arts and Pretoria Technikon in South Africa. She was fortunate enough to cover her training across a number of dance styles, including ballet, contemporary, flamenco, tap, jazz, African and gumboot dance, mime and movement and musical theatre.

PROFESSIONAL DANCE EXPERIENCE
Here in Copenhagen Tiziana has danced with Danish Dance Theatre, Mute Comp Physical Theatre, Stuart Lynch, Pernille Garde, Tim Feldman, Marie Brolin-Tani, and Toniah Pederson. Tiziana has performed in six seasons of Alexander Kolpin’s Copenhagen International Ballet.

Internationally, Tiziana has danced for various reputable companies and choreographers in Europe, South Africa, Australia and Japan.

CHOREOGRAPHIC EXPERIENCE
Tiziana has choreographed for the Copenhagen International Ballet by Alexander Kolpin.
For the Contemporary Arts Institute in Sapporo, Japan.
She was the assistant choreographer for Raymond Gubbay’s Show Boat at the Royal Albert Hall in London and associate choreographer for West Side Story (Louder than Words)
Tiziana has also choreographed for various short films and corporate events in London.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Tiziana has extensive teaching experience working with people of all ages and abilities.
She has taught at The Place and Northern School of Contemporary Dance in the UK, and delivered workshops at over 150 schools throughout the UK as well as being a guest teacher for various professional companies.

OTHER EXPERIENCE
Tiziana spent a year working for Comment UK- The Corporate Theatre Company as performer manager and event manager.