Meet the choreographer! is an educational project for kids from 6 years old.
The project aims to present contemporary dance and choreographic practices that, from the post- modern period, have deeply influenced and changed the understanding of dance and choreography.
The title of the project is inspired by the expression “meet the artists”, usually meant as a dialogue in which an artist is invited to share aspects, exercices and practices that are fundamental for the process of a piece.

The approach to the materials is mainly ludic.
We start from a choreographer´s practice to dig into her/his work and get to know the artist, the pieces and the processes behind it, the exercises and practices that each choreographer has developed to get to the final form.

Meet the choreographer! has been in dialogue with the Italian School of Madrid, the Festival Marosi Stromboli (Italy), the Public school Manuel Nuñez de Arenas in Madrid, the young artists program of Dance Italia in Lucca (Italy), the Festival Operaestate in Bassano del Grappa (IT).

Beside this project, Annika is also involved in educational programs for small children (2 to 5 years old), promoting dialogue and reflection on how dance and movement can become part of regular school programs.
Those projects also involve children with autistic spectrum disorders.

photo: Fabio Artese