Contemporary
Profitraining with Melissa Ugolini
This training aims to enable dance professionals to tune in with their bodies in order to foster presence, flexibility and immediacy in movement. The classes include both set material and improvisational tasks that allow us to check-in with our bodies and develop an attitude towards mental and physical training that germinates from a place of acceptance, listening and curiosity. In a supportive environment where both the individual and the collective are addressed, participants are encouraged to dive in a deep physicality in mindful awareness.
We therefore encourage a healthy and trustful relationship to our moving selves, in which we feel safe to take risks and explore our edges.
Melissa Ugolini
Originally from Pesaro, Italy, Melissa’s artistic journey has been shaped by diverse cultural influences. After graduating from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance (UK) in 2011, she worked and lived in Istanbul (2012–2017), where she developed a critical perspective on the global socio-political landscape. As a freelance dancer and rehearsal director, she has worked internationally with artists and companies such as Aakash Odedra (UK/IN), Cie7273 (CH), Art of Spectra (SE) and the Akram Khan Company (UK). Her movement practice is informed by these collaborations together with a vivid interest in the interdependence of body & mind, and has been shared through workshops across Europe, Turkey, India, and Iran. Since 2020, she has been based in Germany, working with Falk Richter and Anouk Van Dijk at Münchener Kammerspiele and engages in current research with fellow artists like Gizem Aksu (TR/DE), Rosana Ribeiro | Selva (AT), and TingAn Ying (TW). Melissa currently divides her time between Berlin and Frankfurt, where she is pursuing an MA in Contemporary Dance Education.