14/10/2026
KOMOCO DANCE • WORKSHOP
Led by SOFIA NAPPI
📌 2026 ||| OCTOBER - from Monday 26 to Friday 30 - h. 12:00 - 15:00
▷ Tot 15 hours
📍OPIFICIO - via Arrigo Davila, 47/b ||| ROME - ITALY
▷ A Underground - Stop: Colli Albani
► REGISTRATIONS > https://forms.gle/FfWRjby93LEFkPo18
► Requirements
Open to dancers, movement researchers and teachers 18+, advanced or professional, with a strong base in both ballet and contemporary.
All individuals are welcome to attend OFF programs regardless of ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation.
To reserve a place, you must complete the following form, including your Curriculum Vitae and two video links: one showing you in an improvisation session and one of a choreography.
You must be highly motivated in the field of movement research and contemporary dance.
⚫️ Sofia Nappi /// BIO
Sofia Nappi is a choreographer and artistic director of KOMOCO, a contemporary dance company based in Italy and operating internationally. She co-founded the company with her first muses, Adriano Popolo Rubbio and Paolo Piancastelli.
Right from the start, Sofia’s creations with KOMOCO received prestigious awards, such as the Partner Introdans Award (Rotterdam International Duet Choreography Competition 2021) and 1st Prize, the Critics' Award, and the Production Award at the 35th International Choreography Competition Hannover from the Tanja Liedtke Foundation and Marco Goecke (2021).
Currently, KOMOCO’s works choreographed by Sofia are presented in Italy and through international tours in Europe, Mexico, Canada, and Serbia, hosted by renowned institutions and international festivals such as:
La Biennale di Venezia, The Albania Meeting Dance Festival, RomaEuropa Festival, MASDANZA, The Colors International Dance Festival, Teatros del Canal & Madrid en Danza, Danse Danse (Montreal), Belgrade Dance Festival, and many more.
As an independent choreographer, Sofia also creates new works for internationally recognized dance companies and theaters:
2021: The restaging of Holelah with the National Theatre Mannheim, initially created at Biennale di Venezia 2019.
2023: Tagadà for the Staatsoper Hannover, Moving Cloud for the Scottish Dance Theatre as part of Celtic Connections 2023, and the inclusive project Kemet commissioned by the Dutch national company Introdans for their HubClub’23 project.
2024: Movement direction for the opera Platée at Göteborg Opera and the creation Hara for Nederlands Dans Theater 2 as part of Up & Coming Choreographers.
2025: New works for Leipzig Ballet, Gauthier Dance//Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart, and Ballet BC (Vancouver).
2026: The restaging of Tagadà for Introdans and the creation of a full-evening production for Komoco.
Alongside her choreographic work, Sofia is deeply engaged in research and professional dance education on an international level (at Tisch/New York University, Micadanses/Carreau du Temple in Paris, Henny Jurriëns Studio in Amsterdam, b12 and Share Intensive in Berlin, Elephant and the Black Box in Madrid, Tanzpunkt Hannover, Ecole de Danse Contemporaine de Montréal, Opus Ballet Florence, among others), collaborating closely with KOMOCO dancers.
Sofia graduated from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York. Her training was particularly influenced by close work with Hofesh Shechter Dance Company and the study of Gaga, the movement language developed by the renowned choreographer Ohad Naharin.
⚫️ ⚫️ KOMOCO DANCE
Komoco is a young Italian dance company, originally born from the collaboration of two sisters united by a passion for art: Sofia Nappi, choreographer and dancer, and Alice Nappi, violinist and composer.
The name Komoco is a fusion of two words:
“Komorebi”, a Japanese term meaning “the sunlight filtering through the leaves of trees” – an image that expresses a fleeting sensation, like the sunbeams passing through a forest, like the feeling of a dance that sweeps you away and, once it ends, leaves a sense of exhilaration and warmth.
“Collaboration”, the foundation of the company’s philosophy, where dancers engage in a continuous co-creative dialogue, enriching the work with their diverse backgrounds and making it unique.
In 2022, Komoco officially became an association based in Florence, founded by Sofia Nappi along with her closest collaborators and dancers, Paolo Piancastelli and Adriano Popolo Rubbio. It was the meeting with these two dancers in 2020 and the collaboration with Associazione Sosta Palmizi that marked the beginning of the company’s artistic and educational activities.
Since its inception, Komoco’s productions and workshops in Italy and abroad have garnered widespread recognition. The company's early short works won major international awards, soon followed by international co-productions.
Today, Komoco tours worldwide with choreographic projects by Sofia Nappi (IMA - a quintet, and PUPO - a piece for 7 dancers). The company continues to grow in both quality and structure, presenting works in top international contemporary dance theaters and festivals, thanks to its collaboration with the German agency Ecotopia Dance Productions, led by Claudia Bauer and Meinrad Huber.
Alongside its production work—focused on the creation and international touring of contemporary dance performances—Komoco is also committed to dance education. For years, Sofia Nappi and her close collaborators have been conducting workshops worldwide (Italy, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Belgium, Israel, Mexico, Serbia, and more).
These workshops are open to professional dancers, but also to non-movers and amateurs willing to explore movement. Komoco’s mission is to generously share its art with a broad and diverse audience, bringing people closer to contemporary dance through performances, educational programs, and inclusive events.
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