Biography
Raffaella Mattioli, born in Montreux (Switzerland), studies classical dance at the ‘National Dance Academy of the Rome and the Opera of Rome', then in London at the ‘Ballet Rambert' and after at 'The Place School of Contemporary Dance' where she learns to perfect the Martha Graham technique studying with Yuriko, Pearl Lang, Mary Hinkson e Noemi Lapzon.
In 1975 she returns to Rome and joins the 'TEATRODANZA' company (1975-1982)founded by Elsa Piperno and Joseph Fontano and performs in the best cities in Italy and Europe alongside Bob Curtis, Roberta Garrison and Vittorio Biagi.In 1986 Mattioli creates her own company ‘PHARAMOUSSE', in which she is not only the choreographer but also the producer, and begins what evolves into a longstanding collaboration with the dancer-choreographer Gloria Pomardi. She choreographs and directs a large number of successful shows amongst which are: 'ADAGIO E FUGA', Teatro Olimpico, Rome e Teatro Nuovo, Turin, 1986; 'INCONTRI-TEATRO', Teatro Olimpico,Rome 1987; 'BEATLES BACK', Teatro La Comunità e Teatro Olimpico, Rome 1988; 'TRIADE-METATEATRO', Rome e Erice, Sicily 1988; ‘BALLANDO PER CASS',Metateatro, Teatro Parioli, Rome e Festival di Gubbio, 1989; ‘'OSOTERLOGOS', Teatro Trianon e Teatro Colosseo, Rome, Vienna e Saint Die' des Voges (France); winner of Firstprize at 'EUROSCENES' 1990; ‘SACRIFICI' Teatro Beat 72 e Teatro Trianon, Rome 1991; 'IL DIAVOLO AVEVA COLTO UNA NOCCIOLA CON LA CODA', Teatro Vascello,Rome 1991; ‘NON VESTITEMI DI BIANCO', Teatro Vascello, Rome 1992.
In 989 she is invited by Prague's 'LATERNA MAGICA' company to choreograph Frederick Dürrenmatt's ‘THE MINOTAURO' directed by Josef Svoboda. Svoboda is a world-class artist and one of the most successful set designers existing (‘Amadeus' di MilosForman). Mattioli works with closely with him for a period of six months in which she prepares the dance choreographies, the music and the scenic images. ‘The MINOTAURO' has its world premiere in 1989 and tours Europe, USA, Canada and Japan.
In the 1990's she often collaborates with theatre companies and productions and also works with Gigi Proietti (choreographs 'CYRANO DI BERGERAC'), Giancarlo Sbragia(choreographs ‘FINCHE OCCHI VEDRANNO' during ‘Taormina Arte' e ‘LE MADRI' atthe Greek Theatre in Syracuse, Sicily), as well as with ‘The Kriptons' directed by Giancarlo Cauteruccio (choreographs ‘TIBET').
Invited to the Puccini Festival at Torre del Lago she is the lead choreographer of 'O SOAVIFANCIULLE' and works alongside a Poliakov, Bartolomei, and Micha von Hyche. In 1994 she joins the Taormina Festival (Sicily) with 'CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA' directed by Alberto di Stasio; in 1995 she collaborates with Giancarlo Cortesi at the Pitigliano Festival(Tuscany) for an evening in the honor of the poet, Mario Luzi.
Dal 2000 al 2016 Raffaella Mattioli is one of the four performers of the historical Swiss company 'MUMMENSCHANZ, Musiciens du Silence'; for 16 years she tours the worl dwith them and performs in the most important theatres in the U.S.A., Israel, Europe, SouthAfrica, South and Central America, Mexico, Brazil, Korea, China, India, Singapore, HongKong, Syria, United Arab Emirates etc.
All while performing with 'MUMMENSCHANZ', Mattioli choreographs in 2011, with Gloria Pomardi, the show 'LETTERA DI DIO ALL'UMANITÀ' at Teatro India in Rome; and in 2014 she directs and choreographs the artist Ricchezza Falcone in a workshop called‘BALLA SOGNO' in Palermo. 2015/2016 Raffaella Mattioli choreographs dance movements in John R. Pepper's production of John Patrick Shanley's play ‘DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA' that was performed in Palermo, Milan, Naples, Rome and the national Italian tour; always in 2016 she choreographs the movements in Sam Shepard's play 'TRUE WEST' (directed by John R. Pepper) performed in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Curriculum
PERFORMER
| 2000-2016 - | 'MUMMENSCHANZ, LES MUSICIENS DU SILENCE', SWITZERLAND WORLDWIDE TOUR IN OVER 40 COUNTRIES WITH BERNIE-SCHURCH-FLORIANA FASETTO- RAFFAELLA MATTIOLI-PIETRO MONTANDON |
| 2009 - | "COREOGRAFIA PER INIZIO MILLENIO" TEATRO COLOSSEO-ROMA COREOGRAFIA- CHOREOGRAPHED BY GLORIA POMARDI |
| 2009 - | "I SOGNI E LE PIETRE" GIORNO DELLA MEMORIA -ROME DIRECTOR MARCO MATTOLINI |
| 1995 - | "POESIA LUZI" FESTIVAL PITIGLIANO(TUSCANY) WITH GIANCARLO CORTESI |
| 1994 - | "CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA" FESTIVAL TAORMINA ARTE DIRECTOR ALBERTO DI STASIO |
| 1984-85 - | "FINCHE' OCCHI VEDRANNO" FESTIVAL TAORMINA ARTE-SPOLTORE ENSEMBLE DIRECTOR GIANCARLO SBRAGIA |
| 1975-1982 - | "TEATRODANZA" ELSA PIPERNO-JOSEPH FONTANO BOB CURTIS ROBERTA GARRISON VITTORIO BIAGI |
COREOGRAPHER AND PERFORMER
| 2011 - | "LETTER FROM GOD TO HUMANITY" TEATRO INDIA -ROME WITH GLORIA POMARDI-MARIA LAURA BACCARINI |
| 1992 - | "NON VESTITEMI DI BIANCO" TEATRO VASCELLO -ROME WITH-GLORIA POMARDI-ROBERTO PANI-CRISTINA SPINA-FRANCESCA GREGORI-RAFFAELLA MATTIOLI PATRIZIA BETTINI-DANIELA COELLI |
| 1991 - | "IL DIAVOLO AVEVA COLTO UNA NOCCIOLA CON LA CODA" TEATRO VASCELLO -ROME WITH -GLORIA POMARDI-FRANCESCA GREGORI-MAURIZIO DI ROLLO-RAFFAELLA MATTIOLI-CRISTINA SPINA IAIA FORTE-DAVID HAUGHTON-EVELINA MEGHNAGI |
| 1991 - | "SACRIFICI" TEATRO BEAT 72 -MEDIASCENA-TEATRO TRIANON -ROME WITH GLORIA POMARDI-RAFFAELLA MATTIOLI-GIANLUCA BEMPORAD |
| 1990 - | "OSOTERLOGOS" TEATRO VASCELLO-ROMA-TEATRO COLOSSEO-ROME-TEATRO TRIANON-ROME-FESTIVAL EUROSCENES -FRANCE-VIENNA WITH GLORIA POMARDI-ROBERTO PACE-SIMONA QUARTUCCI-MAURIZIO DI ROLLO-RAFFAELLA MATTIOLI-FRANCESCA GREGORI |
| 1988 - | "O SOAVI FANCIULLE" FESTIVAL TORRE DEL LAGO (TUSCANY) |
| 1988 - | "TRIADE" METATEATRO -ROME -ERICE -SICILIA WITH GLORIA POMARDI-SIMONA QUARTUCCI-RAFFAELLA MATTIOLI |
| 1987 - | "INCONTRI" TEATRO OLIMPICO -ROME WITH KAREN FORD-DOMINIQUE PORTIER-MARIO PIAZZA-FRANCESCA TREVISANELLO-GLORIA POMARDI-RAFFAELLA MATTIOLI MATTIA SBRAGIA & STUDENTS OF THE ACTOR THEATRE SCHOOL GIGI PROIETTI |
| 1986 - | "ADAGIO E FUGA" TEATRO OLIMPICO-ROME-TEATRO NUOVO -TORINO WITH-PATRICK KING-DANIELA MALUSARDI-GLORIA POMARDI-STEFANO VALENTINI- RAFFAELLA MATTIOLI |
| 1984 - | "FUORI DI DUE" VIDEO CLIP FESTIVAL SALSO MAGGIORE WITH RAFFAELLA MATTIOLI-GLORIA POMARDI |
| 1983 - | "FUORI DI DUE" WITH -FRANCESCA ANTONINI-STEFAMO VALENTINI-RAFFAELLA MATTIOLI |
THEATER AND COREOGRAPHER
| 2016 - | "DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA" BY JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY THEATRES IN PALERMO, MILAN, NAPLES, ROME AND NATIONAL TOUR WITH- LAURA ANZANI-LEONARDO SBRAGIA DIRECTOR JOHN PEPPER |
| 2016 - | "TRUE WEST" BY SAM SHEPARD 'ACADEMY STAGE' SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA COMPANY OF STATE ACADEMY OF DRAMMATIC ARTS OF ST. PETERSBURG DIRECTOR: JOHN R. PEPPER |
| 2006 - | "LA PRESIDENTESSA" TEATRO BRANCACCIO-ROME WITH - SABRINA FERILLI-MAURIZIO MICHELI DIRECTOR GIGI PROIETTI |
| 1989 - | "BALLANDO PER CASS" METATEATRO-TEATRO PARIOLI-ROME-FESTIVAL DI GUBBIO WITH- GLORIA POMARDI-MATTIA SBRAGIA |
| 1989 - | "MINOTAURO" BY FREDERIK DURRENMATT LATERNA MAGICA COMPANY, PRAGUE; BRUXELLES & WORLD WIDE TOUR DIRECTOR JOSEF SVOBODA |
| 1988 - | "BEATLE'S BACK" TEATRO LA COMUNITA & TEATRO OLIMPICO, ROME WITH - RAFFAELLA MATTIOLI -ELANA SOFIA RICCI-GIORGIO TIRABASSI-MATTIA SBRAGIA-FRANCESCA ANTONINI-STEPHEN STURMER-STEFANO VALENTINI |
| 1988 - | "TIBET" COMPAGNIA KRIPTON-TEATRO MANZONI -PISTOIA DIRECTOR- GIANCARLO CAUTERUCCIO |
| 1986 - | "LE MADRI" TEATRO GRECO DI SIRACUSA DIRECTOR GIANCARLO SBRAGIA |
| 1985 - | "CYRANO" TEATRO STABILE DI PISA DIRECTOR GIGI PROIETTI |
| 1980 - | "IN-CUBO" MILANO ESTATE 1980- CON-FLORIANA FRASSETTO-MATTIA SBRAGIA-RAFFAELLA MATTIOLI |
TEACHING AND WORKSHOPS
| 2016-17 - | THEATRE WORKSHOP 'WALK ON BY' PALERMO, ITALY |
| 2016 - | WORKSHOP 'MASQUERADE' TEATRO GARIBALDI', PALERMO, ITALY |
| 2016 - | MASTER CLASS, 'THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DRAMMATIC ARTS' SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA |
| 2014 - | WORKSHOP "BALLA SOGNO" PALERMO WITH ARTISTA RICCHEZZA FALCONE |
| 2013 - | WORKSHOP "TRASFORMAZIONE DEL CORPO SULLA SCENA" ROME |
| 2008 - | WORKSHOP SCUOLA DI TEATRO "CANTIERE TEATRALE" PAOLA TIZIANA CRUCIANI-ROMA |
| 1992-95 - | DANCE THERAPHY FOR PARKINSON ROMA MAIN TEACHER/COREOGRAPHER MOVEMENT & DANCE FOR BACK ILLNESS |
| 1983-85 - | LABORATORIO TEATRALE ARTI SCENICHE MAIN DIRECTOR GIGI PROIETTI-ROMA |
| 1976-1980 - | MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE TECNIQUE TEATRODANZA DI-ELSA PIPERNO E JOSEPH FONTANO |