Matteo Stella Dance Arts
Matteo Levaggi | Samantha Stella
Creations and Debuts

White Lux
Event curated by E.T.I. Ente Teatrale Italiano
choreography Matteo Levaggi
set&costume design Corpicrudi (Samantha Stella and Sergio Frazzingaro)
music Mika Vainio, Autechre
production and dancers Balletto Teatro di Torino
première Cavallerizza Reale, Torino, 2008

Primo Toccare
choreography Matteo Levaggi
set&costume design Corpicrudi
music Lilith, Autechre, Orbital (White), Arvo Pärt (Black), David Tudor (Red)
production and dancers Balletto Teatro di Torino
co-production Torino Danza Festival (White/Black)

Primo Toccare - White
International première Théatre Le Toboggan, Biennale de la Danse de Lyon, 2008
Primo Toccare - Black
International première Joyce Theater New York, 2009
Primo Toccare - Red
International première Teatro Comunale, BolzanoDanza, 2010

Melodia
choreography Matteo Levaggi
video & costume design Samantha Stella
music Jóhann Jóhannsson
production M.A.S.
première Centrale Idroelettrica Taccani Enel, Adda Danza Festival 2010

Folia Barocca
choreography Matteo Levaggi
costume design and performer Samantha Stella
original music Lamberto Curtoni
production and dancers Balletto Teatro di Torino
première Lavanderia a Vapore di Collegno, 2010, Ravello Festival, 2010

Le Vergini
concept, set&costume design Corpicrudi
choreography Matteo Levaggi
music Hildur Guðnadóttir, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (The Sleeping Beauty)
production and dancers Balletto Teatro di Torino / Lavanderia a Vapore di Collegno
international première Amaturo Theatre Broward Centre for the Performing Arts, International Ballet FEST Miami 2011
Italian première Teatro Elfo Puccini, MilanOltre 2011

Preludio per una Sinfonia in Nero
concept Corpicrudi
choreography Matteo Levaggi
music Joy Division, The Death of Anna Karina
performer Samantha Stella, Sergio Frazzingaro, Matteo Levaggi
production Alkema Ambasciatori di Cultura
co-production MilanOltre, Traffic Gallery
première Teatro Elfo Puccini, MilanOltre 2014

Prelude for a Symphony in Black
concept Corpicrudi
choreography Matteo Levaggi
music Von Haze
performer Samantha Stella, Matteo Levaggi
production Istituto Italiano di Cultura Los Angeles, Concept Los Angeles
première Ace Museum, Los Angeles Fashion Week, 2014

Punto d'Azione
tribute to maestro Ennio Morricone
choreography Matteo Levaggi
set&costume design Samantha Stella
music Ennio Morricone
production and dancers MaggioDanza
Opera di Firenze
première Teatro Goldoni, Firenze, 2014

Sensorium
choreography Matteo Levaggi
costume design Samantha Stella
original music Lamberto Curtoni
production and dancers New York Choreographic Institute / NYCB artistic director Peter Martins
première Lyncoln Center Studios, New York, 2014

Crises
concept Matteo Levaggi, Samantha Stella, mdi ensemble
choreography Matteo Levaggi
set&costume design Samantha Stella
music Francesco Filidei, Sylvano Bussotti, Helmut Lachenman, Simon Steen-Andersen, Iannis Xenakis, Mauricio Kagel
production Transart Festival Bolzan, co-production Ravello Festival
première NOI Techpark, Transart Festival Bolzano, 2018

Death Speaks
concept Matteo Stella Dance Arts
music David Lang
performer Samantha Stella, Matteo Levaggi, Salvatore Manzo
production Fondazione Donnaregina per le arti contemporanee
on the occasion of the retrospective "Robert Mapplethorpe. Choreography for an Exhibition," curated by Laura Valente and Andrea Viliani, organized in collaboration with The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation of New York première Museo Madre, Napoli, 2019

Largo: Garden with a Full Moon
Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy, 19 April 2023
Edra's Evening of Honor in homage to its author Masanori Umeda
"Flowers collection"
Ballet School of the Teatro alla Scala Academy
Directed by Frédéric Olivieri
Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala Academy
Conductor David Coleman

Choreography Matteo Levaggi
Music J.S. Bach
Cello Sofia Bellettini
Installation and costumes for Edra Samantha Stella

Residency

Untitled New Work
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts | Dance
Karole Armitage | Richard Move | Matteo Stella Dance Arts
Special guest Megan LeCrone, NYCB soloist
New York City, 2024

Video
Studio per Carla Fracci
concept Matteo Stella Dance Arts
video Samantha Stella
choreography Matteo Levaggi
performer Ariel Daley - Ballet School Accademia Teatro alla Scala, director Frédéric Olivieri
production Alkema Ambasciatori di Cultura / FIRA Onlus, 2022

Documentary
Tra Bellezza e Caducità: Matteo Levaggi e Corpicrudi
documentary on the creation Primo Toccare
director Francesca Pedroni
production Sky Classica, 2011

Film
SEXXX
film dedicated to Matteo Levaggi's choreography of the same name, introduced with the creation Preludio per una Sinfonia in Nero
director Davide Ferrario, 2015
production RossoFuoco, Film Commission Piemonte/Lombardia
distribution Nexo Digital, Mymovies, as of 2023 featured in the Nexo.tv/AmazonPrime catalog
Il Coreografo Elettronico Award 20th edition, 2016