Sofia Nappi

Sofia Nappi is an international-renowned choreographer and dancer from Italy. She graduated from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York before deepening her studies abroad. Her close proximity to the Hofesh Shechter Dance Company and her studies of Gaga, language of famous choreographer Ohad Naharin, are a fundamental part of her dance background.

She is the artistic director of her project KOMOCO, co-founded in collaboration with her first muses Adriano Popolo Rubbio and Paolo Piancastelli. Her first creations with KOMOCO won the Partner Introdans Award at the Rotterdam International Duet Choreography Competition 2021, as well as the Critics' Award and the Production Award from the Tanja Liedtke Foundation. KOMOCO has presented shows in Germany, USA, Italy, Holland, Israel, France, Albania, Spain, Canary Islands, Kosovo, Belgium, and Hungary, making stops in many prestigious international festivals and platforms, such as La Biennale Di Venezia, The Albania Meeting Dance Festival, RomaEuropa Festival, MASDANZA, the Colours International Dance Festival, and Teatro del Canal, to name a few.

Sofia Nappi also continues to create new works as an independent choreographer for internationally renowned venues, such as her revival of Holelah, created at the Venice Biennale 2019 and presented again by the National Theater Mannheim in December 2021; Tagadà at the Staatsoper Hannover (2023); Moving Cloud for the Scottish Dance Theatre to be premiered as part of Celtic Connections 2023 and a special project with the Dutch national company Introdans (2023).

Her work also involves much research and professional training around the world (such as at Tisch, New York University for Micadanses at Le Carreau du Temple in Paris, Henny Jurriëns Studio in Amsterdam, Elephant and the Black Box and Danza180 in Madrid, Tanzpunkt Hannover, at Daf in Rome, Balletto di Toscana, Opus Ballet, etc.), done in close collaboration with the dancers of the KOMOCO company.