Ambra Senatore

Shared joy is an affirmation of life, a goal to be achieved, but also a means of building together by taking care of each other. This idea permeates Ambra Senatore’s work, which explores the collective and relationships. Everyday life is “observed with a magnifying glass”, shifted and turned upside down. With her penchant for surprises, cuts and repetitions, she composes in the manner of a film director. Senatore trained with Raffaella Giordano and Roberto Castello, with whom she then worked as a performer. Between 2004 and 2009, she created and performed solos. Then, through group pieces, she found her style, which combines dance and theater, the unveiling of fiction, puzzle-like composition, a direct link with the audience and a profound humanity. She creates for the stage and for a variety of spaces. At the helm of the CCN de Nantes since 2016, Senatore sees dance as a vehicle for sharing, mutual discovery and social connection. 

“Like the creative process, this workshop is an experience of shared discovery: we let ourselves be carried along by what happens within the encounter with others, shared space and time. Without having a precise roadmap, through mutual awareness and creative madness, we search, we surprise ourselves, we err joyfully. When improvising, we’re not looking for the right idea, or to be “just right”: we’re practicing a state of readiness to welcome and support whatever moves us. There are sometimes rules, like games, to be followed, deviated from or disregarded; there is mutual respect, listening, openness, the desire not to predict, judge others or judge oneself, the freedom to doubt, to put oneself at stake as an individual within a community. It’s funny and serious. It resonates with our lives and the current context.” Ambra Senatore