YoY is a young collective born in 2020, consisting of Emma Zani and Roberto Doveri. (dancers and choreographers) and Timoteo Carbone (composer). A project that combines dance, music and contemporary art, in search of contamination and new forms of expression. YoY defines itself as a cultural organism with a common goal: to share ideas.
Emma Zani begins her studies at the age of 4 and completes her training at the Balletto di Toscana school of Cristina Bozzolini in Florence and at the DAF of Mauro Astolfi in Rome. Between 2017 and 2018 she join the Antitesi company of Arianna Benedetti and the Nuovo Balletto di Toscana Company taking part in the productions Le Voyage and Il Pulcinella choreographed by Arianna Benedetti and RE- GENERATION with choreography by Angela Placanica and Valerio Longo. In 2020 selected by Fabbrica Europa for the Slittamenti project directed by Cristina Caprioli and Pietro Gaglianò and in the same years she was selected for the Marino Faliero at the Donizetti Theater in Bergamo: Ricci Forte creative project, Director Stefano Ricci and Choreography by Marta Bevilacqua. In 2021 she founded YoY Performing Arts.
Roberto Doveri begins at the age of 11 with classical dance, contemporary dance and Hip-Hop and continues his studies in the Balletto di Toscana school of Cristina Bozzolini where he had the opportunity to work with the companies ANTITESI (Arianna Benedetti, Florence), Nuovo Balletto di Toscana (Cristina Bozzolini, Florence), COB Compagnia OpusBallet (Rosanna Brocanello, Florence), DanceCyprus (Antighoni Chari, Cyprus), GAIA (Enrique Gasa Valga, Austria) , Deadalo Project (Diego Tortelli, Milan). In 2020 he had the opportunity to win the Produktionspreis Theater Pforzheim and Scapino Produktionspreis prizes for the competition 34-34 Internetional choreographic competition Hannover 2020 with the choreography LUNATICA and with the choreography INTIMA-MENTE he receive the prizes Award of merit for the new creation delivered by Alessandro Rende and Premio Volterra Danza delivered by Alberto Canestro. In 2021 he join YoY Performing Arts.
Timoteo Carbone is an Italian-Swedish artist, he is a musician, composer and sound artist. He graduated from the Rotterdam Conservatory (CODARTS), studying composition with Peter-Jan Wagemans. He graduated as a master at the Royal Netherlands Academy (KABK), exploring the connections between visual art and research music. He creates performances and installations for museums and institutions including the Stedelijk Museum, Gaudeamus Muziek festival, Boijmans Museum, Van Abbemuseum, Tempo Reale, Rewire Festival and Fabbrica Europa. In 2021 he join YoY Performing Arts.
ph. Giampaolo Becherini