Bellanda was born in 2012 from the will of Giovanni Leonarduzzi, alias Gava, to seek a personal evolution of breakdance. It develops through a profound research of movement and language that from urban roots pushes towards a choreographic writing of contemporary dance. In 2017 Giovanni Leonarduzzi and Claudia Latini decided to continue together in the search for a language that discovers a meeting point between the technique of breaking/breakdance and contemporary technique up to entering the search for partnering, which they call “FloorFlirting”.
The Bellanda project thus finds concrete development in the birth of Compagnia Bellanda Associazione Ets and in 2022 it receives recognition as a dance production body from the Ministry of Culture.
• 23/10/22 First prize and audience prize in DanzaXtrema Certamen Coreografico (Navalmoral de La Mata)
• 25/07/22 First prize in Certamen Danza en el Camino (Burgos y Nueva York)
• 08/07/22 Audience award Copenhagen International Choreography Competition
• 02/07/22 First jury prize and audience prize in Choreography36, BalletGesellschaft
• 02/07/22 Production Award Giuseppe Spota/ MiR Dance Company in Choreography36, BalletGesellschaft
• July-September 2022 artistic residence ARTEFICI: creative residences fvg