Flavia Zaganelli (she/her) is a dance artist and performer.
She trained independently by following and collaborating with international artists between Italy and Europe, and then graduated at the Tanzfabrik in Berlin and Smash#9. Her research is transversal and multidisciplinary, she is interested in hybrid forms and collaborative processes. The impetus for creation is the body intended as the root of somatic perception and as an agent of change. Dance and performance are understood as the concrete places to investigate the mechanism of relationship and embody thoughts about the future.
Her works (The Game We Play; INVISIBILIA – 2021; electrica/ecosi'stɛma/ - 2023) has been presented in theaters and festivals in Italy. In 2024, she is among the shortlisted artists for FONDO - a support network for emerging creativity. Placebo Dances, an investigation into the theme of pleasure for an erotic reconfiguration of our existence in the world, has been selected for Boarding Pass Plus Dance 2023 and supported by Santarcangelo Festival, Moving in November Festival, Graner, Dom Utopii and Lavanderia a Vapore, among others, and premiered at Santarcangelo Festival 2025.
She facilitates space for artistic and somatic investigation.
She is a Dance Well and Pilates teacher. Since December 2023, she has been co-curating the activities of Bologna for Palestine together with artists Laura Agnusdei, Agnese Banti and Elena Mattioli.