Performance

“Fontanesi’s movement score captures the sense of carefree play as she spins, playfully stomps, extends her arms as though they could float away from her body, and leaps across the space with both power and ease”

The Dance Enthusiast
“Backchannel” Composed by John Morton
Choreographic Direction by David Appel
with Randy Burd, Cecilia Fontanesi, Ava Heller, and Elise Knudson
Target Margin Theatre, November 3-5, 2023
FALL ARREST choreographed by Elise Knudson and Elisa Santiago, with Randy Burd, Cecilia Fontanesi, Erick Montes. SOON IS NOW, Beacon (NY) October 1, 2024
BACKCHANNEL by David Appel & John Morton with Randy Burd, Ava Heller, Cecilia Fontanesi and Elise Knudson, June 2023
Dance Performance by Cecilia Fontanesi & Giovanna Venturini
Music by Andrea Lovo, Gabriele Rampi, & Giorgio Signoretti
Video by Davide Bianchera, 2022

CUNY Dance Initiative (CDI) 2022 with Fly-by-Night Dance Theater

Where Shall I Send My Joys? (World Premiere), April 2022
By Julie Ludwick with Cecilia Fontanesi and Maia Ramnath; composer-percussionist Paul Uhry Newman

Half|Life – Underground Movement, Vol. 4, July 2021 By Kristin Hatleberg, Performer/Translator Cecilia Fontanesi, Photos by Kristin Hatleberg and Jessica Campbell

Slack Equality (Dragon’s Egg The Plague Project), August 2020, By Cecilia Fontanesi and Funda Gul, Photo by Kurt Brungardt

Return To Form – 20th Anniversary Performances, February 2020, By Julie Ludwick with Cecilia Fontanesi, Photo by Cristobal Vivar

Intelligence in Nature (DåncēHøLø), November 2019, Choreography and Performance by Cecilia Fontanesi, Body Painting and Performance by Fred Hatt, Text and Voice by Jeremy Narby

IDACO (Italian Dance Connection) Festival, May 2019, Co-curated by Cecilia Fontanesi, Associate Artistic Director
Ephemeral Stream (MoMA, Museum of Modern Art), January 2019, By Movement Research /Bradley Teal Ellis with Cecilia Fontanesi
Space Pillars (INSITU Festival), August 2018, By Cecilia Fontanesi/Parcon NYC
IDACO (Italian Dance Connection) Festival, May 2018, Co-curated by Cecilia Fontanesi, Associate Artistic Director

Leaning into Design (Culture Shock Highline NYC), April 2018 By Parcon NYC/Cecilia Fontanesi

Habitus (Dixon Place Crossing Boundaries), December 2017, By Elise Knudson with Cecilia Fontanesi

Project East Harlem (Lower Manhattan Cultural Council), September 2017 By Parcon NYC/Cecilia Fontanesi

SPACES (Harlem Arts Festival) June 2017, By Kaimera Productions and Human Collective with Parcon NYC and Cecilia Fontanesi

The Brain Piece (New York Live Arts), June 2017, By Jody Oberfelder with Cecilia Fontanesi

 

PARCON NYC #1: SUBWAY STOPS Screening Toronto, June 28 to July 2, 2017: Silver Judges Award for the Contact Dance International Film Festival 2017

#1 Parcon NYC: Subway Stops with Dean James Beckwith, Cecilia Fontanesi, Richard Kim, Javaka Steptoe and Andrew Suseno.
PARCON Project, May 2016 with Parcon NYC/Cecilia Fontanesi
Flection, New York, NY (2014)
Elise Knudson and Cecilia Fontanesi
Open Space Collective, Firenze, Italy (2009) with Cecilia Fontanesi, Lucrezia Palandri, Olimpia Merciai, Valentina Consoli, Alessia Pinto, Martina Gregori, Palmiriana Sibilia, Claire Indaburu, Aurore Indaburu

La Cité Firenze – Libreriacafè – Progetto culturale (2009) Cecilia Fontanesi, Giovanna Venturini, Olimpia Merciai, Valentina Consoli

Travel for Three, Mantova, Italy (2009) By Cecilia Fontanesi, Giovanna Venturini, Antonella Boccadamo
Sinapsi Mozartiana, Mantova, Italy (2006) By Nicola Laudati With Cecilia Fontanesi, Giovanna Venturini

Supported by Cathy Appel’s Overtime Dance Foundation.

Associate Artistic Director for IDACO (Italian DAnce COnnection) festival in NYC from 2017 to 2019.

Co-founder of Parcon NYC Dance Collective. Parcon NYC formed in December 2015 as a collective dedicated to the practice and performance of Parcon, exploring the relationship with the environment through movement and social reflection. The founding members of the group are Dean James Beckwith, Cecilia Fontanesi, Funda Gul, Richard Inkyu Kim, Javaka Steptoe and Andrew Suseno.