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HER LIFE 

Biography.

Born in Italy Roberta Pisu is a choreographer and performer based in Munich.

 

From 2012 till 2023 she was a solo dancer and choreographer at the

"Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz" and  a choreographer for many freelance projects.

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Since 2020 she is the artistic director of arcis_collective based in Munich.

Born in Cagliari in 1984, she began her professional training at the “Académie de Danse Classique Princesse Grace” (Monte

Carlo, Monaco). Later, in July 2010, she completed her studies with a Bachelor’s degree from the Department of

Contemporary Dance at the Accademia Nazionale di Danza in Italy.

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In 2002, she worked as a soloist at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari. After relocating to Rome and gaining various freelance

experiences, she collaborated with Adriana Boriello in 2007 and joined the company “La Compagnia” in 2008 under the

artistic direction of Ismael Ivo, Adriana Boriello, Cristiana Morganti, and Margherita Parrilla, with supervision by Pina Bausch.

She worked with choreographers such as Jacopo Godani, Robyn Orlin, Wayne McGregor, and Ismael Ivo.

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In 2008, she began her career as a choreographer, winning first prize at the Spoleto International Festival. In 2011, she

received a choreography scholarship from the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. In 2012, she worked as a dancer for the

company “Liens et lieux danse contemporaine marginale,” under the direction of Johanne Gour in Montreal.

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From December 2012 to July 2023, she was a solo dancer at the “Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz” in Munich, under the

direction of Karl Alfred Schreiner, and she began working there as a choreographer in 2016. Over these 11 years, she

participated in numerous productions, collaborating with renowned choreographers such as William Forsythe, Jacopo

Godani, Marco Goecke, Alexander Ekman, Jo Strømgren, Michael Schumacher, Antony Rizzi, Christopher Roman, Erna

Ómarsdóttir, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Nanine Linning, Nora Sitges-Sardà, Marguerite Donlon, Emanuele Soavi, Mauro Astolfi,

Gaetano Soto, Edward Clug, Georg Reischl, Gentian Doda, Emanuel Gat, Michael Keegan-Dolan, Adam Cooper, Benoît

Lachambre, Eyal Dadon, Roberto Zappalà, Moritz Ostruschnjak, Stijn Celis, Omar Rajeh, Frédéric Ravel, Ina Christel

Johannessen, Roy Assaf, Guy Nader, Maria Campos, Korsia, and Karl Alfred Schreiner.

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As a choreographer at the Gärtnerplatztheater, she created works including “MINUTE MADE” (2016), “DE AMORE” (2017),

and “JE SUIS FAUST” (2018). In 2018, she created “SIE” in collaboration with the Philharmonie at Gasteig Munich. Further

works include the premiere of “MOMO” (2018), “FRIDA KAHLO” (2019), and “METAMORPHOSE” (2019). For the production

“SPARKS,” she choreographed “GEBISSEN” (2020), “WHAT SHE DIDN’T SAY… YET” (2022), and “THE ROSE OF SHARON”

(2023).

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In 2020, she co-founded the Munich-based collective arcis_collective together with the Arcis Saxophon Quartett, where

she serves as artistic director. With the collective, she has created works including “HEIMAT” (2020), “2xGETANZT” (2021),

the short film “DAVE,” the solo piece “KNITTING GIRL,” and “K.I.nd of Human” (2022), as well as “2xGETANZT” (2023),

“2xGETANZT” (2024), “Quirky Nightclub Chronicles” (2024), “Live.Love.Arcis” (2024), “LUX” (opening of the AUDI Festival

2025), “WHITE 2.0 ” (2025), and “BLUE-BACH” (2025).

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Further projects include “REGER GETANZT” (2024) for the Max Reger Festival in Weiden, “Zwischen Welt”(2024) for the

opening of the Monheim Cultural Centre, “Toi Toi Toy” (2024) for the HIDALGO Festival in Munich, “Question of

Love” (2024), as well as “Re-Set” for the Accademia Nazionale di Danza in Rome, Grand opening of Monheimer Kulturwerke

(2026). In 2026–2027, together with the arcis_collective, she will be touring in Germany, Italy, USA and Croatia with the

productions “K.I.nd of Human”, “Quirky Night Club Chronicles”, “WHITE 2.0 ” and “BLUE-BACH”. She is currently preparing

new creations with collective the upcoming tours and a new piece for the Nevada Ballett theatre II that will premier in Nov.4th

in Las Vegas.

Since 2024, alongside her work as a choreographer and with the collective, she has been teaching composition

and sharing her work between music and dance internationally.

 

More information about arcis_collective can be found at www.arciscollective.de 

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© Roberta Pisu. Photo © Frèderic Chais 

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