Luca Signoretti
Residency guest 23/24
Luca Signoretti was born in Pesaro, Italy. He began his training in 2003 at the Hangart Dance School, Pesaro, before becoming a member of the Ballet Junior de Genève, Switzerland, and moving on as a soloist with Tanz Luzerner Theater, Switzerland, from 2009–2014, before turning his focus full time to choreography. His accolades include: Finalist of the 27th International Choreographic Competition 2013, Hannover, Germany; winner of the 2016 Pretty Creatives prize of the North West Dance Project competition, Oregon, USA; second place and the Production Prize at the 11th Copenhagen Choreographic Competition, Denmark; semi-finalist at the 2019 RIDCC Rotterdam International duets choreography competition, The Netherlands. Among other places, the Luca Signoretti Dance Company has performed at: 12th annual Gala Copenhagen International Choreographic Competition; 17th International AIDS Gala in Regensburg, Germany; International Contemporary Dance Festival of Mexico City FIDCDMX in 2019 and 2020. His first short dance film was nominated for the 2020 Students Academy Awards, Hollywood, USA, and Won the Grand Prix of the ISCA international Film Competition, Japan. In 2021, Luca joined the new dance company Cie. La Ronde, directed by Ihsan Rustem and Cathy Marston, which toured the Swiss STEPS festival 2022. He has also been commissioned as a freelance choreographer for Luzerner Tanz Theater, Lucerne, Switzerland, and Regensburg Tanz Theater, Germany. In June 2020, Luca received his MA in Choreography from the Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK. He is further director of the new platform Choreographers in Residency.
