Gravity Well

Jadi Carboni (Bologna 1981) is a Choreographer, dancer, body-worker, outrider of different performing arts and healing practices, in which sound and movement become the medium for communication, discovery, and creation.
She studied at the National Dance Academy in Rome, at the School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam, and at the Venice Biennale under Carolyn Carson. She continues her formation approaching martial arts (Thai-qi, Aikido), voice training, and bodywork (Sound therapy, Reiki, Zen Therapy).
Jadi has worked throughout Europe, South America, and the USA under/with artists such as Kirstie Simson, Kathleen Hermersdorf, Stephanie Maher, Katie Duck, Toula Limnaios, Julyen Hamilton, Barbara Wachendorf, Scottish National Theatre, Djalma Primordial Science, and Sasha Waltz.
As a choreographer her credits include an EU-funded science-art research project entitled “On the Way to Immortality”, the Ruhrfestspiele commissioned dance theater production “Areja”, duets and solos, which have been presented in several festivals in Berlin, Paris, Athens, Rome, and Venice. Since 2016 she works as choreographer and performer with Barbara Wachendorf, in different productions in Germany.
In addition to her work in dance, Jadi is a poi spinner with London-based Feeding the Fish, a certified Yoga teacher, and a prize-winning actress (”El Ray,” Barcelona Film Festival).
Between 2017-2018 she produced two new works: “Bicycle built for x” in collaboration with the composer Christopher Williams, and “Sounding Bones,” with the sound designer Jason Snell.
In 2020 she graduates with a MA in Cjoreography at the HZT Berlin