DANILO COLONNA / LVM
LVM aka Danilo Colonna (1983 IT) Amsterdam/Berlin based multi-disciplinary artist. LVM's works are sensory based and combine audio, visual and kinetic triggers that create an intersection of affects; These are proposed as independent vectors that then collide in the pre analytical perception of the viewer. At the age of six began his dance studies. At fourteen got into the Institute of Art in Lecce (IT). Between his fifteen and eighteen he graduated at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, the Balletto di Toscana in Florence. Receiving different scholarships and grants at Biennale di Venezia with Carolin Carlson and Teatro Comunale in Florence.

Working as a professional dancer for various theatres in Italy, Teatro Comunale di Firenze “Maggio Fiorentino”, Teatro di Bolzano and Arena di Verona. In 2001 he got signed by the dance company Introdans based in Holland. He danced internationally in works by William Forsythe, Jirì Kylian, Matz Ek, Karole Armitage, Paul Lightfoot & Sol Leon, Nacho Duato, Hans Van Mannen, David Parsons, Nils Cristie and more. LVM has collaborated with, and commissioned by, amongst others, Basel Theatre, together with Jacob Kok for fashion shows "FashionClash" Maastricht (NL) (choreography and light design), Berlin based artist Rein Vollenga for HV8W gallery (Berlin) (live soundscape set), Ekkehard Helers, ENKA, Michele Rizzo in the project M+LVM, visual artists Karl Klomp, Andrea Mirabile (DeiMiracoli), Apotropia, Tom Tjon A Loi, Diederik Schoorl, Federica Dauri, Jos Kwakkel, Rafael Lucjan Kozdron, Alwin-Valentin Poiana, Gertjan Franciscus and Mustafa Sabbagh.

Before establishing LVM, Colonna worked extensively as an international dancer and choreographer. He was an artistic assistant and co-choreographer of Nanine Linning, and was commissioned, amongst others, by Theatre Osnabrück, Theatre Heidelberg, William Forsythe for the installation “Human Writes", Emanuele Soavi, Conny Janssen and Iris Van Herpen. 

FEDERICA DAURI
The Italian-born artist Federica Dauri is a young experimental artist with a strong focus on the body as a multifunctional tool, and an unyielding interest in visuals and installations. Dauri has a solid dance and performance background, having studied classical, contemporary and Butoh dance, as well as eurythmy. Her artistic formation began early in Rome at the National Academy of Dance. Later, she expanded her knowledge in New York with the choreographer Trisha Brown, finally rounding out her studies in France with the Japanese Butoh dancers, Masaki Iwana and Akira Kasai. Dauri currently works as a performer, involved in numerous national and international collaborations; for dance festivals, art galleries, fetish and fashion events and clubs. Her art collaborations are with the Dutch sculptor Egon Schrama , working on two installations: "Khepher" and "Mathematics of enclosure”and supported from the dance house production dans Makers. Her most recent work, the body installation "Corpus Mobile" has been shown in various art galleries in Berlin, in collaboration with the Bulgarian photographer Kiril Bikov. https://vimeo.com/lvmlvmlvm

STEFANO TAIUTI
Stefano Taiuti (Rome, 1967) is an Italian artist based in Berlin. Coming from a solid background in contemporary and classical mime – Adam Darius, Lindsay Kemp, Marcel Marceau, he is deeply involved in to Butoh dance research since 1994. He studied with Masaki Iwana, Akira Kasai, and Min Tanaka among many others. Alongside he trained in different contemporary dance techniques, such as floor work, contact improvisation, Capoeira. In 2000, he formed the collective LIOS in Rome, realizing butoh dance performances and organizing the international Butoh dance festival “Trasform’azioni”, which for 13 years represented the only event dedicated to this kind of Dance in Rome. With his own company “Zeitgeist” from 2003 to 2011 he danced and produced shows participating to national and international festivals. Presently he continues his solo dancer and teaching career, also collaborating with different international artists.

 “My dance career brought me to a constant production of shows and performances, through which I could explore the potentiality and limits of a language that is strongly personal and not academic. This activity resulted in performing in the most different environments, such as theatres, festivals, public spaces, clubs, television, even corporate events, and thus getting in relation with very different audiences, constantly developing and deepening my understanding of the body and the performative act “

KEVIN BONONO
Born in 1992. His entire life is a mix of african roots, the country where he was born (France) and the country where he lives. One year and half ago Kevin start to open himself artistically. His first solo was in an art event in NeuWest Berlin. Inspired by the constant energy changes of the city he creates "ENIGMA" a piece about concentration of energy throughout rituals. He got invited to present his work during a month's time to the space “The Club”. There he exposed pictures of his collaboration with photographer Soren Drastrup. Then, he performed for show of the fashion brand UY, and with artist Vava Dudu during a party called "MAKUMBA". His last piece called "INSTINCT" was about the reaction within a state of emergency.

 “I always connect my life experience with my performances because for me is the only way to stay honest. Always looking for experiences,crossing the border,going through, think behind and after”.