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Andrea Costanzo Martini was born and raised in Italy where he began his studies in dance at Danzicherie in Cuneo and Teatro Nuovo in Turin, followed by Heinz Bost Stiftung Ballet Academy. He has performed with Aalto-Theater, Cullberg Ballet, Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak Dance Company, and Deborah Hay, among others. He danced with the Batsheva Ensemble and Batsheva Dance Company. His choreographic works have been presented internationally including: Curtain Up Festival, Anticorpi XL in Ravenna, Teatro a Corte Festival, InTeatro Polverigi Festival, Fabrik Potsdam, K3 Hamburg, Shanghai Int. Dance Center, The Place London, Zurich Tanzhaus, HochX Munich, BMotion Festival, InTeatro Festival, Brigittines, Charleroi Danse, Pavillon Noir/Preljocaj, MAAT Festival Poland, and La briqueterie. He has been commissioned to create dances for Cullberg Ballet, Dance Makers Collective, Rome Ballet, Turin Ballet Theater, and Balletto di Roma. In 2021 he created PayPer Play, a work for a young audience supported by Explore Dance, and Mood Shifters as part of Curtain Up Festival. In 2022 he was commissioned to create Wild Thoughts for NDCwales. Awards include: first prize for Performance and Choreography, International Tanz Solo Competition Stuttgart; 2015 Public Award from Mas Danza; Second Prize 2016 Jerusalem International Choreography Competition; and he was named “artist to watch” by TimeOut Tel Aviv in 2019. Andrea has taught Gaga and improvisation for companies including Batsheva Company , Cullberg Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet, and many others. He is an associate artist of the VAN Cultural Association (ITALY) and a member of the Israeli Choreographers Association.