BARBARA COCCONI

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  • Music teacher, master accompanist for ballet, master in charge of lighting/phonics/stage.
  • Graduated in Piano (V.O.), Music Teaching (four-year school, V.O.) and Vocal Chamber Music (V.O.) from the “A. Boito” Conservatory of Parma.
  • Performs as an accompanist pianist for ballet since 2000, (Scuola di Ballo Accademia Teatro alla Scala from 2004 to 2009; collaborations with several dance schools, including “Professione Danza Parma,” from 2000 to the present; participation in numerous stages and intensive weeks; RAD, ISTD and ABT exams).
  • He is involved in musical training for student dancers, placing great emphasis on the use of voice and body-percussion, specialties that are the subject of constant study through training and refresher courses (Paduano, Baroni, Consorte, Caneva, Mongelli, Magnoni, Pozzo, Plentz, Serratosa).
  • He has collaborated with choreographer Francesco Ventriglia (2005/2010), as musical assistant, dance accompanist, and master in charge of lighting/phonics/stage, participating in major festivals (including AddaDanza and Venice Biennale).
  • From 2004 to 2018, she was a teacher of “Music and Chorus” at the Professional Training Course for Musical Artists “Professione Musical” in Parma, and still works as a chorus preparer as part of several stages on the Musical repertoire.
  • From the 2012/2013 to 2018/2019 school year, she was an accompanist pianist and teacher of “Music Theory and Practice for Dance” at the “Matilde di Canossa” High School of Dance in Reggio Emilia.
  • In 2018, he held a 10-hour masterclass at the “G. Tartini” Conservatory of Music in Trieste on “The Pianist Accompanist to Dance.”
  • For the 2018/2019 season, he collaborated with the “Abbati – InScena” company on the staging of the musical “Kiss me, Kate” as musical director.
  • Since October 2018, he has collaborated with the National Dance Foundation as an accompanist pianist for the Aterballetto company’s technical-practical classes.
  • As of September 2019, he has been a tenured teacher in the secondary school, competition class A030.
  • In 2019, his PIANIST’S NOTEBOOK “AT THE DANCE” – APPOINTS, MATERIALS AND IDEAS FOR A METHODOLOGY OF PIANIST ACCOMPANIMENT TO DANCE (Dantone Editions and Music), ISBN 9788832008203, was published.