Attention & Awareness
Training begins with attention: shifts of weight, the influence of space, the quality of someone else's movement. This kind of noticing turns performers into active decision-makers and fuels authentic creative choices.
Movement Teacher · Physical Theatre · Lecoq Pedagogy
Movement. Presence. Imagination.
I am a movement teacher and physical theatre practitioner with an international background rooted in Jacques Lecoq's pedagogy. I combine movement training, mask work (neutral, larval, expressive, half-mask), Commedia dell'Arte, mimodynamics, clown, bouffon, and the Feldenkrais Method® to help performers develop awareness, precision, and a more articulate physical language.
Approach
Movement as inquiry, creation as practice.
My workshops do not teach imitation or a fixed style: they help performers discover their own physical imagination and the unique way their bodies can think, communicate, and invent on stage.
Physical Imagination
Creativity grows when performers allow their bodies to explore alternative logics: unfamiliar dynamics, unusual rhythms, and non-habitual states. This work expands expressive possibilities.
A Creative Laboratory
My workshops function as spaces where experimentation is encouraged, discovery outweighs demonstration, risk becomes a resource, and individuality is central.
Next Workshops
Upcoming workshops.
Los Angeles Intensive
Registration openCommedia dell'Arte
Five days of Commedia dell'Arte and the foundations of physical theatre in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Weekend
Registration openNeutral Mask
Three days focused on the essential principles of Jacques Lecoq's pedagogy and the foundational work of presence.
Testimonials
What students say.
"I found his entire curriculum to be effectively planned and structured. He introduced new concepts and exercises at a natural and helpful pace, ensuring we had time to absorb, take notes and implement in action everything we learned. We would all jump at the chance to learn from him again."
"Ivano is a wonderful, observant and thoughtful teacher. His classes always feel like a playground to experiment and explore different forms. He has an innate ability to create a warm, inviting atmosphere which helped me be more of myself."
"Ivano does not simply teach techniques; he guides you through a personal journey, helping you overcome physical, emotional, or expressive blocks. His attention to each individual student is sincere and consistent."