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Dance & Wellness

Alessia Gay started studying dance at a very early age and in 1999, she was admitted to the Dance School of the Teatro Alla Scala in Milano, where she studied with Vera Karpenko.
In 2001 she entered the John Cranko-Schule in Stuttgart, where she graduated in 2004, under the guidance of Galina Solovieva.

In June 2007 she joined the Corps de Ballet of the Opera di Roma Theatre, at led at the times by Carla Fracci. From the very beginning she played roles as Soloist and Prima Ballerina, including the Blue Bird and the Diamond Fairy variations in “The Sleeping Beauty” and the Peasant pas de deux in "Giselle", in the version by Carla Fracci and Patrice Bart.

In October 2009, Alessia made her debut in the main role of "La Sylphide" together with Thomas Lund, First Dancer of the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen, and in 2011 she was selected to perform "Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux" alongside the étoile Giuseppe Picone.

In the following seasons, under the guidance of Micha Van Hoecke, Alessia made her debut in some of the most important roles of the classical repertoire: Kitri in "Don Quixote" by Mikhail Messerer, Swanilda in "Coppelia" by Roland Petit, Odette-Odile in "Swan Lake" by Patrice Bart. Under the direction of Eleonora Abbagnato, Alessia is nominated Soloist and continues to play roles in classical and neoclassical repertoire such as the pas de deux "The Great Gig in the Sky" from "Pink Floyd Ballet" by Roland Petit, the first variation in Divertissement from Act III of "Raymonda" and many others.

She was awarded the 2012 Dance & Dance Award as best emerging performer, the 2014 Rome Jia Ruskaja Award and the 2016 EUROPAinDANZA Award for her performance of the role of Swanilda in Roland Petit's "Coppelia".

In the last years, together with the activity on stage, Alessia began to teach classical technique, pointe and repertoire.

Aurora began studying Funky and Hip Hop at the Jungle Gym school in Vercelli, where she approached the world of competitions.
She soon decided to travel around Italy to deepen his studies through internships and campuses with international teachers such as Vittoria Pacotti, Stefano Pastorelli, Alessandro Steri, Filippo Ranalfi, Gianpiero Cassone, Laccio, Carlos Kamizele, Fatima Robinson, Jessica Castro, Flaminia Genoese, Pamela Russello, Peter Valentin, Mike Fields, Ricky Benetazzo and many others.

At the age of 16, she held the role of assistant in the dance school where she grew up, beginning later to teach Hip Hop and Commercial.
At 18 she enrolled at the Academy "Modulo Factory" where she studied hip hop, house, commercial heels, popping, locking, wacking, voguing, afro, contemporary, floorwork and contamination, and then graduated with excellent marks in Urban Dance.

Thanks to her studies she has both theatrical and television experiences, such as "Dance Dance Dance Italia'' (2017, Cinecittà Roma) and Love Swing Summit 2018 (Teatro dal Verme, Milan). She has performed as a dancer in music videos and events of great artists such as Mina and Celentano ("Prisencolinensinainciusol'' - 2016, Milan) and important brands such as Nike ("Nothing can stop us'' - 2019, Milan).

Since 2015 she dedicates to teaching Hip Hop and Urban teaching children and teenagers.

A doctor with a degree in motor science, Beatrice Banfo has worked as a kinesiologist for more than 10 years. Her path has led her to specialize in the world of fitness and adapted physical activity. Her goal is to promote people's mental well-being and apply scientific knowledge to help her clients reach personal physical goals, which can range from postural improvement to weight loss, sports performance to functional reeducation, and beyond.

Erica Rampone has developed a great attention to the body, which she knows and uses as a tool at the service of physical preparation, declining her ballet art in Pilates and Gravity classes.
She started her journey in the world of ballet at a very young age, beginning her studies at Pro Arte Danza in 1998 and pursuing it regularly within the school.

She approached teaching in 2012, working alongside the director of Pro Arte Danza Theater, while continuing to attend classes in addition to participating as a dancer in the school's productions.
Between 2015 and 2017, she collaborated as a ballet teacher in the academic courses of the Contemporary Dance Theater school and with the Centro Danza Futura school. It was during those years that she began her journey at Orsolina28; in fact, Erica has been by our side since the birth of the Orsolina28 School, where she first pursued the study of ballet alongside the Graham, Horton and Humphrey technique and later collaborated as a ballet assistant.

After her long years of studying ballet, Erica approached the study of Pilates Matwork technique according to the Nineteen Hundred Pilates and Dance method and became certified as a Gravity Foundation Instructor, Gravity Pilates Reformat Evolved Instructor e Gravity For Dancers Instructor.

Erica is the perfect figure to accompany students into the world of wellness and help them take their first steps toward self-awareness and body awareness.

She began her ballet studies in 1993 at the Dance Centre, directed by Stefania Zanatta, in Casale Monferrato and went on her regular training courses with master Philippe Pierson.
At the age of 18 she moved to Torino to study ballet and contemporary dance with Matilde Demarchi and Annagrazia D’Antico at Arkè Danza Torino, deepening the study of Graham, Horton and Humphrey techniques, while continuing the study of ballet at the Scuola del Teatro Nuovo.

In Torino she met Master Leonard Ajkun who invited her as a dancer at the Ajkun Ballet Theatre in New York in 2006. She attended the L.U.D.T. and obtained a degree in technical education with 110/110 cum laude with a thesis on dancers' nutrition.

In 2010 she began to approach the teaching of ballet, working alongside the director of the school "Danzarte" in Casale Monferrato. In 2012 she collaborated as a dancer in the production of the musical Nôtre Dame with the Company Ostinata Passione. In the same year she began the study of the Pilates Technique "mat work" with FIF, and perfected herself by studying with Matilde Demarchi, according to the NINETEEN HUNDRED PILATESANDANCE method, while continuing her collaboration as a ballet teacher in the academic courses of the school Danzarte.

She currently works as ballet teacher in several schools and holds pilates and stretching courses for dancers.

Julie, born and raised in Belgium, began her journey in dance in 2003 at SASK Deinze (Urban Academy of Fine Arts) where she studied ballet for 11 years, later joining Glen Lambrecht Productions and dancing in several productions.
In 2021 he graduated with honors in Psychopedagogy and began his career in teaching.

In 2022 he moved to Italy where, thanks to classes he began attending at Orsolina28, he discovered Pilates. She achieves the qualification of Pilates Matwork teacher at FIF Federazione Italiana Fitness, obtaining professional certification.
Julie also obtains her classical-academic dance teacher certification at the AIDA Training Center in Milan, following which she begins her professional journey at Orsolina 28, first as an assistant and trainee and then as a Pilates Matwork teacher. In addition to teaching, during the same year Julie supports the organization and back office activities of the school's courses and dance-related activities.

In 2024, Julie became certified as a Gravity Foundation Instructor and Gravity Pilates Reformat Evolved Instructor and continued her professional development as a Dance and Wellness teacher at Scuola28.

She began studying dance at the age of 4 and deepened her study of ballet and contemporary dance at the Liceo Coreutico Azuni in Sassari. Here she has her first work experience as a dancer for the production of the opera "Turandot." She then moved to Milan to pursue a professional career in contemporary dance at "M.A.S. Music, Arts & Show," where she graduated in 2023. Here she began to study Graham with Giulia d'Antoni and became passionate about the technique, which led her to attend a Summer Intensive of 3 weeks at the "Martha Graham School" in New York. Parallel to her academic studies, she attends a professional teacher training course "ACSI d.e.e," becoming a certified Level I instructor for ballet propaedeutics. She performed as a dancer at the Teatro degli Arcimboldi in Milan with two productions: "RAVEL.suite" under the artistic direction of Virginia Spallarossa and "Miraculous - The Musical Show," an internationally produced musical.

Maria is a 400 certified yoga & meditation practitioner, teacher, but most of all life-long learner. She is born & raised in Germany, but actually lived abroad for most of her adult life. After many years in France, short intermezzos in Italy & the US & a couple of years back in Germany, she settled now in Italy with her half German half Mexican Family.

Maria started her yoga journey almost 20 years ago, learned & trained in Berlin, Paris, Mexico & the US and teaches since over 8 years now, off & online. She is trained in Hatha/Vinyasa/Pranayama & Kundalini, but her approach today is very free, non-dogmatic & incorporates elements from different styles. Her practice is shaped by all the incredible teachers she had the chance to learn from, but also by everyone she practiced with.

Her teaching is based on the thousands of year-old yoga philosophy, in a very humble way, but she allows herself to follow her instincts & people’s needs. She offers a mix of somatic movement, breathwork & different meditation techniques that include both meditation in movement, but also immobility, both stillness & sound (vocal toning, humming, mantra chanting).

Maria sees herself as a facilitator to help people re-find the connection with their bodies & minds in order to open up spaces within where stress, fear & worries keep them tight to ultimately remember the "I" beyond the ego & the "We", the true connection to each other & that in the end “we are just all walking each other home” (Ram Dass).

With a degree in Literature but a great passion for swimming, Mario Tonelli has been practicing and teaching the discipline for more than 10 years. His path has led him to specialize in teaching swimming to both children and adults. His goal is to transmit not only the technical skills but also the love for this activity that unites body and mind, in a safe and motivating learning environment suitable for all ages to levels.

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