Damiano ARTALE


He graduated from the Ballet School of Teatro alla Scala.

In the 2007–08 season, he danced with the Ballet de l’Opéra National du Rhin in Mulhouse (France), performing works by W. Forsythe, M. Béjart, J. Godani, and L. Childs.
From 2008 to 2013, he was a dancer with the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève (Switzerland), where he performed soloist and principal roles in choreographies by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, A. Foniadakis, E. Gat, F. Ventriglia, S. Teshigawara, B. Millepied, and J.C. Maillot.
From 2013 to 2020, he was a soloist with Aterballetto (Italy).

In 2013, he returned to Italy as a soloist with the Aterballetto company, performing works by major choreographers such as Jiří Kylián, Mauro Bigonzetti, Hofesh Shechter, Ohad Naharin, Johan Inger, Jiří Pokorný, and Giuseppe Spota.

In 2014, he created his first choreographic works: Migliori, Emme, Survivante, and Abiectio, the latter selected for the 33rd International Choreographic Competition in Hanover.

In the following years, he created Motus Marmoris, collaborated with the Ensemble Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maestro Giacomo Loprieno on the production The Legend of Morricone, and created Esprit List for the AlmaMiaDanceProject in Lausanne (Switzerland), as well as Armonica for Teatro alla Scala principal dancers Virna Toppi and Nicola Del Freo.

He works as a guest teacher and choreographer with several professional institutions, including the John Cranko School in Stuttgart, Eko Dance Project in Turin directed by Pompea Santoro, Balletto di Siena directed by Marco Batti, Padova Dance Project directed by Gabriella Furlan Malvezzi, and W.O.M. Brancaccio Danza directed by Alessia Gatta.

Since 2020, he has served as Artistic Director of the Castle Summer Intensive and, in 2024, he assumed the direction of the Gran Gala della Danza in La Spezia.

His most recent creations include:

  • Martyris Balletto di Siena
  • Made In Brancaccio Danza
  • Bach incontra Dante MonoDance Company
  • Mirroring at EkodanceProject
  • Mi Piaci for the La Sfera Danza Festival in Padua.
  • The Place to Be – A Land That Is Not Only Ours for the DnAND project at the Accademia Nazionale di Danza in Rome.
  • Mosaico, created within the ONDANCE workshop directed by Roberto Bolle.

In 2023, he performed as a dancer in The Nature of Rabbits by Pontus Lidberg in Venice and New York.

He is also regularly invited as a guest teacher at major professional institutions, including the Accademia Teatro alla Scala, the John Cranko School in Stuttgart, and A.S.E. Global Bridges in the United States.