Clara Cozzolino
Clara Cozzolino (b. 1996 in Italy) works in the realms of movement, sound and research, currently based in the Netherlands. With a background in contemporary dance and electronic music, she performs across a diverse range of mediums, from contemporary dance and film to opera, while also composing and improvising music for dance and theater.
Her work stands in the relationship between sound and movement.
As a student at the Institute of Sonology at the Royal Conservatoire The Hague.
Exploring the depths of sonic textures, while teaching contemporary improvisation movement classes, encouraging a refined sense of
listening,
Throught her class, Clara thoroughly explores different alit
ies of moveent, unconventional coordination, and the underlying sensations that accompanyboth to body and sound. Following a precise structure, navigating through different percentages, her class focuses on how movement flows through the body, freeing itself from the forms it creates, exploring its qualities, while guided by images and tasks.
Her creative process begins with an act of deep listening—a fluid experience where movement arises from the body’s dialogue with itself.
She perceives creation as distinct from composition.
Creation flows intuitively, from an acute awareness of sensation, whereas composition is a methodical structuring, a precise architecture of elements—whether sound or movement—organized in space and time.
field recording
modular synthesis
After graduating from the DAF Dance Arts Faculty in Rome, Clara had the pleasure to dance pieces by Ohad Naharin, Christof Loy, Maurice Causey, among others
As co-creator of the multidisciplinary duo Freckle Red Lipstick alongside Lela Di Costanzo, and music curator for Memic Project, she is attentive in bridging disciplines.
Over the past four years, she has deepened her exploration of electro-acoustic and electronic music composition, scoring dance performances for venues such as ICK Amsterdam, Korzo Theater, Café Theater Festival, and Amsterdam Fringe Festival, accompanying the works of artists including Tú Hoàng , Robin Nimanong, Ischa Statie, Astrid Klein Haneveld, Roberta Maimone, and Sara Europaeus.
materiality of sound :: echoes of movement :: score blurring