Irene is a versatile performing artist, teacher, and dancemaker with a multidisciplinary background in classical music, drama, and movement. Although originally from Italy, Irene has spent more than two decades living and traveling as an independent freelancer across Europe, Asia, and North America. As a result, her artistic path has been shaped by diverse cultural influences and deeply rooted in self-inquiry investigations and practices.

Irene offers international dance training and produces performances at universities, companies, festivals, cultural institutes, and independent platforms. Her work has reached audiences across the globe and reflects her unique and diverse experiences as an artist.

Through her dance, she aims to facilitate a heightened state of presence, enabling more conscious, functional, and effortless movement, broadening the technical, creative, and compositional skills of the movers. She has a particular interest in researching and refining the embodiment of movement biomechanics through the understanding of principles and explorative learning processes. 

She is interested in the “synergy of togetherness”, the relational, communicative and creative aspects of contact improvisation, partnering and group dancing.  

Furthermore, Irene is deeply passionate in investigating the somatic, psychological, and relational transformative effects of dance. She explores how the practice can increase self-awareness, break down conditioning, instill a sense of empowerment, and promote overall well-being. With her extensive teaching experience, she has experienced firsthand how it can help individuals connect positively and meaningfully with themselves, others, and the world around them.

Live music and voice are part of her performing and teachings, exploring the link to body and movement and the evocative imaginary power of word, sound and music with dancing. 

Her dance works are based on instant composition and improvisation and are taking place in theatres, educational projects, dance festivals, and galleries. 

She also has a special interest in outdoor and site-specific work. She has produced dance videos and choreographed fashion shows.

Irene is deeply engaged in the research of Contact Improvisation by teaching, organising dance events and promoting the growth of new CI communities, especially in China and India. 

She regularly attends international teachers’ and practitioners’ gatherings, investigating the practice and its development. 

She has been involved for over a decade with the Goa Contact festival, particularly engaged in coordinating the Dance Exchange Program for Indian dancers and performance making.  

She dances the Argentine Tango, researching and facilitating new technical somatic and creative approaches to it and its learning.

She sings and plays transverse flute, collaborating as a musician in a wide range of musical projects, contact improvisation events, dance performances and recordings.

She worked at: 

Beijing Minzu University, Beijing Normal University, Beijing Capital Normal University, Central Academy of Drama Beijing, Nanchang Normal University, Shanghai Normal University, Ltdx Dance Academy, Beihe Academy Nanjing (China), Balletakademien (Stockholm), Ials (Rome), Gati (Delhi), 9 Theatre Company (Beijing), HouYing Dance Company (Beijing), Danceworx Company (Delhi/Mumbai), Terence Lewis Dance Company (Mumbai), Les Temps du Corps (Paris), Play Practice Residency (Bangalore), Goa Dance Residency, Kamshet CI (Pune ).

Since 2005 she worked in numerous contact improvisation, contemporary dance and yoga Festivals all over the world: 

Touch (Beijing), Freiburg, Würzburg, Vienna, Poland, Ester Improv, CmC, Göttingen, Ibiza, NIM, Glarisegg, Goa, Malmö, Italy Contact Improvisation Festivals;  Beijing Universities Dance festival, Avayava (Pune), Fiço Journey (Slovenia), Nataraj Dance Festival ( Delhi), Shakti festival (Delhi), No Mind, Yoda and Space of Love (Sweden), Mandala fest (Moscow).

Her latest dance works and performances: 

“Winged” dance video with I.Sposetti and Paul J Castañeda, India 2020 

“Anima” dance video directed by M.Belin, choreography-casting by BeingMotion, Shanghai 2018 

“You” dance performance with I.Sposetti and Xindi Chen, Beijing 2017-2018

“Conversations” sites-specific dance performance with I.Sposetti, Yu-Chien Cheng and Jess Seetoo, Improvisation Festival, Shanghai 2017 

“ The scenes of the street” Dance theatre performance directed by Yu-Chien Cheng, Inch Dance Company, Insideyuz, Shanghai 2017

“WuWei” Dance theatre performance co-directed by Irene Sposetti and Zhao Xi, the New festival, Beijing 2016 

“Conversations” sites-specific dance performance, directed by I.Sposetti, Nanchang 2016 

“Hong” dance performance directed by Zhao Xi, Beijing 2015 

“Nanchang Normal University” dance performance, directed by I.Sposetti, Nanchang 2015

“Beijing Design Week” sites-specific dance performance, directed by I.Sposetti with seven dancers and live music, Beijing 2015 

“Rise” dance performance, created by BeingMotion with Irene Sposetti and Johan Nilsson, Sweden/India, 2012-2013

Irene believes in exploring and cultivating both inner and outer ecology, recognizing that a healthy and creative relationship with the body, oneself, and the environment can generate greater trust, authenticity, and balance in our lives, both as individuals and as a collective.