Manchester · Contemporary dance · Since 2015

Contemporary dancewhere movementbecomes memory.

Dance about identity, psychology, lived experience and the traces that remain in the body.

Matrafisc dancers performing That Place Over There
Dancer performing on stage in That Place Over There

That Place Over ThereSalford University collaboration

Repertoire / archive

One evolving
body of work.

Productions, commissions, events and collaborations live together as one artistic history. Open a work for synopsis, credits, photography, film and a work-specific enquiry.

01BruiseDance theatre · duet2015 → 02JobsDance theatreArchive 03Soul’s PathsSite-specific · live music2016–17 04Periodo BluDance theatre · duet2017–18 051+1=1Ensemble2019 → 06Is Someone Listening?EnsembleEvent work 07EuropiaTradition / contemporaryEvent work 08That Place Over ThereSalford University · ensemble2018–19 09Study of Hands #2Gallery / site-specific research2018–19 10Monkey & LeopardChildren / R&D2019 11RestlessnessCommission · BodiographyUSA 12Midsummer Night’s MemoryDuet · BodiographyUSA 13Tightrope WalkersAkerusia Danza · researchCollaboration 14OctoberDuet2020 → 15The World in My BodySolo2025
Matrafisc dancer moving on a dark stage

Performance / education / collaboration

The work changes with
the bodies that carry it.

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Matrafisc Dance · archive photography

Featured film / 04

Periodo
Blu

Two characters occupy different shades of blue: one facing possibility, the other anchored to the past. A work about the human condition, memory and the tension between movement and stasis.

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The company

Different histories.
One choreographic language.

Matrafisc Dance was established in Manchester in 2015 through the artistic collaboration of Italian choreographers Ina Colizza and Antonello Apicella.

Their research moves beyond dance aesthetics into psychology, memory, identity, relationships and lived experience — searching for movement that carries emotional truth.

Work with Matrafisc
“We want to bring the truth of every movement on stage.”
2015Bruise

The first creation establishes the company’s autobiographical, psychologically driven language.

2016–17Soul’s Paths

Site-specific work, live music and a shared audience journey.

2017–20Periodo Blu · 1+1=1 · October

The repertoire expands through identity, memory and international development.

CollaborationsSalford · Bodiography · Akerusia

Commissioned, educational and research-led work extends the company language.

2025The World in My Body

A recent solo exploring strength, transformation and the body after birth.

Touring / collaborations

Manchester made.
International in motion.

United KingdomItalyNetherlandsMexicoUnited States

Matrafisc works across theatres, festivals, commissioned collaborations, universities and site-specific environments. Productions can be presented alongside workshops, residencies and creative development.

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