The company
Contemporary dance from Manchester.
Italian roots.
Matrafisc Dance was established in Manchester in 2015 through the artistic collaboration of Italian choreographers Ina Colizza and Antonello Apicella. Their shared research explores how psychology, memory, identity and lived experience can become choreographic language.
Artistic vision
The company’s work moves beyond dance as pure aesthetics. Matrafisc is interested in movement that carries emotional truth: how experiences remain in the body, how people relate to one another, and how individual histories can be transformed into performance.
Across productions and collaborations, the company combines contemporary dance, dance theatre, site-specific practice and interdisciplinary research. The aim is not to impose one fixed vocabulary, but to build each work from the human material at its centre.
Company history
The repertoire began with Bruise in 2015 and developed through projects including Soul’s Paths, Periodo Blu, 1+1=1 and later collaborations with universities, independent artists and international companies.
Matrafisc projects have been presented or developed in the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Mexico and the United States, while the company continues to work from its Manchester base.
Ina Colizza
Ina Colizza is a contemporary dance choreographer, performer and teacher whose training spans contemporary dance, ballet and dance education in Italy. Her professional work has included performance, choreography, education and creative development across the UK and Italy.
Her practice brings together performance and teaching, with a particular interest in how choreographic research can support both professional artists and developing dancers.
Antonello Apicella
Antonello Apicella is a dancer and choreographer with a professional background across Italian and UK dance. His career includes performance, choreography, collaborative creation and teaching, with work spanning theatre, contemporary dance and interdisciplinary projects.
Together, Ina and Antonello developed the artistic identity that underpins Matrafisc Dance.