Caterina Basso is a performative artist based in Milano, moving between dancing, choreographing and teaching. Her happiest recent projects include curating the choreographies for The Crucible at Teatro Stabile in Torino, dancing in the premiere of Col tempo with the long-term collaborators of Ambra Senatore, and teaching Choreography at ArteMente Academy in Milano.
She collaborates consistently with the Centre Chorégraphique National de Nantes as dancer and choreography assistant. Among the many shows that take her around the world are Passo and A posto, created by Ambra Senatore in collaborations with the performers, on tour for more than ten years – at notable venues including Théatre de la Ville de Paris, SIdance Festival in Seoul and Mercat de la Flors of Barcelona. In her long experience as a performer, she has collaborated with choreographers such as Roberto Castello, Ariella Vidach and Marco D’Agostin.
Since 2013, she has been developing her own performing research, both on stage and site-specific, joining the artistic association of authors ALDES. She won Best Solo Award in Mas danza 2015 with her work Il volume com’era, she directs Histoire du Soldat for Opera Barga Festival and won Citofonare Off prize for the duo A cloud never dies.
Among her varied teaching experiences, Caterina holds workshops accessible to deaf children with ALL-IN project of Spazio Fattoria in Milano and in 2024 she gets her certification from Dance Well – movement research for Parkinson.
She graduated in Communication Studies with a thesis in Theatre Semiology (summa cum laude). She speaks Italian, English, French and Spanish.