The breath is breathing
singing to the rhythm of the heartbeat.
Dancing the multiplicity the diversity that together make the magic of our earthly experience
I claim equality through all life forms asserting our belonging to the natural world
I want to share the value of dancing and sounding as innate abilities of every human being
Movement and Sound The two sides of the same oneness happen also when apparently invisible
Jadi Carboni is an eclectic performing artist who works in public spaces and more conventional locations (theatres, museums, galleries) with dancers and non-dancers to create transdisciplinary projects, participatory interventions, and dance films.
Her artistic research develops through somatic practices and postmodern techniques, focusing on voice work—singing and speaking—and its relation to movement. Two essential elements of her practice are writing and drawing, which she explores through their relationship to movement and voice, using them as methods for individual and group score activities.
By bringing awareness to the natural dialogue between inner and outer space, she witnesses how they transform and "inform" one another. In her work, she is committed to breaking down the fourth wall, inviting the audience to feel part of the artistic creation and helping interpreters see that the public is part of the creation and the performing process.
Jadi studied and worked throughout Europe, South America, and the USA with artists such as Karl Jay Lewin, Kirstie Simson, Nita Little, Stephanie Skura, Fray Faust, Kathleen Hermersdorf, Katie Duck, Sten Rudstrom, Barbara Wachendorff, the Scottish National Theatre and Sasha Waltz.
As a choreographer, her credits include an EU-funded Science-Art Research project, On the Way to Immortality, commissioned by Franco Rustichelli, full professor of physics at the Polytechnic University of Ancona, which toured Paris, Berlin, Moscow, and Italy.
The commissioned dance theatre production Areja by the Ruhrfestspiele, the trio Synergetics in collaboration with the students of the Hanns Eisler University in Berlin, and the interdisciplinary quintet Suspension Study for Trisha Brown at the Kunsthaus in Graz.
Furthermore, she created a series of duets and solos, presented in several European cities, including Berlin, Paris, Athens, Rome, and Venice. The two most important ones are: Secret Ritual – 2014-2015 – with a Premiere in Berlin and toured in Athens and Thessaloniki, and Peaches Grow Wild Along A Scenic Route, a durational participatory solo performance – 2024 in Graz and Wien.
Since 2016, she has collaborated as a choreographer and dancer with theatre director Barbara Wachendorff on various productions in Germany, including Mydentity (2016) and Youtopia (2019), both involving social minorities and performed in Cologne and Berlin.
In addition to her work in dance, Jadi is a prize-winning actress and filmmaker: El Rey Best Actress at the Barcelona Film Festival 2013 for the short film What is the question? By Johanne Rousset. Her first short dance film, Gravity Well, won four international Awards in 2019 and 2020, followed by Dancing My Hero, a longer film dedicated to Anna Halprin, which was the final project of her Master’s in Choreography studies. The last short dance film Jadi produced, Maya's Faces, won awards at the Berlin and Vienna Short Film Festivals in 2022.
Since 2017, Jadi has studied Dhrupad singing, a genre of Hindustani classical music from the Indian subcontinent, supported for half a year by the Promos Stipendium(DAAD).
In 2023, she was awarded a full scholarship from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst for a teacher certification in Open Source Forms – a dance technique based on Ideokinesis, developed by the New York choreographer Stephanie Skura.
Jadi holds an MA in choreography from the Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum für Tanz in Berlin and a BA in Dance from the National Dance Academy in Rome.
She won a scholarship at the Venice Dance Biennale – Accademia Isola Danza, directed by Carolyn Carson.
She studied at the School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam from 2003 to 2006. Beyond her academic training, she practices Tai Chi, Aikido, and Qi Gong, enjoys tango dancing, and trains her voice in various styles, including blues and overtone singing. She also specialises in bodywork practices like sound therapy, Reiki, and Zen therapy.
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Her work is supported by the Cultural Department of the City of Graz, the Cultural Department of the Province of Styria, and the Arts Department of the Federal Chancellery of Austria.
