Giorgio Convertito

Born in Arezzo, Italy, in 1966, Giorgio hold a BA in dance and choreography, from the School for New Dance Development, a department of the Amsterdam Theater School. He has worked since 1993 as a dancer and a choreographer in several projects in Holland, Italy, Slovenia, Germany and Finland.
He lives in Helsinki since summer 2001 and since then he has been part in over 20 dance projects as well as been active as a teacher.

His views on choreography and composition are mainly inspired by the encounters with Susan Rethorst, Katie Duck, and Julyen Hamilton. Improvisation/Instant Composition is the main interest and influence in his work both as a dancer and a choreographer and it has been part of many of the projects he has been involved in the past few years, making him one of the leading figure in Helsinki. He am also one of the co-founders of the group RIO - Real Time Orchestra, which focuses its activity on practice, research and performance of instant composition.

Since January 2006 he has been organizing and curating The Helsinki Meeting Point, a dance and music monthly improvisation club at Kokoteatteri in Helsinki (previously held in the UMO Jazz House).