Elisabetta Minutoli is an Italian choreographer, performer and educator based between New York and Sicily. Her practice moves from the deeply personal to the collective, joining classical rigor with contemporary physicality.
She is the artistic director of Sandsilk Dance Company and of the Condrò in Danza festival in Sicily. Her recent works include Antigone, Anima del sud, Oriana and As you wish, commissioned for Peridance Dance Company.
Her work has developed through residencies at Kaatsbaan in New York, Companhia de Dança de Almada in Portugal and Cape Charles Dance Residency in Virginia. She teaches at Steps on Broadway and Peridance Center, and has served as a visiting artist at universities in the United States, Brazil and Italy.
Artistic DirectorSandsilk Dance Company · since 2022
Festival DirectorCondrò in Danza · 2025–2026
New York facultySteps on Broadway · Peridance Center
Movement practiceContemporary · floorwork · ballet · GYROTONIC®
02 — Selected works
Dance as living memory
Stage works, commissions and dance films shaped by literature, Southern Italian culture and the emotional charge of bodies in relation.
Sandsilk Dance Company · 2026
Antigone
A contemporary stage work developed with Sandsilk Dance Company, revisiting the ancient figure of Antigone through voice, ensemble and physical resistance.
Performance, rehearsal and festival images spanning solo work, ensemble practice and international collaborations.
Solo performanceMovement practice in the studioSolo performanceSoloMovement study in the studioSolo performanceMovement at sunsetMovement study in the dunesBehind the scenesPineapple · London
04 — Experience
A transatlantic practice
Creation, teaching and cultural leadership have carried her work through New York, Italy, Portugal, Brazil and the American South.
2026
Antigone · Sandsilk Dance Company
New stage work and continued artistic direction of Condrò in Danza.
2022–now
Faculty & artistic direction
Steps on Broadway; Sandsilk Dance Company. Continuing faculty appointment at Peridance Center since 2018.
2017–2023
International residencies
Companhia de Dança de Almada, Kaatsbaan, Aimed Dance Company and Cape Charles Dance Residency.
2010–2023
Visiting artist
Accademia Nazionale di Danza, Lamar University, Sam Houston State University, Sarah Lawrence College and Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
2006–2024
Performance career
Works by others across dance, theatre, film and opera.
05 — Teaching & practice
The body as a field of discovery
Alongside choreography, Elisabetta teaches contemporary dance, floorwork and ballet. As a GYROTONIC® pre-trainer and GYROKINESIS® trainer, she brings breath, articulation and three-dimensional movement into the studio.
06 — Classes
Weekly classes in New York
Train with Elisabetta at Steps on Broadway and Peridance Center.
An international contemporary dance festival rooted in a small Sicilian town and open to the world.
Condrò · Sicily
A village becomes a stage
Founded and directed by Elisabetta Minutoli, Condrò in Danza gathers artists, students and audiences around performance, creative practice and cultural exchange.
2025First edition
Sold outAudience response
New York ↔ SicilyCultural bridge
Presented by Isola Danzante APS, led by Elisabetta Minutoli
The project
Local roots, international exchange
Condrò in Danza turns Elisabetta’s relationship between New York and Sicily into a living cultural platform. Contemporary dance arrives in the town not as a distant event, but as an encounter with the community.
The festival brings together performance and learning: artists share completed works, open creative processes and movement practices with audiences and participants.
Its scale is intimate by choice. Proximity between artists, place and public creates the conditions for genuine conversation and for new collaborations to begin.
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Performance
Contemporary dance works presented in direct dialogue with the place and its audience.
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Training
Workshops and shared practice connecting artists, dancers and the next generation.
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Community
A festival built through hospitality, participation and exchange between Sicily and international guests.
Editions
A growing story
The first edition
Condrò in Danza welcomed its first artists and audience, closing the edition sold out.
Antigone
The completed version of Elisabetta Minutoli’s Antigone was presented at the festival with Sandsilk Dance Company.
Contemporary performanceMovement and theatrical presence
Condrò in Danza welcomes conversations with artists, teachers, cultural institutions and partners interested in building meaningful exchange with Sicily.
Presented by Isola Danzante APS, led by Elisabetta Minutoli