Jessica Capanni
Choreographer Assistant & Dancer
Jessica Capanni began dancing in 1994 at the age of 4 and a half years at the school “Centro Studi Danza” in Grassina directed by Maria Grazia Nicosia.
Since 1997 she has studied at the Dance Studio school in Florence directed by Mauro Barbi and Monica Benesperi. In this school she started Jazz with Sarah Siliani, Clara Sonnati and, since 2004, with Deborah Zucconi. In 2003, together with the teacher Deborah Zucconi, she resumed Danza Classica until 2006.
From 2001 to 2005 she took part in the competitions of Disco Dance Solo and couple, coming fourth at the Italian Championships in 2003, second at the Italian Championships in 2004 and fourth at the World Championships in 2004.
She began studying Hip Hop in 2000 with Luca Miniati, then in 2001 with Sara Berardi and from 2005 with Gigi Nieddu.
Italian Hip Hop Italian Champion in 2003 and 2004, and again in 2004, winner of the Italian and world couple championships.Italian championship of Caribbean dancing in 2005 and 2006.
- Italian Dance Show Group Dance Champion in 2005,2006,2007,2008 and 2005, and in 2007 Dance Show Group Dance World Champion in 2007.
- From 2002 to 2005 she attended the MC Hip Hop School Cruisin directed by Marisa Ragazzo and Omid Ighani.
- In 2003 she won a scholarship from Hip Hop for the Opus Ballet school directed by Rosanna Brocanello and Daniel Tinazzi, attended from 2003 to 2004, where she attended internships with Rosanna Brocannello, Kledi Klaudi, and various other internships with Hip Hop and Jazz.
- From 2005 to 2007 he studied at the School of Contamination with Caterina Felicioni.
- She has participated in various editions of the event Città in Danza e Danza in Fiera always with the Dance Show Group of Deborah Zucconi. She also took part in various festivals and competitions with this group, winning some of them.
- Currently Jessica is part of the Compagnia Hip Hop Mystes of Gigi Nieddu participating in various shows, winning dance competitions such as Dance at the Fair, Festival of Creativity and at Danza in Fiera and Concorso Internazionale Balletto di Toscana, as well as several international festivals such as the Florence Dance Festival and the Festival Suoni e Colori in Toscana in Rignano sull’ Arno.
Since 2008 Teacher Hip Hop in different dance schools of Florence