Marta Capaccioli (1985) has graduated from Codarts Rotterdam Dance Academy in 2007. She worked as a performer for Aida Redza, Paolo Poli, Virgilio Sieni, Marina Giovannini, Daniele Ninarello, Fabrizio Favale/le Supplici, Micha van Hoecke, Anja Gysin, Dagada Dance Company, Cristina Kristal Rizzo, Annamaria Ajmone, Kinkaleri, Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion, Teatro delle Briciole/I Sacchi di Sabbia, Sophie Perez, Lara Barsacq, Ola Maciejewska. In 2018/19 she was one of the performers chosen and trained by Marina Abramović and Lynsey Peisinger for the retrospective Marina Abramović/The Cleaner. Since 2012, she has been active in research and creation within various collective groups (Stabile di Lì, David & the Dreamers, Karolin Stächele/Yannis Karalis) as a dancer, author and seeker of new forms of coexistence and creative thinking. In 2020, with Lucrezia Palandri, she formed theVision, a joint project reflecting their need to feel and reason collectively. Dreams about Dying is the first work created by theVision in 2023.
Besides dance, Marta Capaccioli has been practicing Iyengar yoga since 2008. She is a certified Yoga Iyengar teacher since 2016, obtaining her Level 2 in 2019. She teaches in Paris and continues to study and practice regularly in Europe and at Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune, India. She currently lives in Paris.
Presentation of Iyengar Yoga method
The teaching of yoga according to B.K.S. Iyengar is based on the in-depth practice of asanas, (yoga postures) and pranayama (yogic breathing), with focus on alignment and precision. The asanas develop strength and flexibility, stability and mobility of all the body parts; the body is freed from tension by stretching and moving with grace and firmness. The postures also create the conditions for great relaxation. The pranayama is the art of lengthening and controlling the breath. It increases vitality, balances the mind and improves concentration., These practices help to develop better physical and mental knowledge and balance. Teaching is progressive and adapted to the physical capacities of the students. The use of supports (belts, bricks, blankets, chairs, ropes, etc.) makes it possible for everybody to safely learn the postures.