Luna Cenere is a dancer, choreographer and performer.

She is associated artist of Zebra Cultura Zoo . From 2017 to 2023 she was artist associated of  Körper National Center of Production, of the Oriente Occidente Festival for the two-year period 2019/2020 and supported by the Residence XL action for the year 2019. Luna received the Award from  Danza&Danza 2020 as Emerging Choreographer. With the show Kokoro she was selected as AEROWAVES TWENTY18 artist and wins the award for the Best Choreography of Solocoreografico 2017 , the solo was also selected by NID Platform 2029. In September 2019 Luna received the Positano Léonide Massine Special Prize as a Campanian Talent. Other creations are: Twin (2018); Pneumatika (2018); Natural Gravitation _ tibute to Isadora Duncan ; Zoé (2021) selected by NID Platform 2021; Shoes On (2022) selected by Nid Platform 2023; Vanishing Place (2023) Project winner of the call for new productions by Venice Biennale 2023. She is the author and performer together with musician Antonio Raia of the show Mercurio (2024).

Luna Cenere received a diploma in contemporary dance from the National Center of Dance Promotion ‘Movimento Danza’ in Naples. In 2011 she left Italy to continue her training at SEAD, Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance where she graduated, and in 2014 she moved to Belgium. In these years she attended international festivals such as the Deltebre Danza Festival, Impulstanz and the Venice Biennale, and studied with masters such as David Zambrano, Francesco Scavetta, Martin Kilvady Josef Frucek, Linda Kapetanea, Matej Kejzar and many others. She participate in the creations of Anton Lacky (Anton Lacky Company) and Josef Frucek (Rootlessroot). In 2014 she works with Simone Fortie and Anton Lacky. In 2016 she became a member of the Virgilio Sieni Company (Italy) in projects such as “La Mer” and “Il Cantico dei Cantici”. In 2017 she worked on Mario Martone’s ‘Capri Revolution’ with the dance direction of Raffaella Giordano.
Luna created the choreographies for the theaters shows ‘Ferito a Morte’ (2022), Clitennestra (2023) and Elettra (2025) with the direction of Roberto Andò. In 2024 she was the protagonist of the show ‘Prometheus project, second movement ἸΏ’ directed by Raffaele Di Florio and created the choreography for the show ‘Laguna Café’ directed by Benedetto Sicca.

Certified contemporary dance teacher at SEAD, she conducts training workshops, movement research projects (such as Genealogia) and improvisation classes.

My writing practice draws on the capacity of the nude body to abstract itself and become a poetic element without ever abandoning the concreteness of form and gesture. Nudity is assumed as a statement and as the natural condition of bodies conceived as vital space, a place that in turn becomes cultural, social, and political space. It is also a compositional necessity for the specific choreographic practice I pursue: I emphasize individual parts of the body and elaborate their architectures in a process of constant transformation in space.

I practice the construction and continuous transformation of an inner landscape so that the body can manifest different forms and states of being. Visually and emotionally, the viewer experiences the infinite elements that compose it and, at the same time, is always invited to confront nudity and their own projections—whether emotional, conceptual, or cultural—upon it.

By focusing on the space between bodies, the quality of breath and slowness, the movements of light, the architectural elements of the stage, and the soundscape, I create a surreal landscape in constant motion.

In my research, I place great importance on the concept of ‘collective memory,’ seeking to articulate it through one or more images or actions, allowing it to emerge through a perceptual reconstruction and by activating the observer’s prior memories. I use the stage as a place where multiple levels of reading can potentially coexist, working with several layers of interpretation and meaning.

“Nudity as a human condition, an expression of fragility and strength at the same time. The body as a living space and a vibrant landscape offered to the gaze. A place of choice and action, of being both inhabitant and inhabited. For me, the body is a site of reflection, a cultural mirror as well as a psychological one. I have always created starting from the idea that the act of dance or performance, dealing with the present body, must imply a radical line of thought about it.”