Cristina ‘Kristal’ Rizzo, a dance-maker, has been active on the Italian contemporary dance scene since the early '90s. She trained at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in New York and attended a course held by Merce Cunningham and Trisha Brown. In Italy she has worked with various artists and groups including Teatro Valdoca, Roberto Castello, Stoa/Claudia Castellucci, mk, Virgilio Sieni Danza and Santasangre. A founder member of the Kinkaleri company, in 2008 she set out on an independent career as a choreographic producer, directing her research towards a theoretical reflection with a strong dynamic impact designed to regenerate the act of creation itself and to spark reflections on the present day. She is currently one of Italy's leading choreographic artists and is a regular guest at the most important festivals on the new international scene. She parallels her presence on the show circuit with an intense activity involving conferences, workshops, higher education and theoretical writing. Her workshop entitled, "Just What a Body Can Do - Dance as the generative hypothesis of a life in common", is open to everyone without distinction of age, gender or origin. The working day will include the intense transmission of bodily practices and a final production reaffirming the notion of dance and performance open to experimentation and to the direct political exhibition of the body. The practice of dance trains the body and mind to move forward together, thus permitting the posture of the body to express intensity, power and presence. Dance, like life, happens despite everything, because it is a positive practice for a sustainable present with the potential for lasting. Meditation, exercises in dynamic training, observing time and listening to space, the sharing of rhythm and sound expansion, listening to voices on podcasts, exercising bodily politics for self-care: these are the elements of transmission for seeking a "choreosophy" capable of expanding exposure in an empowering and constructive direction.