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Dancer and choreographer, Marco Berrettini was born in 1963 in Aschaffenburg, Germany. His interest in dance began in a nightclub: in 1978 he won the German disco dance championship, and this experience led him to take classes in jazz, modern, and classical dance. At 17, he began his professional training as a dancer, first at the London School of Contemporary Dance, and then graduating from the Folkwangschule in Essen under the direction of Hans Züllig and Pina Bausch, where he developed his interest in Tanztheater and choreography. In 1988 he moved to France to work with choreographer Georges Appaix, while simultaneously beginning to create his own works. In 1999, Kampnagel in Hamburg produced his show MULTI(S)ME. Since then, Marco Berrettini has produced around thirty performances with his company Melk Prod. His Sturmwetter prépare l’An d’Emil won the ZKB prize at the Theaterspektakel in Zurich. From 2004 onward, he created, among others, No Paraderan, Melk Prod. va a New Orleans (2007), the four works of the iFeel cycle (2009–2017), My Soul is My Visa (2018), and My Epifunny (2022). Marco Berrettini’s work spans from performances in museum spaces to collaborations with film directors, as well as installations in partnership with visual artists.