Dance career

Jacopo Godani began studying classical ballet and modern dance techniques at the Centro studi Danza of La Spezia, under the direction of Loredana Rovagna. He has also pursued studies at the Fine Arts High School of Carrara and was accepted to further his studies at Maurice Béjart

Maurice Béjart

Maurice Béjart was a French born, Swiss choreographer who ran the Béjart Ballet Lausanne in Switzerland. He was the son of the French philosopher Gaston Berger.- Biography :...

's international dance centre, Mudra in Bruxelles, Belgium.

Godani made his professional debut performing with several Paris based contemporary dance companies and international choreographers. He collaborated with William Forsythe (dancer)

William Forsythe (dancer)

William Forsythe is an American dancer and choreographer resident in Frankfurt am Main in Hessen. He is known internationally for his work with the Ballett Frankfurt and The Forsythe Company...

 on the choreographic creation of many Ballett Frankfurt's most representative pieces.

Godani has created original works for the Ballett Frankfurt, Rotterdamse Dansgroep, IT DANSA in Barcelona, Ballett Nürnberg, Sweden's Göteborg Ballet, Karlsruhe Oper Ballet, the Royal Ballet Covent Garden in London, Nederlands Dans Theater 2 in The Hague, Ballett des Landestheater Linz, Ballet du Rhin in France, and Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet

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.