About me

Davide Casiraghi, BSc in Physical therapy, BSc in Computer Science, Contact Improvisation dance teacher, Ilan Lev method practitioner, based in Lecco, Italy.

He is currently co-organizing Contact Improvisation regular jams every tuesday evening in Milan and monthly workshops in Lecco.

Davide Casiraghi

University

BSc in Computer Science - Milano Bicocca University.

BSc in Physiotherapy - Alma Mater Europea University.

I graduated in physiotherapy in 2025 with a thesis titled: Contextual factors that influence the outcome of low back pain and neck pain therapy, supervised by Dr. Francesco Frontani.

Contact Improvisation

Marco Zontini ('10, '11), Roberto Lun (’10, ’11, ’12, ‘13), Nita Little ('13, '14, '15, '16, '21, '25), Javier Curia ('10), Vera de Propris ('13), Bernd Knappe ('12, '12, '13), Thomas Kampe ('12, ’13), Daniel Lepkoff (’14), Itay Iatuv (’14, '15), Yaniv Mintzer (‘16, '19, '25), Joerg Hassman (’16), Adrian Russi (’16), Kirstie Simson (’11, '21), Ester Momblance (’10), Katri Luukkonen(’11), Scott Wells(’11), Alicia Grayson(’11), Ray Chung ('12, '13), Nancy Stark Smith (’14), Martin Keogh (’15, ’16), Benno Voorham (’13), Ezster Gal (’14), Patricia Kuypers (’15), Alyssa Lynes (’14), Eckard Muller (’13), Frey Faust (’14), Angelica Dony (’16, ’17), Leonardo Lambruschini (’16), Jess Curtis(’17), Simone Magnani (’14), Anatolliy Layaskallo ('11), Tim O’Donnell (’10), Riccardo Meneghini (’15), Claus Springborg (’14), Nuria Urcelay Martinez ('18), Asaf Bachrach ('19), Romain Bigé ('19), Leilani Weiss ('20), Ramon Roig ('20), Charley Morrissey ('20)

Yoga

2016 - RYT200 Yoga Alliance Certification @ Hari Om - Cascina Bellaria.

Free Diving

2015 - Freediving certification FIPSAS PAp1.
2016 - Monofin Freediving certification FIPSAS PApm.
2016 - Marine memory Sensitive Dance® workshop in Maratea with Claude Coldy.

Ilan Lev Method

2017-2019 - Ilan Lev Method bodywork certification.
2019 - Ilan Lev Method movement classes facilitator certification.
Member of the Round Robin Project that has the aim to create tools for global networking of the worldwide Contact Improvisation community. He is web designer, developer and technical manager of the Contact Improvisation Global Calendar (CIGG).
Previously from 2010 to 2018 webmaster of the Contact Improvisation Italian website - www.contactimprov.it (now closed)


Free-diver and monofin swimmer he is researching about deep water CI dances and he has been co-organizer of Deep Water Dance Festival 2018