Artist Andrea Salustri spends three weeks in this DYNAMO residency, doing research for his upcoming performance, INVISIBLE, which will premiere in Summer 2026 at the Venice Biennale, the 20th
International Festival of Contemporary Dance of Venice Biennale.

About the performance 

INVISIBLE invites us to turn our gazes towards the immaterial, to elements such as light and air,
that surround and involve us in invisible choreographies. Those choreographies remain unseen
only until we notice them, until we turn our attention towards them and start engaging with them.
The question is not how to control these elements, but how to meet them.

About the artist

Andrea Salustri is a choreographer and visual artist from Rome whose practice bridges dance, object manipulation, and visual theatre. He began his career as a street performer, working with contact juggling and fire manipulation. He graduated cum laude in philosophy from La Sapienza University of Rome and subsequently moved to Berlin, where he studied contemporary dance and choreography at HZT Berlin University.

A circusnext laureate, Salustri’s work investigates the creative potential of inanimate matter, with a particular focus on the dialogue between the body and objects. His award-winning piece MATERIA has been performed in 26 countries across Europe and Asia, and presented at major venues and festivals including the Venice Dance Biennale, the Italy Pavilion at EXPO Osaka, the London International Mime Festival, the Singapore International Festival of Arts, the Swiss Sound Biennale, and the Taipei Performing Arts Center, among others.

Alongside his performative productions, Salustri creates acoustic and kinetic installations exploring object agency and perception. He also leads workshops and lectures on his experimental approach to choreography and object manipulation. His work has been featured in international publications, books, television programs, and newspapers worldwide.