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Pasut graduated in Dance from the University of South Florida where she studied with Gretchen Ward Warren, Lynne Wimmer, Jeane Travers, Sandra Robinson, Madame Gabriella Darvash, Gerry Houlihan, and Albena Arnaudova.
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Melissa Pasut
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She has lived and worked in Tampa, Rome, and Bologna. She performed with Gaudere Danza, Dance,Music,Design, and Moving Current. In 2002, together with Leah Ratliff, she founded the company Anoikis, presenting annual productions at the Orlando International Fringe Festival.
In 2005 she moved to Rome, accepting an invitation to join Altroteatro Dance Company.
In 2007 she re-established Anoikis with performances of Transfiguration of a Shattered Mass in Modena, Padova and Ravenna, supported by Andrew L. Hooker and Stefano Pilia/Pasquale Massaro performing live music onstage to her solo dance. In 2008 she co-choreographed and performed Shuffle with Teri Weikel.
She began teaching contact improvisation at Spaziodanza in Bologna, as well as working with Monica Rimondi. Before leaving the United States, she obtained her massage therapy license, specializing in sports massage.
She currently operates a massage therapy practice in Bologna.
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