Music and dance performances
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Fabrizia performs Bharatanatyam classical Indian dance, often accompanied by traditional musicians such as tabla player Neil Craig and sitarist Jonathan Mayer with her students (seen here), and also world musicians such as Chris Puleston, Ravi, Sudha and Adrian Freedman.
- Cultural events, e.g., Diwali
- Healing & sacred spaces
- Weddings & Mehndi
- Celebrations & ceremonies
- Festivals & fetes
Testimonials
"A huge thank you for bringing Indian Classical Dance to the Hertford Art Society last Tuesday. All added together to make this one of the most outstanding evenings of our winter programme: your elegance and poise, the fascinating bits of explanation that you gave us about the distinctive dance moves, the atmospheric music and the way in which your beautiful costume draped as you moved. You left us feeling enriched and inspired."
- Marianne Dorn"...an ancient processional of gorgeously colourful robed figure Gaia (Fabrizia Verrechia) with kohl darkened eyes smiling and waving, accompanied by singing maidens in red, scattering petals."
- Oxford Dance reviewing Tipping Point"Thank you for creating such a great piece... sound and movement woven together with such playful yet serious expression that brought us all together into a sacred connected space. Has brought me gifts of inspiration and gratitude for a deeper connection to myself!"
- Alex Greaves"Thank you very much for your wonderful performance - please thank Jonathan Mayer too. The Mayors of Dacorum and Aylesbury told me later that evening how much they had enjoyed your dancing and the sitar playing, calling it "memorable", and over the last couple of days several other guests have told me the same. It was much appreciated by all."
- John Sallan, Mayor of Tring"Thank you for such a wonderful evening... It was a real treat to see you dance! The stories and explanation about your movements really brought it all to life for me... Added to that Jahnavi's ethereal presence, sound and being complemented the whole piece and with Ravi for his amazing overtone voice and musicality."
- Suzanne"Many thanks for the special evening of dance and music, it was full of light, love and spirituality, it was truly a delightful evening. When you can capture the moment such as Saturday evening, people are blessed seeing and hearing such beauty reflected in movement and sound. Poets, painters, dancers, musicians can change others lives; it is only these people that can take the imagination or soul to higher places. So please carry on, the sun finds it hard to warm the earth after winter, BE the sun always be passionate about what you do."
- Neil Robbins"Thank you for the great gift of your performance at my Mehndi (wedding ceremony). Jonathan and I remember it as one of the outstanding moments of our journey. Your dance brought us all great joy."
- Pria"Fabrizia, thank you and Ravi for a wonderfully uplifting evening, and the magical mystery tour to the studio and loft. I felt uplifted!"
- Lesley Smith"Thank you for a truly wonderful evening. I'm still feeling the warmth and serenity. You were great together, a perfect combo."
- Ness Churn
Performances include
- HumDrum Festival at The Clophill Centre: Indian Temple Dance With Yoga workshop, and Creation Goddess Bhuvanswari Dance performance with Ruth Ford (Bharatanatyam) - Sept 2022
- Fen Dance - Cafe Reason performance at Hinksey Heights Nature Trail (Butoh) - Aug 2022
- Remembering Nagasaki - Cafe Reason street performance in London Rd, Headington, Oxford (flyer) (Butoh) - Aug 2022
- Of Wounds And Shadows in the churchyard of St Mary & St Nicholas, Littlemore, Oxford OX4 4PP (flyer) (Butoh) - July 2022
- Fired Earth: Fusing the Five Elements in Wytham Woods, Oxford (Butoh) - May 2022
- Tipping Point at Al-Jaber Auditorium, Corpus Christi College, Oxford [reviewed by Japan Society and Oxford Dance] (flyer) (Butoh) - January 2020
- HumDrum Festival at The Clophill Centre: Yoga Sound Journey, Indian Temple Dance with Yoga Workshop and Performance of Indian Classical Temple Dance accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Chris Puleston and voice/sound healer Ruth Ford (Bharatanatyam) - August 2019
- Spirit Fest at The Clophill Centre in Bedfordshire [flyer] Yoga Sound Journey, Indian Temple Dance with Yoga Workshop and Dance Performance accompanied by Sara Whicheloe on vocals and Nick Fairbrother from Sangham (Bharatanatyam) - August 2019
- Tipping Point at Sonic Herts Music Festival, The Forum, Hatfield (Butoh) - May 2019
- Thresholds experimental dance performance by Fabrizia & The Cardinals at The Clophill Centre (Butoh) - July 2018
- Indian classical Temple Dance (Bharatanatyam) with multi-talented musician Chris Puleston at Childwickbury Arts Fair, Harpenden - July 2018
- Piece Of You performance by Cafe Reason Butoh Dance Theatre at SS Mary & John Church, Oxford (promo photo) - July 2018
- Limina: 20th Anniversary 'Cabaret' performance by Cafe Reason Butoh Dance Theatre at Freud's Cafe, Oxford (flyer) - December 2017
- Fabrizia and her students performed South Indian classical dance (Bharatanatyam) at Humdrum Festival at The Clophill Centre in Bedfordshire - September 2017+2018
- Fabrizia and her Bharatanatyam dance students performed at The Dharma Jyotir Sabha Temple, Walthamstow - May 2016
- Doll's House at The Pegasus Theatre, Oxford (Butoh) - January 2016
- Colourfest, Dorset, with sitarist Jonathan Mayer (Teak Project) and shakuhachi flute player Adrian Freedman (Bharatanatyam) - June 2015
- Spirit Fest, Lincolnshire/Gloucestershire [flyer] Dance Performance accompanied by shakuhachi flute player Adrian Freedman and Asha Macarthy on Indian cello (Bharatanatyam) - June 2015, September 2016
- The Heart's Desire at The Old Fire Station, Oxford (Butoh) - June 2014
- Fabrizia and her Bharatanatyam dance students performed at the Onam Festival in Luton - September 2013
- The Heart's Desire (work-in-progress) at Randolph Sculpture Gallery, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Butoh) August 2013
- Oxford Dance Camp workshop & performance (Bharatanatyam) - August 2011+2013
- Indian dance performance with musicians Tablatom & Ravi at Colourfest, Dorset (Bharatanatyam) - July 2013
- Dance performance with Sudha & Tarisha at Osho Leela Festival, Dorset (Bharatanatyam) - May 2013
- Mayor of Tring Indian Jubilee fundraising DENS Event, Indian classical dance, with Neil Craig on Tabla and Jonathan Mayer on Sitar (sold out) (Bharatanatyam) - May 2012
- Big Dance Stage, Luton (Bharatanatyam) - July 2012
- A concert by Ravi and Fabrizia of devotional dance, song and sound (flyer) (Bharatanatyam) - April+July 2012
- Matrix [review] at The Pegasus Theatre, Oxford (Butoh) - June 2011
- Arangetram Exhibition at The Hat Factory, Luton (Bharatanatyam) - May 2011
- Ravidassia Centre, Hitchin (Bharatanatyam) - December 2010-2015
- Sri Lankan multicultural dance presentation, Plinston Hall, Letchworth (Bharatanatyam) - November 2010
- Performing with Krishna Latha's students at Winston Churchill Hall, Ruislip (Bharatanatyam) - October 2010, November 2012
- National Trust, Dunstable Downs (Bharatanatyam) - September 2010
- Kaleidoscope Festival, Welwyn Garden City (Bharatanatyam) - July 2010
- Diamond Night: Explorations in performance, Oxford (Butoh) - June+December 2010, March 2011, January+May+November 2012, June 2013, April 2014, January+November 2015, July 2016, March 2017, September 2018, March 2019
- 'A Day In The Country', Little Berkhamsted (Bharatanatyam) - June 2009
- Midsummer Festival, Aston (Bharatanatyam) - June 2009
- Holywell Music Room, Oxford - November 2005
- Jacqueline Du Pré Music Building, Oxford - 2005/2007
- University Of Hertfordshire - May 2005
- Captive, music theatre work by Roberto Filoseta (see video clip) (Butoh) - 2005
- Hitchin Symphony Orchestra Gala Concert - 2004
- Mind, Body & Soul Exhibition - October 2004
- Rhythms Of The World, Hitchin - July 2003-2005
- Plinston Hall, Letchworth - October 2003
- Botanic Gardens, Oxford - June 2000-2004/06
- Pegasus Theatre, Oxford - March 2001+2003+2006+2007
- The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay - November 2002+2006
- The Place Theatre, London - Jan 2002
- Chelsea & Westminster Hospital - November 2001
- Peterborough Museum - September 2001
- Minster Lovell, Oxford - September 2000
- Millennium Art, Ware - July 2000
- Freuds, Oxford - May 2000
- Somerset House, London - April 2000
- St. Albans Abbey - August 1999
- Pegasus Theatre, Oxford - October 1998
- Broxbourne Civic Hall Gardens - June 1998
- The Gurdjieff Society, London - March 1998
Other musical collaborations
As well as performing as a dancer, Fabrizia has also worked with other musicians such as The Oxford Improvisers. Through her Butoh work with Cafe Reason, Fabrizia was also a member of AMV, an Oxford-based band specialising in "inauthentic medieval music". You can see her singing and dancing on their MySpace page.
She was also a very Special Agent of Secret Bass African drumming group from Hertfordshire, with whom she sang, danced and played djembe.