Updated On: 13 August, 2024 09:45 AM IST | Mumbai | Devashish Kamble
An Italy-based dance duo will give Mumbaikars a chance to witness their contemporary style of movement arts through a series of workshops and performances

Cassandra Bianco and Antonella Albanese (lying down) perform in Udine, Italy
The secret to achieving fluency in a foreign language, an expert would tell you, is to start as early as you can. For dancers Cassandra Bianco and Antonella Albanese, who grew up in the scenic coastal city of Brindisi in southern Italy, the language of choice was dance. “We stepped into the world of dance unknowingly at the age of three and four respectively at our private schools. It has turned out to be the best decision of our lives,” shares the duo, who is now introducing the world to their own dialect of sorts — movement arts.
Ahead of their visit to Mumbai this week, the founders, who established Esenco Dance Movement in 2021, reveal that charting journeys across seas with their artform isn’t recent. “During the winters in Italy, I would study in my hometown, and in the summers, I would travel to the USA and Europe to expand my knowledge. Today, I use my body, mind, and expertise from these travels as tools to communicate with the audience,” shares Bianco.