With Dadodans|Gaia Gonnelli choreographer Gaia Gonnelli creates associative, intimate and multidisciplinary dance performances for young children (2 till 8 years old) and their parents. With very young children as target Gaia Gonnelli stands out in the current field of dance. Her work combines dance, theatre, live music as well as other art disciplines. Her interest lies in creating work that encourages children to use their own imagination. Working with materials and primary elements (shapes, colours and sounds) plays an important role in all Dadodans performances.

Dadodans|Gaia Gonnelli was founded in 2014 by Gaia Gonnelli, the company is based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Gaia’s productions are proving highly successful both in the Netherlands and abroad. Her work has been performed at festivals in Italy, Turkey, Germany, Poland, Spain, Romania, Finland, UK, China and France.

The company is available also to organise workshops with children (and parents), related to the performance itself and more. Dadodans also develops educational projects for primary schools, whether or not associated with a performance. Also Dadodans develops special workshops for (dance) educators that work with young children.