JO OMODEI
PERFORMER / CHOREOGRAPHER / TEACHER
AS THE EDGES SOFTEN / SONY AUSTRALIA SHOOT
“The highlight of the two programs, for me, is Jo Omodei’s As the Edges Soften, created a performed with Mitch Spadaro. Capturing the surges and retreats of the accompanying score- ‘’Awe’’ by Roger Goula - the two dancers are somehow always in sync, even when they’re not. The opening is particularly beautiful; the pair stride from opposite sides of the stage until they meet in a pas de deux connected not by touch but by breath. ”
PILOT / CHOREOGRAPHY
“Dancer Jo Omodei is particularly strong in her solos throughout. At some points her arms circle wildly around her- like the hands of a giant clock whirling at high speed. Her dance suggests a battering felt by life’s external forces, but they also speak of freedoms achieved through independent release. ”
“This beautiful work is about the space itself and how the duo move through it, together apart. They move elliptically and linearly, in swings and roundabouts, quickening and elongating as they nearly connect and then retreat from each other. ”
‘A NEW DAWN’ / CHOREOGRAPHY
FLOW ACROBATICS / KENAN DINKELMANN
“...a silver tinted moving dynamo Jo Omodei who flashes around a small concrete basement box space. ”
AS THE EDGES SOFTEN / STRUT DANCE
“The overall effect of these simple elements along with the pure focus on movement and interconnectedness gives the audience an opportunity to pause and submerge themselves in the work. ”
STEPHANIE SENIOR / PHOTOGRAPHY
‘ALL THE WORDS’ / CHOREOGRAPHY
‘THE STARS IN HIS HEAD’ / CHOREOGRAPHY
‘WATER DANCE’ / CHOREOGRAPHER & DIRECTOR
‘EIDOS’ / CHOREOGRAPHER & DIRECTOR
Jo Omodei is a dance artist, choreographer and teacher originally from regional Western Australia, now based in Boorloo/ Perth. Jo graduated from WAAPA with a Bachelor of Arts (Dance) in 2018 where she was awarded joint recipient of the Palisade Award for Most Outstanding Graduate and with Honours with LINK Dance Company in 2019.
During her training, Omodei worked with several choreographers performing across Taiwan, China and France and also studied internationally at the Conservatory of Dance at the State University of New York, Purchase College, USA.
Omodei has worked with Co3 Contemporary Dance STRUT Dance, Stephanie Lake, Scott Elstermann and Enneagon Movement. In 2023, Jo took part in two international dance festivals, b12 in Berlin with Shannon Gillen from Vim Vigor Dance Company and Henny Jurriens Summer Intensive in Amsterdam learning Flow Acrobatics with Kenan Dinkelmann. She has most recently choreographed for WAAPA’s First Flight Season, A New Dawn and performed in Carnivale.6 in WA Ballet’s Contemporary Season STATE.
Omodei is a Co3, WA Ballet and STRUT Dance Teaching Artist and continues developing her teaching practice alongside her emerging choreographic practice.