Ottavia Catenacci is an Italian dancer and choreographer based in Copenhagen. She studied contemporary dance at Scuola del Balletto di Toscana (Florence, IT). In 2019 she graduated in Scenography from Urbino Fine Art Academy, during which she attended the Vilnius Art Academy as an exchange student. In 2022, she graduated with a BFA in Dance and Choreography from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen, studying with Rasmus Ölme, Malin Astner, Tiziana Fracchiolla, Quim Bigas Bassart, Shai Faran, Anna Grip, Frédéric Gies and Alma Söderberg, among others. She performed in works by Masako Matsushita, Maria Francesca Guerra, Samuel Feldhandler, Snorre Elvin, Renan Martins, Matija Ferlin, Doris Uhlich, Iván Pérez and Aske Thiberg. In 2023 she worked as an apprentice at Dance Theatre Heidelberg (directed by Iván Pérez) and Danish Dance Theatre (directed by Marina Mascarell). Since 2019, she has been creating her own choreographic work, both alone and in collaboration with Ella Östlund.
With her photographic and video work she has contributed to different group exhibitions: Remains (SHCH/ŠČ Gallery, Vilnius, LT), Guest Room (Der Greif, online) and Not Quite There (TRU Art Gallery, Canada).
She is currently attending an MFA in Choreography at the Danish National School of Performing Arts.