Alessandro Pontremoli is Professor of theater and dance studies at D.A.M.S. at the University of Turin. Since 2004 he is Scientific Director of the Master in Social and Community Theater at the University of Turin. Since 2010 he is member of the Dance Commission at the Ministry of Culture.
Among his publications: La danza. Storia, teoria, estetica nel Novecento, RomaBari, Laterza, 2002; Danza e Rinascimento, Macerara, Ephemeria, 2011 (Premio Pirandello 2015); Elementi di teatro educativo, sociale e di comunità, Torino, UTET, 2015.