Davide Accossato

Tap dance performer, teacher and choreographer.

Born in Turin, Italy, Davide trained at “Steps On Broadway” in New York City, and at the “escuela de dansa LUTHIER” in Barcelona.

He performed in the musical Gloria Pax in Terra by Mario Restagno, in Verdi’s operetta Ballo in Maschera, and in several shows with Paolo Ravera’s Dance Session Group. He also performed at the opening of the Paralympics in 2006 in Turin and in the opening ceremony of the Fencing World Championships in 2006. He performed in a solo tap dance “Singin in the rain” in the transmission of Raffaella Carra “Gran Concerto” aired on the Main Italian National Television channel RAI 3.

Davide is the organizer of the “Turin Tap Festival”, the first international Tap Dance Festival in Italy.

He is a tap dance teacher at M.A.S. Music Art & Show in Milan, Carma Academy, and BIT Academy in Turin, and a tap dance choreographer for the Bit Company of Turin and Neverland Company of Fano.

In 2017 he was awarded Best Dancer by FINI dance Festival High Jonio Dance Award. Since 2017 he has taught and performed for the Ajkun Ballet Theater in New York.