Chiara Bersani und Marco D' Agostin
Biography
Chiara Bersani is an Italian performer and author active in the field of performing arts, research theatre and contemporary dance. As an interpreter and as a director/ choreographer she moves through different languages and visions. Her works, presented in international circuits, are born as creations in dialogue with spaces of different nature and are mainly aimed at a “neighbour” to the scene. Her research as an interpreter and author is based on the concept of the “Political Body” and the creation of practices aimed at training its presence and action. The “manifest” work of this research is Gentle Unicorn, a performance included in the Aerowaves platform. For the rigor in embodying this study she is awarded the UBU Award for best new actress/ performer under 35 for 2018. In August 2019, during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Gentle Unicorn and Chiara Bersani won the first prize in the dance category of the Total Theatre Awards. Chiara Bersani is an artist of apap – Advancing Performing arts project – Feminist Future, a project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, until 2024.
https://www.chiarabersani.it/bio/
Marco D’Agostin (1987, Italy) is an Italian artist active in the fields of dance and performance. He is an Associated Artist to the Piccolo Teatro in Milan in 22/24. His work questions the role and functioning of memory and focuses on the relationship between performer and spectator. Since 2010 he has developed his own choreographic research taking part in numerous international projects (ChoreoRoam Europe, Act Your Age, Triptych). He presented his works in many European festivals and venues. In 2020 he was invited to the Dance Biennale in Venice, to create a new creation for the dancers of the Biennale College. In summer 2021, he premiered with two new creations: BEST REGARDS (UBU Award 20/21 nomination as best dance performance) in the Venice Biennale programme and SAGA. He is winner of two UBU awards, the most important aknowledgement in Italian theatre, and of the 4th Special Riccione Prize for dramaturgical innovation.