{"id":2978,"date":"2023-12-20T11:00:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T16:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/?page_id=2978"},"modified":"2024-03-13T16:26:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T20:26:28","slug":"silvia-battaglio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/silvia-battaglio\/","title":{"rendered":"Silvia Battaglio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bu-slideshow-container silvia-battaglio-(eng) autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-3099\" data-slideshow-name=\"silvia-battaglio-(eng)\" data-slideshow-delay=\"5000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-3099\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-3099_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/womenandmasks\/files\/2024\/03\/Blue-Bride-636x424.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">The Blue Bride - Created, directed and starring Silvia Battaglio - Ph Roberta Savian<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-3099_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/womenandmasks\/files\/2024\/03\/on-the-other-side-1-636x358.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">On the Other Side - Created and directed by Silvia Battaglio; On stage Silvia Battaglio and Amina Amici - Ph Stefano Mazzotta<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-3099_2\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/womenandmasks\/files\/2024\/03\/On-the-Other-Side-2-636x358.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">On the Other Side - Created and directed by Silvia Battaglio; On stage Silvia Battaglio and Amina Amici - Ph Stefano Mazzotta<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-3099_3\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/womenandmasks\/files\/2024\/03\/On-the-Other-Side-3-636x477.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">On the Other Side - Created and directed by Silvia Battaglio; On stage Silvia Battaglio and Amina Amici - Ph Silvia Battaglio<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-3099\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-4\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<p>For an Italian Translation, click <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/silvia-battaglio-ita\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Performer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><b> director<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><b> trainer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, works steadily with the dance theatre company Zerogrammi, pursuing since 2004 her own authorial iter built on a <\/span><b>transdisciplinary language<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and focused on stage writing, collaborating on an artistic and pedagogical level with important organisations including l\u2019<\/span><b>ODIN TEATRET <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">founded by<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eugenio Barba.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In revisiting the great plays from the classical and contemporary repertoire, the creative work is oriented towards <\/span><b>dramaturgical research<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>experimentation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>mixing of languages<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the exploration of themes such as <\/span><b><i>female<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b><i>identity<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b><i>family<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b><i>power<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b><i>diversity<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, themes around which the project has been outlined and which have guided the shows realised to date, whose <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">meaning<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is to open up a possible view on the relationship of the <\/span><b>human being<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the <\/span><b>world<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After graduating in Social Sciences in 1999 from the University of Turin, she studied classical dance (R.A.D. Method) for ten years at the school directed by <\/span><b>Sara Acquarone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, expanding her choreographic studies with <\/span><b>Simona Bucci<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><b> Adriana Borriello<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><b> Roberto Castello<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><b> Michela Lucenti<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Abbondanza\/Bertoni<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. At the same time, in 1998, she completed the Course in Laban Movement Analysis in Bologna at the Art Therapy Italiana centre, before graduating in 2002 from the <\/span><b>SCUOLA DI FORMAZIONE SUPERIORE PER ATTORI<\/b> <b>&#8211; ERT EMILIA ROMAGNA TEATRO FONDAZIONE<\/b> <b>TEATRO NAZIONALE<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under the teaching of Stefano Vercelli. In the same years, he deepened his study of physical theatre, singing, vocal techniques and dramaturgical writing with <\/span><b>Mamadou Dioume<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><b> Renata Molinari<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><b> Anne Zenour<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><b> Imke Buchholz-McMurtrie<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><b> Eugenio Allegri<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and<\/span><b> Giuliano Scabia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. and then began his career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As <\/span><b>actress-dancer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> she has worked in various productions including <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don Chisciotte<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Romeo e Giulietta<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ERT &#8211; Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione production (Teatro Storchi 2001, Teatro delle Passioni 2002\/2003, Festival Sant&#8217;Arcangelo 2002\/2003, Butrinti Summer Festival 2002\/2003); <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biosculture<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ALDES production (TorinoDanza 2004); <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stravaganza<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2002) and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Il viaggio di Ulisse<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Tangram Teatro production (Teatro Stabile Torino 2007); <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fare albero<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Zerogrammi production (Teatro Piemonte Europa 2011); <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TitoloDaDefinire<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Zerogrammi production (Lavanderia a Vapore 2020); <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ristory. La finestra sul racconto<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, University of Turin project (2020); <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Progetto Nomis<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Gruppo Abele Onlus\/Castello di Rivoli project (2021).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2005, she has been directing creations of which she is author, director and performer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her new creation, <\/span><b><i>Dall&#8217;altra parte<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, premiering nationally in autumn 2023 as part of the <\/span><b>FESTIVAL APERTO &#8211; FONDAZIONE I TEATRI DI REGGIO EMILIA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is freely inspired by Ariel Dorfman&#8217;s play. The show has recently been awarded the \u2018<\/span><b><i>PREMIO DRAMMATURGIA CONTEMPORANEA E TEATRO DI FIGURA &#8211; CONTEMPORARY DRAMATURGY AND FIGURE THEATRE AWARD\u2019 <\/i><\/b><b>(Fondazione Otello SARZI)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> entering in partnership with <\/span><b>Fondazione I TEATRI di Reggio Emilia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>ERT &#8211; Fondazione Emilia Romagna Teatro<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>FTS &#8211; Fondazione Toscana Spettacolo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Teatro Akropolis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The show was selected among the winning projects of the \u2018<\/span><b><i>BANDO CURA 2023 &#8211; Interregional artistic residencies\u2019<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> entering in partnership with <\/span><b>Teatro Area Nord<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and it was also selected for the \u2018<\/span><b><i>TAD RESIDENCY 2023\u2019<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> project (<\/span><b>TTB Teatro Tascabile Bergamo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Festival Danza Estate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Contemporary Locus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Between 2021 and 2022, she directed and performed <\/span><b><i>La Sposa Blu<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a play freely inspired by the fairy tale <\/span><b><i>Bluebeard<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Charles Perrault, co-produced by the <\/span><b>ISTITUTO PER I BENI MARIONETTISTICI E IL TEATRO POPOLARE<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The show, after its 2021 premiere at the INCANTI Festival &#8211; International Figure Theatre Review, had its national premiere in May 2022 in the season of <\/span><b>TPE &#8211; FONDAZIONE TEATRO PIEMONTE EUROPA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and, after the summer tour in 2022 realised in collaboration with <\/span><b>CEDAC &#8211; CIRCUITO MULTIDISCIPLINARE SPETTACOLO SARDEGNA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it started an intense tour currently underway between Piedmont, Lombardy, Abruzzo, Emilia Romagna and Spain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the artistic projects realised during his career, of particular note is the <\/span><b><i>TRILOGIA DELL\u2019IDENTITA\u2019 &#8211; TRILOGY OF IDENTITY<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is part of <\/span><b><i>Ballata per Minotauro<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> inspired by Friedrich Durrenmatt&#8217;s play (2020; Festival Summer Palys\/Teatro Stabile Torino); <\/span><b><i>Orlando.Le primavere<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the famous novel <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orlando<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Virginia Woolf (2017; Teatro Stabile Torino); <\/span><b><i>Lolita<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> inspired by Vladimir Nabokov&#8217;s novel (2015; Odin Teatret; Teatro Stabile Torino).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2012, the meeting with <\/span><b>ODIN TEATRET<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is decisive, cause it marks a turning point in his professional career, allowing the start of a long period of study and artistic residency in Denmark, under the artistic supervision of <\/span><b>Eugenio Barba<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Julia Varley<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the following co-production of <\/span><b><i>Lolita<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which had its international premiere within the 2013\/2014 season of ODIN TEATRET itself, and then its national premiere in 2015 at <\/span><b>TEATRO STABILE TORINO<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the creations in the repertoire are <\/span><b><i>IoLorenzo&amp;Giulia<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2012; Teatro Piemonte Europa). <\/span><b><i>Le corps de Jeanne<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2011; Teatro Piemonte Europa); <\/span><b><i>Io amo Helen<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2010; Odin Teatret); <\/span><b><i>Verso Elettra<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2009; Teatro Piemonte Europa); <\/span><b><i>Un sogno per Maria<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2008; Teatro Piemonte Europa); <\/span><b><i>Ofelia<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2005; Teatro Stabile Torino).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to her creative work, her pedagogical commitment has continued since 2005 with the collaboration of important local organisations, including the <\/span><b>University of Turin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>University of Salento<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>Fondazione Gruppo Abele<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The main objective of her pedagogical practice is to offer useful tools for human and artistic growth, and at the same time to assist the development of students&#8217; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">critical sense<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In this direction, <\/span><b>Progetto LaRT &#8211; Laboratorio Ricerca Teatrale<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was established in 2014, in collaboration with Tangram Teatro and Zerogrammi, with the aim of building a path of higher education through a study methodology oriented towards research theatre.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the academic year 2023\/2024, she is working as a <\/span><b>teacher in physical theatre<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the <\/span><b>UNIVERSITY OF PADUA &#8211; Department of Linguistic and Literary Studies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, conducting the <\/span><b><i>Annual Physical Theatre Workshop in French<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, aimed at staging the play L&#8217;\u00e8cole des bouffons by Michel De Ghelderode, in collaboration with Professor Anna Bettoni. Again for the University of Padua, in November 2023 he gave a theoretical-practical lecture, <\/span><b><i>Figure of the Body: Dramaturgies between human and non-human<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as part of the <\/span><b>Course Theatres of Figures. Stories and Aesthetics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Professor Cristina Grazioli. During the academic year 2022\/2023, she worked for the <\/span><b>UNIVERSITY OF PADUA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as <\/span><b>professor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, teaching the <\/span><b><i>Laboratory of Theatre-Dance<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> included in the academic programme of the Degree Course &#8211; DAMS Scienze dello Spettacolo e Produzione Multimediale.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the various teaching projects that she have conducted in recent years, of particular note is the <\/span><b><i>Singing Bodies project<\/i><\/b> <b><i>&#8211; Singing and Movement Workshop<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, aimed at adolescents included in the family integration project of the <\/span><b>City of Turin &#8211; Social Services Division<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, for which the cultural association BIANCATEATRO, of which she is artistic director, won the 2020 <\/span><b>CASA AFFIDO<\/b> <b>CALL<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She also work as a teacher of physical theatre within the professional training projects for dancers and actors of the Zerogrammi company (<\/span><b>PROGETTO PIUME 2022<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><b>PROGETTO INVENTARIO 2023<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Awards<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>prizes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>TAD Residency<\/b> <b>2023<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Teatro Tascabile Bergamo\/Festival Danza Estate\/Contemporary Locus\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bando CURA 2023<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; IDRA Residenze Artistiche Interregionali<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Premio Drammaturgia contemporanea e Teatro di Figura<\/b> <b>2022<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Fondazione Sarzi<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Selezione Progetto Cantiere 2020<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Festival INCANTI\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Selezione Festival Pendientes de un Hilo 2022<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Teatro Pradilllo Madrid<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Finalista Strabismi Festival<\/b> <b>2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Dominio Pubblico\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bando BRACT 2018<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Breve Residenza Artistica di Comunit\u00e0 e Territorio\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Residenza Multidisciplinare Arte Transitiva 2018<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Stalker Teatro\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Premio CROSS International Performance Award<\/b> <b>2016<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; CROSS Festival\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Selezione Il Cielo su Torino 2015<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; TST Teatro Stabile Torino\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Selezione residenza artistica 2012<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Odin Teatret \/ Eugenio Barba <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Silvia&#8217;s website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silviabattaglio.com\/\">https:\/\/www.silviabattaglio.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For an Italian Translation, click here. Performer, director, trainer, works steadily with the dance theatre company Zerogrammi, pursuing since 2004 her own authorial iter built on a transdisciplinary language and focused on stage writing, collaborating on an artistic and pedagogical level with important organisations including l\u2019ODIN TEATRET founded by Eugenio Barba. 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