Gestures and historical acting techniques

Deda Cristina Colonna is a director and choreographer. Her preferred repertoire is 17th and 18th century opera and contemporary music theater. Her work is strongly influenced by her own stage experience as a dancer and actress. Her particular expertise lies in baroque dance, rhetorical gestures and historically informed acting. Based on historically informed stage practice, her direction seeks contact with today's audience.

Deda Cristina Colonna graduated in ballet from the Civico Istituto Musicale Brera (Novara) and the École Supérieure d'Etudes Chorégraphiques (Paris). She completed her studies at the Sorbonne (Paris) and specialized in Renaissance and Baroque dance. She also graduated from the drama school of the Teatro Stabile di Genova and performed in productions ranging from Shakespeare to Cechov and Genet in Italy, France and Germany. She worked with the company "Theater der Klänge" (Düsseldorf) and was a soloist and guest choreographer with the New York Baroque Dance Company.

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