Alessandra Lanciotti


Acrobatics


Alessandra Lanciotti

She began studying artistic gymnastics at the age of 7, then integrated her physical training with modern dance and dance theater, eventually moving on to circus techniques of aerial acrobatics and vertical dance. In 1999, she graduated from the International Theater Academy and in 2001, she earned a degree in Modern Letters, majoring in Performing Arts, with a thesis in Theater History at the La Sapienza University of Rome. An actress of gesture and speech, acrobat, stilt walker, clown, dancer, trapeze artist, she studied dance theater with masters such as Hal Yamanouchi, Lindsay Kemp, Soléne Fiumani, Moses Pendleton. She studied as a theatrical clown with Vladimir Olshansky (solo clown of Cirque du Soleil). She studied aerial acrobatics, among others, with Roberto Magro, Valeria Zurlo, and other national and international artists. In 2000, along with other artists, she founded the Materiaviva Performance company, creating research performances that combine circus arts with theatrical language. Since 2010, she has been collaborating with the Italo-French company Mattatoio Sospeso in vertical dance and street theater shows, participating in festivals in various European and non-European countries. Since 2012, she has been the co-director of the Furio Camillo Theater in Rome. Together with the Archimandrita association, she produces shows and organizes theater festivals. Since 2013, she has been the artistic director of the International Circus Theater Festival "Battiti". Since 2016, she has been part of the working group of the FNAS (National Federation of Street Artists) and since 2018, she has been a national councilor for the professional companies sector. In 2017, she co-founded the Materiaviva Academy, a circus theater training school, where she teaches aerial acrobatics and body expression. Since 2022, she has been the artistic director of the Italian Artists Cooperative in Turin.