Artists
About Artist
Romeo Castellucci
Director, Artist
Born in 1960 in Cesena,
Castellucci graduated in stage design and painting from the Academy of Fine
Arts in Bologna. In 1981, he founded the Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio together
with Claudia Castellucci and Chiara Guidi. In the beginning of the Eighties he
focused his interest on theatre and painting, also holding some exhibitions.
Considered to be a trailblazer of avant-garde theater in Italy, Castellucci
presented several performances as an author and director, also creating sets,
lights, sounds and costumes. Known as an author of a theatre addressed to a
"total" perception, he has written several books about dramaturgy. In 2005 he
was appointed as the director of the Theatre Section of the 37th Venetian
Biennale, and in 2008 he was an Associate Artist of the Avignon International
Festival.
Among his representative
works are: "Hamlet. The vehement exteriority of a mollusc's death" (1992),
"Oresteia (an organic comedy?)" (1995), "Julius Caesar" (1997), "Genesis. From
the museum of sleep" (1999), "Voyage au bout de la nuit" (1999), "Il
Combattimento" (2000), "Tragedia Endogonidia" (2001-04), "Hey Girl!" (2006),
and Dante's La Divina Commedia: "Inferno", "Purgatorio" and "Paradiso".