francesca lazzeri (1991) graduated in 2016 in visual and physical performing arts at the amsterdam university of arts (mime education).
before arriving to the netherlands she had been working and studying physical theatre and performing arts in different countries such as italy, switzerland, ireland and russia.
since her graduation she’s been actively working as a theatre maker, dramaturg, adviser/mentor at the mime education and as a physical performer. between 2015 and 2019 she had been making performances inside the performance collective wild vlees. afterwards she continued creating work under her own name.
francesca distinguishes herself for her uncompromising, outspoken and direct signature. her work is highly visual and often physically demanding. her performances address the visitors in their intimate and personal space, questioning and problematising how we live with one another in western european countries. the work of francesca searches for a dialogue with different contexts both within the netherlands and abroad.
as a performer her starting point is movement, performed with transparency and directness.
francesca is and has been creating work thanks to the support of partners theaterfestival boulevard, festival cement, frascati productie, spring festival, het huis utrecht, schweigman&, workspacebrussels, theater rotterdam and plan talentontwikkeling brabant, fonds podiumkunsten (nieuwe makers regeling 2017-19).