https://www.francescalazzeri.com/about daily 0.75 2021-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617d3e9224946951546303ca/b735c1f1-9e75-464d-a743-2143b4af568b/foto+about+1+%282%29.jpg about 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). https://www.francescalazzeri.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617d3e9224946951546303ca/8467db15-f5ba-4ee1-8941-8fcd10387850/FOTO+CONTACT+PAGE.JPG contact https://www.francescalazzeri.com/foundation daily 0.75 2022-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617d3e9224946951546303ca/35ee7e6a-ab04-4c0c-ad88-01528231a766/IMG_2132.jpg foundation r.e.d. https://www.francescalazzeri.com/work daily 1.0 2021-10-31 https://www.francescalazzeri.com/work/lightning-strike monthly 0.5 2021-11-19 https://www.francescalazzeri.com/work/birds-without-flight-m6w8n monthly 0.5 2021-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617d3e9224946951546303ca/ef186ddb-8aef-4937-b705-bafbee475b6f/birds+without+flight.JPG work - birds without flight ‘birds without flight is an ideal moment to unravel. in a refined game of light, sound and wind, you feel like a tiny part of a mighty green world.’ de volkskrant https://www.francescalazzeri.com/work/everything-interpreted-intensity monthly 0.5 2021-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617d3e9224946951546303ca/edf872ec-b225-4437-b4f6-a431557082d3/everything+must+be+interpreted+as+intensity++-+fotografie+Bas+de+Brouwer22.jpg work - everything must be interpreted as intensity ‘it is precisely the omission of that existential, human if too human tone that makes everything must be interpreted as intensity so interesting. If we could appreciate the intensity of other animals and things, consider ourselves as such, the world would probably look very different.’ theaterkrant https://www.francescalazzeri.com/work/shadow-usedto-have-density monthly 0.5 2021-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617d3e9224946951546303ca/8f486c7c-370a-42b4-8008-3dd9957187b5/my+shadow+used+to+have+a+density.jpg work - my shadow used to have a density ‘whether you take in the image as a whole or move closer and take a closer look at the plastic-cuffed living body, my shadow used to have a density generates very practical forms of distance, making you aware of what proximity might mean’ ‘keuze van de critics. theaterkrant’ https://www.francescalazzeri.com/work/wolves-have-always-eaten-sheep monthly 0.5 2021-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617d3e9224946951546303ca/615b72c6-2345-4313-b135-4451fd3697ba/dear+friend%2C+wolves+have+always+eaten+sheep.jpg work - dear friend, wolves have always eaten sheep ‘the performance carefully avoids a dramatic representation of the fate of refugees. instead of lending a certain drama to the perspective of the refugee looking for safety and peace, and staging action and heroism, the performance puts the spectator's perspective centre stage.‘ theaterkrant https://www.francescalazzeri.com/work/everything-human monthly 0.5 2021-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617d3e9224946951546303ca/3ccc648d-ee9b-460d-a9c7-4afdd153ee97/human+3.jpg work - when everything is human, the human is an entirely different thing ‘with minimal means, they know how to provoke the audience into asking strong questions. a reflection on nature, identity, the human condition.’ theaterkrant https://www.francescalazzeri.com/work/perishable-bodies monthly 0.5 2021-11-19 https://www.francescalazzeri.com/work/incomplete-life-v2 monthly 0.5 2021-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617d3e9224946951546303ca/cf73f19b-98f9-4fc5-90fc-21f10518f62b/an+incomplete+life.jpg work - an incomplete life ‘i won't tell you what it was, it is dead simple, far from grand, but oh so effective. this is how a man lives, and this is how he dies. ‘ theaterkrant. https://www.francescalazzeri.com/work/nine monthly 0.5 2021-11-19