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Kinkaleri was founded in 1995 as a gathering of formats and media hanging in the balance. Kinkaleri’s productions have always followed different paths – shows, performances, installations, videos, sound projects, stagings, publications – and have been presented in contemporary art museums, theatres, festivals, dance and theatre programs, film festivals, sound installations, clubs, TV shows. Kinkaleri’s works have featured in several hybrid programs and have played a prominent role in the avant-garde scene, both in Italy and abroad: Milan, CRT and UOVO Festival; Santarcangelo Festival; Prato Teatro Fabbricone; Terni, Es.terni; Ferrara, Teatro Comunale; Turin, Teatro Regio; Paris, Centre Pompidou Les Spectacles Vivants; Brussels, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Beijing, Italy’s Year in China Oriental Pioneer theatre; Tokyo, Body/Other; Hamburg, Kampnagel; Wien, TanzQuartier; Berlin, Hebbel-am-Ufer and TanzImAugust, Nyon, Far Festival des arts. During these years they have also collaborated with various artist including Emanuele Becheri, Jacopo Benassi, Riccardo Benassi, Canedicoda, Daniela Cattivelli, John Giorno, Invernomuto, Jacopo Miliani, Margherita Morgantin, Nation25, Paolo Parisi, Tempo Reale, Nico Vascellari. In 2002, the company received the prize “Lo Straniero - Scommesse per il futuro” and again in 2002, the company was awarded the Ubu Prize for the work , nominated for best dance-theatre piece of the year: “one of the most astonishing performances of the season, blurring boundaries between genres” (M. Marino). Since 2001, Kinkaleri has been based in Prato at spazioK, in the former industrial area of the old town. Since 2013, spazioK is a regional centre for artistic residencies and develops creative interdisciplinary projects with new generations of artists. SpazioK also houses the projects is it my world? and Body To Be, series of performing arts residencies. The group is currently composed of three members: Massimo Conti, Marco Mazzoni, Gina Monaco.