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Show
Michel The Animals I Am
Chiara Bersani
November 11 – 12, 2025
Tickets
Full: €18
Under 30 / over 65 / groups: €12
Students: €9
Membership: included with subscription
Michel – The Animals I Am was born as a natural evolution of a solo created and performed by Chiara Bersani in 2021, L’ANIMALE, which explored and re-adapted the codes of classical ballet to a divergent body, like that of the artist, who lives with brittle bone disease. In 2022, as part of the festival FOG Performing Arts, the solo was passed on to another performer, Veronica Tulli, who shares the same genetic disorder. In 2025, the project evolves further into a choral version: three performers with disabilities bring Michel – The Animals I Am to life, going beyond the idea of the disabled artist as an isolated “exception”. The artist draws inspiration from Michel Petrucciani, a jazz pianist with the same genetic condition, often celebrated as a “genius”. Giving space to different bodies, new expressive possibilities, and forms of representation, the piece dissolves the concept of uniqueness through a political statement that questions the paradigms of dance and performance art.
Chiara Bersani is an Italian performer and author active in the field of performing arts, research theater and contemporary dance. Her works, presented in international circuits, are born as creations in dialogue with spaces of different nature and are mainly aimed at a “neighbor” to the scene. Her research as an interpreter and author is based on the concept of the “Political Body” and the creation of practices aimed at training its presence and action. The “manifest” work of this research is Gentle Unicorn (2017), a performance included in the Aerowaves platform, which earned her the 2018 UBU Award for best new actress / performer under 35, and the prestigious Total Theatre Award at the Edinburgh Festival in 2019. In 2023 the Kunsthaus Baselland hosted Deserters, Bersani’s first solo exhibition in a European institution in collaboration with Gamec in Bergamo. For the three-year period 2025-2027, she is an associate artist of Triennale Milano Teatro.
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Info
The November 12 performance is accessible to blind and visually impaired individuals thanks to the poetic audio description curated by dramaturg Camilla Guarino and artist Giuseppe Comuniello. For more information and reservations, please write to access@triennale.org.
The performance is accessible to deaf and hearing impaired through the Sennheiser MobileConnect system. A smartphone is required, and wired headphones are recommended for better audio quality.
The performance is included in the Invito a Teatro subscription.
Credits
Concept, choreography: Chiara Bersani
Performers: Anna Maria Pes, Annalisa Frascari, Carolina Ellero
Lighting design and technical care: Valeria Foti
Set Design: Valeria Foti and Richard Gargiulo
Sound: Francesco Rofi Pallone
Costumes: Giulia Merlini and Ettore Lombardi
Tour technician: Eva Luna Thomann
Theoretical support: Giulia Traversi
Movement consultant: Marta Ciappina
Vocal dramaturgy: Ernani Maletta, Francesca Dalla Monica
Assistant: Simone Chiacchiararelli
Promotion, curation, booking: Giulia Traversi
Accessibility, communication and press kit: Flavia Dalila D’Amico
Logistics, organization, production: Eleonora Cavallo
Administration: Chiara Fava
Production: Corpoceleste_C.C.00#
Co-production: Snaporazverein (Samaden, CH), Theaterfestival Boulevard (S-Hertogenbosch, NL)
With the support of: Alkantara Festival and Centro de Arte Moderna, Gulbenkian (Lisbon, PRT) Ring Project by Festival Aperto / I Teatri Reggio Emilia Foundation - Bolzano Danza / Haydn Foundation - FOG Triennale Milano Performing Arts - Torinodanza Festival / Teatro Stabile di Torino Foundation - Teatro Nazionale
Associated Partner: Lavanderia a Vapore / Piemonte dal Vivo Foundation (ITA)
Chiara Bersani is Associated Artist of Triennale Milano Teatro 2025–2027
With the contribution of: Regione Lombardia
Calendar
Highlights
Mostra sugli Studi delle proporzioni, allestimento dell'architetto Francesco Gnecchi-Ruscone, esposto nella mostra Studi sulle proporzioni
Veduta notturna dell’abitazione a cupola geodetica di Füller, progetto dell’allestimento dell’architetto Roberto Mango, realizzata nel parco Sempione per la decima Triennale
Caleidoscopio nella Sezione introduttiva a carattere internazionale, nel Salone d'onore
Sculture piramidali di Lynn Chadwick, nell’allestimento del Grande numero: l’intervento figurativo a grande scala