Marisa Villa is Responsible for Dance and Iolanda Gazzerro Theatre School at ERT Emilia Romagna Teatro / Teatro Nazionale, where she previously held the positions of Theatre Seasons and Fundraising Coordinator (2019-2022), Coordinator of the Iolanda Gazzerro Theatre School (2015-2019) and Company Administrator and Production Manager (2009-2011).
After graduating in Theatre History (University of Florence, 2004) and in Management of Theatre and Cultural Activities (Paolo Grassi School in Milan, 2005), she worked for Agidi s.r.l. and in the Innovation and Development area in Paolo Grassi Theatre School (2007-2009).
Between 2011 and 2014 she worked on production, organisation, tour management and administration for the performing arts, and as an advisor on running a cultural business (in the field of performing arts in particular), at the independent cultural association AV Turné, of which she is a member, designing and implementing, among many other projects, the “Sportello del teatrante in crisi” (a counselling for performers in need) and the first editions of IT Festival in Milan.
Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione (ERT) is the permanent public theatre institution of the Emilia Romagna Regional Council operating in the towns of Modena, Bologna, Cesena, Vignola and Castelfranco Emilia. Since 2015, ERT has been one of the six Italian National Theatres.
ERT aims to face The New, which should not be referred to as a style, but rather as a practice to rework what has been done in the past, as the impulse to effect change while respecting the delicate interweave of memory and future, tradition and research. Since this change involves both theatre languages and surrounding reality, changing theatre practice means changing the world. To the ERT foundation, theatre is a value to preserve, a precious public asset, a top priority among community interests. It is a necessary space, enabling active and conscious learning through the great variety of experiences it offers.
ERT is committed to taking care of local communities and developing strong roots in its territory, in order to build solid relations with the national theatre system and focus on what is going on in the rest of the world. The foundation’s tireless efforts aim to take local artists to national and international stages and host the most relevant theatre productions from Italy and abroad. Europe is a cradle of essential values inherited from history as well as an open space for dialogue and exchange. Through the development of international relations, ERT contributes to the definition of a broader European culture.
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