Romina de Novellis

Romina De Novellis, an Italian performer born in Naples (1982), was a longtime resident of Rome. After many years dedicated to dance and theater, she graduated from the Royal Academy of Dance de London and continued her studies at the University of Rome 3. She lives in Paris, where she is a PhD student in Anthropology et Sociology at the EHESS. Her thesis is on the anthropology of the body. Her artistic work is on the concept of the body in terms of public processions, installed in urban spaces and followed by the gaze of passers-by. Gesture is at the center of these paintings that come to life through her body. Her aim is to show how a state of trance, alienation and madness, can manifest on the body, especially in the precarious human conditions that exist on the margins of society (related to employment, wide social networks, and family). Women, Saints, Daughters, Icons of everyday life, the protagonists of Romina De Novellis's work originate from her studies in anthropology and ethnomusicology. These women become a social message and, at the same time, politics.

Performances
Performance, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris, 2013 Frasq festival performance, Le Générateur, Paris 2012 La Nuit Blanche 2012, Paris Exposition Noli me Tangere, curator Raffaella Barbato, Disturb, Napoli Dimanche rouge festival performance 2012, Paris La Nuit des Galeries, Circuito 2012, Parcours Nomades 2012, Mairie de Paris Les états limites, exhibition at 7.5 Club, Paris Exposition Corps, Paysages, Mutations, Inception Gallery, Paris Chez Marc Lenot, Les Lunettes Rouges, blog contemporary art Le Monde, Paris In collaboration with Nadine Sures, Canadian performer, with the support of State of Canada Zico House – Beirut, Libano. 2011 Performance/Exposition Resistance, curator Moataz Nasar, Darb 11718 contemporary art center, Cairo, Egypt Performance/Exposition Conductions, curator David Zerbib, Jeune Création, Le 104, Paris La Nuit Blanche 2011, Circuito festival performing art 2011, Mairie de Paris and Mairie de Clichy Lady Fest 2011, Rome
 * La Pecora
 * The Garland – memory of a family celebration / Le Guirlande – souvenir d’une fête en famille
 * Forza Francia, Viva Italia !
 * The Cage – tableau vivant of a beast / La Gabbia – tableau vivant d’une bête
 * The wedding – the weight of a life together
 * The last supper / L’ultima cena
 * The cage – tableau vivant of a beast / La Gabbia – tableau vivant d’un bête
 * The Baptisme / Le Baptême
 * The wake – La Veglia – La Veille
 * The Multiplication / La Multiplication
 * LABN milk/sperm
 * Venus wash cloths / Vénus lave les chiffons
 * Beltway / Périphérique
 * The firefly / La lucciola
 * Tha Multiplication / La Multiplication