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Biography
Director and Italian poet. Graduate in dramaturgy at the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy of Bologna, Italy, he made his debut at Teatro Laboratorio in Verona in the early 80's as assistant to Ezio Maria Caserta. In 1984 he created his own circus, Clown's Circus, which is the first example of a theatrical direction applied to classical circus in the history of Italian circus.

He was one of the founders of the Accademia d’Arte Circense of Verona (1988), where he taught the "History of the Circus" (1988 - 1989).

He directed the International Circus Festival "City of Verona" (1992 - 1994). Verona Circus Festival

From 2009 to 2011, he was artistic director of "Salieri Opera Festival", Legnago, Verona. Salieri Opera Festival

He is currently president of ANSAC (the National Association for the Development of Circus Arts) and of CEDAC (the Educational Center for Documentation of Circus Arts) in Verona.

As a circus historian, he is the author of various publications and represents the World Circus Federation with conferences in Europe, China and Canada.

As a poet, historian and journalist, he has published several books.

He was a member of the Circus and Traveling Circus Commission at the Italian Ministry of Cultural Activities (1996 - 2002).

Circus art directions
Among his principal circus art directions should be remembered:
 * Il Florilegio di Darix Togni - "Il Circo in Arena" - Verona, then French tour (1991 - 1998).
 * Hermann Renz - "Bellissimo" - Dutch tour 2007 then Paris under the name Cirque Jean Richard.
 * Nikulin Circus - "Carnevale" - Moscow, Russia (2015).
 * Nikulin Circus - Veneziano - Izhevsk, Russia (2016). Izhevsk Circus
 * Hi-Ten Circus – Hiten Show - Lijiang, China (2016).
 * Hi-Ten Circus – "Venice Tribute"- Beijing, China (2018).

Equestrian art directions
Among his principal circus art directions should be remembered:
 * Gala d'Oro Fieracavalli - Verona (from 1985 to 2019). Gala d'Oro Fieracavalli
 * Arena – Zlatne Grive - Pula - Croatia (1988 – 1989)
 * Bobbejaanland – Rêve, an equestrian dream - Belgique (2009)
 * Nuit du Cheval – Horse Music- Paris (2013).
 * Nuit du Cheval – Horse Dance-Paris (2014). Nuit du Cheval 2014

Art direction for theater and dance

 * "Ringraziamento all'Arte ch'io professo", texts and music by Antonio Salieri, Salieri Opera Festival, Legnago, Verona (2009 - 2011) with Ugo Pagliai the role of Antonio Salieri.
 * RBR Dance Company - "Varietas Delectat" - tours in Italy and St. Petersburg, Russia (2009 - 2012). Salieri to the Hermitage
 * Equestrian Theater - "White. A Journey in the colour of dreams"(2014 - 2016). White, Equestrian dream

Essays

 * CEDAC – Documenti e attività 2003-2006 (with Alessandro Serena), Edizioni Equilibrando, 2006. ISBN 978-88-95424-05-7
 * Corpo Animali Meraviglie. Le arti circensi a Verona tra Sette e Novecento (with Alessandro Serena), Edizioni Equilibrando, 2013. ISBN 978-88-95424-06-4

Poems

 * ”Simbiosi”, Edizioni MG, 1978.
 * Carnaval, (photo by Marco Bertin) Edizioni Giunti, Florence, II° ed., 1995.
 * Masquerade (photo by Marco Bertin) Editions Edel Classics, Hambourg, 2005.ISBN 3-937406--33-6
 * Il Circo Classico (photo and poems by Antonio Giarola), Edizioni Equilibrando, 2007, texts in Italian, English and Dutch. ISBN 978-88-95424-00-2
 * White. Un viaggio nel colore dei nostri sogni (Texts from the same show), Edizioni Equilibrando, Verona, 2014.

Translations

 * Antinoo, “Epigrammi d’amore”, (Greek translation into Italian), Edizioni Equilibrando, 2012.Antinoo, Epigrammi d'amore
 * Gustavo Bernstein, “Esercizi di fede”, (Spanish to Italian translation), Edizioni Equilibrando, 2018. ISBN 978-88-95424-15-6