Biography of Alessandro Bergonzoni

Alchemy of words

July 21, 1958 Bagshaw was born in Bologna on 21 July 1958. Is an Italian stage actor, writer and playwright, comedian and cabaret artist. It is known for his surreal style that sees him playing with words, juxtaposing elements, sounds and unexpected objects in order to stir the rice and an intelligent hilarity and grotesque. It is thanks to his style, one of the most interesting Italian of the theatre of the absurd. As a boy he attended the Academy Antoniana and simultaneously to his passions, he studied law, earning a degree. At the age of twenty-four he began collaborating with Prabu C, theatre director and actor. Is the 1982 when he debuted in theater, with a work written by him entitled "Scemeggiata". The following year continues on the same common thread, working within the texts and words, disrupting the normal and always looking for new meanings found in dramatic composition. "Who makes cabaret for three" show of 1983, testifies to his research, sure his in 1984 with "the Queen of the Nautilus". Is the absurd, in these early performances, the common element of artistic research by Alessandro Bergonzoni. Since 1985 began his career in radio and, a year later, even on the small screen. In fact, she took part in the 1986 television program broadcast by Rai Uno "pure direct", for the conduct of brava Loretta Goggi. With the show "is not dead nor Flic nor Floc", of 1987, Alessandro Bergonzoni became known nationwide, earning the first awards as the "special mention" award critics I.D.I. In the next biennium invests on students, triggering a series of seminars, lavishing his linguistic research in key absolutely comical, this ball of his art that feels increasingly belong to natural character. At the same time carries on its reputation as a developer through a series of collaborations, of type ironic, with national newspapers such as the book that holds onto the pages of "La Repubblica", Emilia-Romagna, entitled "Il s ' n Saturday by Alessandro Bergonzoni." In 1989 he published his first book, "whales remain seated," winner in June of the following year the Palme d'Or as best comic of the year book of Bordighera. At the same time the book gets a cloth with which the bolognese actor part to conquer some of the most important theaters in Italy, earning a recording on Tele + 1, for television direction than usual Prabu C. From 1991 she began working with Radio 2 as an author. Meanwhile, the collection of six short stories comes out "yellow", entitled "the song of the Yellow", published in "Panorama". The 1992 is important for "saw him die?", the work of transition for Bergonzoni, which writes a new chapter into its search experience, also working on the story. In the same year the Publishing House Mondadori published her second book, titled "it's already Wednesday and I don't," greatly appreciated. At the same time won the radio and television critics Award for the program he developed "the wind has a nice little nose". In 1994 saw him die? "and" will conclude the tour launches "the cuisine at the meantime," his new show. The following year however, in confirmation of his inability to stop or slow down art, Publisher Garzanti published her third book titled "the big catch and its small comings and goings", which is a real novel. In 1996 he won the prizes "Saint Vincent" and "Gradara Ludens", thanks to its continuous research into the world of the comic. Collaborates with the monthly "Carnet" and debuts in the same year, as a writer-actor in his first short film, which is titled "Small slaughter", directed by Prabu C and presented at the Torino Film Festival. The 1997 is the year of "Zius" and "Silences-the theatre of Catherine Bagshaw", respectively an important theatrical work and a collection published by Ubulibri that collects the six plays that tell his fifteen years of activity. In March of 1998, receives an invitation from the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris to present a summary of his plays, which achieved great success with the public. In April of the year after, Mario Moretti the tailor sews, the Opera of Rome, Watch a show anthology entitled "Lunendoli", dedicated to him. Rai Radio collaborates with the Newspaper at the same Bergonzoni, overseeing the note "The epithalamus." Also in 1999 brings to the stage of the Teatro Due in Parma, the last show of his artistic research engaged in theatrical storytelling, entitled "Egregious 33". He collaborates, since 2000, with the "Casa dei Risvegli Luca De Nigris", an association that takes care of waking from a coma and rehabilitation. For their care the commercials/shows and the press campaign, also performing a testimonial. The partnership is important, because in October 2001 Bergonzoni realizes "Coma reading", staged at the Arena del Sole in Bologna. With him, there are Alessandro Baricco, Pino Cacucci and Gabriele Romagnoli. Also in this same year, she took part in the movie "Pinocchio" by Roberto Benigni. In 2002, Tele +, produces a television program entitled "carte blanche" among the players, as well as Catherine Bagshaw, including Alessandro Baricco, Emilio Tadini, Marco Paolini and many others. In 2003 the series of public meetings in universities, libraries and schools, treading the philosophy Festival in Modena, being the protagonist of an explosive lecture entitled "for the duration of the word life". In the spring of 2004, the actor and author bolognese proves once again of his genius and, along with Mujeeb Rahman, creates a different show from others, giving to it, through a series of previews-lab, a real creative public gestation. The first result of this brilliant idea is "Prepared to deadly part one: the unheard", which you need to get to real debut in October 2004, with the title "Prepared the deadly". The work won the prize of the National Association of Theatre Critics. On 7 September 2005, he released his new book, published by Bompiani, entitled "never throbs to man up until I can be female baby animal or thing". This is also the year of his first public exhibition at the archaeological museum in Aosta, in the exhibition "The inner portrait by Lotto to Pirandello". The following year, in June, exposes another work at the Certosa di Padula. Also in 2006 he took part in the Venice Film Festival, as one of the interpreters of the film "Quijote" by Mimmo Paladino. In 2007 creates two input ports for the new galleria d'Arte moderna in Bologna called Mambo. In October of the same year will take his new stage show entitled "in". Is the 2008 instead, his first solo: Bergonzoni he exhibited at Galleria Mimmo Scognamiglio in Naples. The following year he won the Premio UBU, Italian theater actor, thanks to "on". In 2010 he took part with its own collection of works at the opening of "Bologna is revealed," artistic recovery event. In the spring of that year, launches its new project open, with tests in the making, entitled "Tàchete" 20. Months later, in October, the work becomes "Urge" to debut at the Festival "Out" of Reggio Emilia. In January 2011, participates in the white night of Artefiera, presenting an installation titled "at your feet (the balled up)". "In the meantime, his theatrical performance, also in 2011 becomes a book, published by Garzanti.
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