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Eleonora Gronchi
Director, performer, playwright
Creator of multidisciplinary shows with a strong visual component . She works in contemporary theater , circus , and opera, driven by the need to redefine the coexistence of different art forms, investigating how the essence of each can flourish in relation to the others.
He was born in Italy in San Miniato, a town in the hills of Tuscany.
At the age of 11, she began her journey in the world of performing arts under the guidance of director Firenza Guidi . Thanks to her work with Guidi, she was introduced to contemporary performance art as well as traditional theater, and had the opportunity to collaborate with numerous international artists.
He works with ELAN Frantoio , the company founded by Guidi, for more than 20 years, performing in site-specific , multidisciplinary shows and under the idea of a "theater without a stage", where the relationship with the public is very direct and close, as if the spectators accompanied the actor inside a film set.
She graduated in Organization and Management of Companies and Events of Art and Entertainment from the University of Florence and later in Lyric Singing at the Martini Higher Conservatory of Bologna where she began to approach the world of opera direction and musical theatre projects.
He arrived in Valencia in 2019 and founded, with other professionals in the sector, the training and professionalization center for circus arts, CREAT . which is today an internationally recognized training project.
In 2019, he also founded the company DelsAltres with Pablo Meneu, with which he created the shows: Barbaritats , Bürstner's Club (best circus show at the Valencian Performing Arts Awards 2022 and finalist at the Talia Awards of the Spanish Academy of Performing Arts) and Llum .
In 2023 he co-directed with Pablo Meneu Verde casi negro , a production of the Valencian Institute of Culture.