Elisabetta Consonni

Elisabetta Consonni choreographs everything: human and inhuman beings, moving and motionless objects, maps, interstices and group holidays in outer space. She weaves relational networks, both subtle and strong, as sugar glass.

Following a formal education in Cultural Studies and dance techniques in Italy and London (The Place) and a broader, unofficial, nonlinear education, she lived in Rotterdam, Poland and then Milan, crossing somatic practices and the use of voice. At some point, she starts to questions whether performing arts can provide tools for urban and social policies. Her research intends to expand choreographic practice to the point of being a tool for making shifts of attention happen, observing relational dynamics, overturning narratives and critically re-reading contexts. She keeps on creating new formats that are participatory in different ways. All her artistic outputs result from shared processes that include the contribution of different people, both with their work and with their heart and intelligence: Francesco Dalmasso, Masako Matsushita, Daniele Pennati, Sara Catellani, Cristina Pancini, Susanna Iheme, Marta Ciappina, Olimpia Fortuni Alessandro Tollari, Barbara Stimoli, Silvia Tagliazucchi, and many other people in different ways. Her works have been presented in various contexts in Europe and Canada.

Since 2024, she has been curating the artistic direction of Festival ORLANDO in Bergamo, following her need to operate on a single territory, in a long term perspective, combining relational practice, artistic sensitivity and a wish to multiply voices and actions within a  specific context.