I was born in Brixen, South Tyrol | Italy and studied theatre pedagogy with lecturers from the Zurich Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Since 1998, I have been working as a versatile artist: theatre educator, director, actress, and lecturer.

In 1999, I joined Theatraki – The School Theatre in Bolzano. There, I work as a theatre educator and director in the field of children's and youth theatre. From 2010 to 2017, I was a board member of the association. In 2024, I was re-elected.

My acting career began in 1998 with the group Dekadenz in Brixen. Collaborations with directors such as Antonio Viganò from Teatro la Ribalta, Doris Merz, and dancer and choreographer Julie Anne Stanzak from Tanztheater Wuppertal have had a profound impact on me and continue to inspire my work.

From 2004 to 2016, I worked closely with Teatro la Ribalta, which in 2013 became the cooperative Accademia Arte della Diversità (“Academy of the Art of Diversity”). The play Minotauro received the national award My Dream from the Fondazione CRT Torino in 2012, and in 2013 the ensemble was awarded the Cultura Socialis Prize by the Province of Bolzano for the production Traces of the Soul – Impronte dell’Anima.

Since 2010, I have been working as an external lecturer in theatre pedagogy, among others for the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – Department of German Education, Division for Innovation and Counselling, as well as for the South Tyrolean Theatre Association (Südtiroler Theaterverband). As a director, I collaborate with various associations and theatre groups, including KultTour, Theaterkiste Lengmoos, and the Stadtbühne Sterzing.

Since 2016, I have been a member of the working group for theatre pedagogy within the Division for Innovation and Counselling. This group aims to strengthen theatre pedagogy in South Tyrol's schools. With the support of the Province’s Department of Culture, the German Education Office, and the South Tyrolean Theatre Association, it has been possible since 2017 to fund theatre projects in every school district in the province. I was one of the co-initiators of the project “School Needs Theatre” (Schule braucht Theater).

In 2017, I was approached by a visionary school principal. In close collaboration with the teaching staff, theatre was introduced for the first time as a regular school subject at the German middle school Josef von Aufschnaiter in Bolzano. It was a joy and a responsibility for me to develop, establish, and lead the theatre programme. In the meantime, the theatre branch has become an integral part of the school. In the 2023/2024 school year, I handed over the project to a successor who is now continuing my work.

From 2021 to 2024, I taught acting and dramaturgy at the Musical School Bozen. I also lead the youth theatre group Pamenoki, founded in 2016 in Bolzano.

Since 2024, I have been working, among other things, as an acting teacher at the Murx Theater.

Applied Theatre Pedagogy with Felix Rellstab, Zurich Academy of Dramatic Arts (1996–1998)

Lecturers and Areas of Study:

• Felix Rellstab – Acting, Dramaturgy, Directing, Voice Training, Theatre Pedagogy

• Otto Huber – Acting, Dramaturgy, Improvisation

• Henrique Köng – Forum Theatre

• Erich Hufschmid – Music Theatre

• Paul Haizmann – Breathing, Voice, Resonance

• Luis Benedikter – Voice Training

• Robin Kovacs – Modern Dance

• Fumi Matsuda – Dance Theatre

• Peter Bisegger – Lighting Technology

• Enrico Tettamanti – Acrobatics

• Jeannot Hunziker – Mask Performance

• Lilo Elias – Perception Training (based on Heinrich Jacoby)

Advanced Training and Influential Teachers:

• Gary Schwartz (USA) – The Viola Spolin Games

• Ann Dargies (GER) – Character Work

• Doris Merz (GER) – Acting

• Pierre Byland (CH) – The Clown Within

• Serena Sartori (ITA) – Storytelling and Rhythm

• Francesca Ferri (ITA) – Theatrical Singing

• Marià Mayer Szilagyi (CZ) – Dramaturgy, Text and Play Analysis

• Augusto Boal (BRA) – Theatre of the Oppressed

• Antonio Viganò (ITA) – The Poetics of the Body

• Erich Hufschmid (CH) – The Open Play Space

• Julie Anne Stanzak (USA/GER) – Dance Theatre (Pina Bausch)

• Maria Consagra (ITA) – The Expressive Body

• Giorgio Rossi (ITA) – Dance Theatre

• Bruno Tognolini (ITA) – Rhymes and Verses

• Franca Zaghatti (ITA) – Dance Pedagogy

• Alessandro Serra (ITA) – The Body and the Personality

• Mirco Trevisan (ITA) – Awakening the Comic Body

• Nicholas Humphrey (GB/GER) – The Meisner Technique

German: native

Italian: fluent / professional proficiency

English: good

French: basic