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"The talent of Carlo Massari, artist, choreographer, and transdisciplinary performer known for his hybrid and fusion approach to the performing arts, met that of Chiara Osella, opera singer and director, and the combination of their talents produced a result far greater than the simple sum of their parts."
Résonances Lyriques
COCM is a creative collective founded by Chiara Osella and Carlo Massari, born from the encounter of two complementary artistic personalities, united by the shared desire to explore the languages of music theatre and contemporary performance through a strongly transdisciplinary approach.
Coming from different yet kindred backgrounds – Chiara Osella from opera direction and musical dramaturgy, Carlo Massari from choreography and physical and musical theatre – the two artists meet as co-directors, enhancing each other’s experiences and bringing their aesthetic worlds into dialogue.
Finalist in the Lithuanian National Opera Theater’s Young Director Competition for their project in Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann, their recent productions include Giulio Cesare at the Salzburg Landestheater and The Voyage by Philip Glass as the inauguration of the Klaipėda State Music Theatre.
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Stage Direction & Dramaturgy
As stage director and singer, she is recognized for her diverse artistic journey in the musical theater field.
Stage Direction & Choreography
A transdisciplinary creator, choreographer and performer active in the contemporary scene. Always in search of new languages, he deepens the hybridization and blend of various performing disciplines, defining a clear and recognizable distinctive feature in an amphibious form. His eclectic training and professional path is characterized by experiences that have alternated between drama, musical theater, dance and physical theater. Among his Maestros: Malou Airaudo, Michela Lucenti, Sonia Schoonejans, Theater de l 'Ange Fou, ATER Balletto, Lucio Dalla, Csaba Antal, Walter Le Moli, Claudio Longhi, Pietro Luigi Floridia. Over the years he has collaborated as an interpreter for: Venice Biennale, Barbara Nativi, Marco Baliani, Teatro dell’Argine, TeatroDue, Balletto Civile, Abbondanza-Bertoni, Cie.della Rancia, Petri Dish. Since 2011 he is the founder and Artistic Director of C&C Company, a research and production company specialized in the field of dance-theater (recognized by MIC), and has created the award-winning pieces: Maria Addolorata (HiverOclytes - Avignone, International Choreographic Competition - Hannover, Tanzpreize - Berna), Tristissimo (Premio Roma Danza, Les Lendemains qui Dansent - Arques), Beast without Beauty (ActFestival - Bilbao 2019), Les Miserables (NID Platform), Right, Strangers in the night. In 2020 he was awarded with the CollaborActionXL prize by AnticorpiXL Network and became an Associate Artist of Oriente Occidente Festival. He has worked as a movement dramaturg in the Opera field for Salzburg Landestheater, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma and Teatro Regio di Parma with stage directors Damiano Michieletto, Silvia Paoli, Andrea Bernard and as a choreographer by Ravenna Festival, Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Festival Nuova Consonanza, Bologna Festival, Ferrara Musica, Cie.Balletto Teatro di Torino, Cie.OPUS Ballet. In 2019, in collaboration with Leggere Strutture Art Factory, he has founded ANFIBIA: a trans-disciplinary training course for contemporary performers and creators.
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