Andrea Paciotto

Andrea Paciotto is an international director, producer, teacher and curator, originally from Italy. In thirty years of activity, he has directed over 40 different productions, has collaborated with various festivals and theatres around the world. His work has been presented in Italy, The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Turkey, Serbia, Bosnia, Switzerland, Poland, Macedonia, United States, Mexico and South Korea.

He began studying theatre as an actor in Italy at the Theatre School of Perugia Universityand at the Pontedera Theatre Foundation. He later continued in the United States receiving a B.A. and M.F.A. in Theatre Directing from Brooklyn College City University of New York. Subsequently, he was accepted by the DasArts Center for Advance Research in Theatre and Dance of Amsterdam Universityin The Netherlands, for a two years research on the application of new technologies in live performance, for which he holds another M.A. degree.

His international career initiated in 1990 thanks to the encounter with American theatre icon Ellen Stewart, founder and artistic director of La MaMa Theatre in New York. He has been affiliated to La MaMa ever since, working as Resident artist. In 2011 he was appointed Director of the European center called La MaMa Umbria International,an Artist Residency located in Spoleto, Italy. In 2000, 2001 he lived Mexico and worked as director and teacher for organisations such as: the Festival Cumbre Tajin,the Center of Indigenous Art in Veracruz, the International Music Festival of GuadalajaraandMusic Festival of Xalapa, among others. In 2004 he returned to Italy and founded Offucina Spoleto,a production company focused on the development, creation and promotion of innovative artistic and cultural events, which he directed until 2013.

Just to mention a few productions. In 2007 he was commissioned by Venice Biennale to direct a production on Goldoni and the new theatre, co-produced with Serbian Uzice National Theatre andBITEF Belgrade International Festival, for which he also curated the National Program of the festival. The following year (2008) the Mittelfestof Cividale del Friuli, Italy, invited him to present the multimedia interactive performance Alla Fine l'Inizio.In 2009 he started the Horovitz-Paciotto Company,a collaborative project with American playwright Israel Horovitz. The company produced different performances, which received national acclaim and toured in major theatres all around Italy in 2012-2013.Between 2009 and 2016 he also served as Artistic Director of the La MaMa Spoleto Open, a special program on contemporary theatre of the prestigious Spoleto Festival of 2 Worlds (ITA),for which he also directed two productions: Fumo Blu(2015) and The Girl with the Incredible Feeling(2106).

Andrea has lead courses, lectures and workshops on various aspects of theatre and media at: University of Viterbo, National Academy of Dance in Mexico City, Maastricht Theater Academy, Maastricht Academy of Media Design and Technology, University of Belgrade and Bitef Festival in Belgrade, Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia, University of South Carolinaamong others.

Since 2014 he began collaborating with the Seoul Institute of the Artsin Korea, as Professor of the Performing Arts Department, teaching regularly directing, acting, scene studies, interdisciplinary classes and production. As part of the CultureHubteam he has been researching the use of telematic technologies for education and artistic production. In 2017 was appointed program Director for CultureHub Europe. He has collaborated on several Seoul Arts' productions, such as the telematic performance Seoul Counterpoint (Ansan-New York 2014), the interactive dance performance One(Padaf Festival, Seoul 2014), the large multimedia event One Light(Ansan 2014).