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GABRIELLA ARGENTO

Where does the clown or the actress begin? I guess I will never know.

Full Name Gabriella de Souza Argento

Date of Birth 26/03/1975

Height 538ft /1,64m         Weight 220lb /100kg

Eye color black       Hair color black

Languages Portuguese N, English F, Spanish F and French B

DRT 12635

Email contact@gabriellaargento.com 

Whatsapp +55 11 94460-8802

Gabriella Argento, actress and clown 

 

After completing classical theater studies, she elected her research on clowning and the physical theater as the guiding stars of her career. Phillipe Gaulier (France), Cristiane Paoli-Quito (Brazil) and Bete Dorgam (Brazil) are the main masters in her clown studies.

 

Gabriella Argento was the first Brazilian woman clown to join the cast of CIRQUE DU SOLEIL. She participated in three shows of the renowned company for a decade.

 

AMALUNA 2015/2020 South America and Europe.

VAREKAI 2013/2014 South, North and Central America.

KA 2004/2007 EUA Las Vegas. In this show, directed by Robert LePage, she acted as a physical actress, performed aerial acrobatics, climbing and had specific training such as net jumping and airbag.

 

She returns to Brazil in 2020, resuming her activities in the country.

 

 

Main works in Brazil between 2008 and 2012

 

2011

A SOLDIER’S TALE, by Igor Stravinski

Direction Marcelo Romagnoli

APCA Award 2011 – Best Actress in a Children’s Play

 

2011

The Love of the Three Oranges, by Sergei Prokofiev

Direction Bete Dorgam

Itaú Cultural Experimentation Project

 

2010/2009

Woman by the Sea, conception and performance Gabriella Argento

Solo-Show that was the attraction of the ship's season

Grand Voyager, seen by more than 6,000 people.

 

2009

Didactic Concerts with the Youth Orchestra of São Paulo and Santos Symphony Orchestra

Regency Gretchen Miller and Emiliano Patarra

Stage Direction and Narration Gabriella Argento

 

2008

The Way Out, production and performance by Gabriella Argento

Las Vegas

 

2008

Othelito, direction adaptation by Ângelo Brandini

Winner of the APCA and FEMSA Awards for Best Adapted Text

 

2008 a 2010         

Doutores da Alegria

Clowns project in hospitals

 

2008 a 2012

Backyard Games

Clown Improvisation Match

 

2008

A Ladder to the Moon, by Henry Miller

Direction Bete Dorgam

TV Cultura directions project

 

2008

La Traviata, by Giuseppe Verdi

São Pedro Theater

Conductor Maestro Emiliano Patarra

Position: Assistant Director

 

2008

Bagun S.A

Text and Direction by Márcio Araújo

Circo Fiesta

 

Main works in Brazil between 2000 and 2004

 

2000 a 2004

Backyard Games

Clown Improvisation Match

 

2000 a 2004

Doutores da Alegria

Clowns project in hospitals

 

2000 a 2004

Ópera de Risco, research center for operatic language

The group produced five assemblies. Gabriella acted as an actress, clown, assistant director and body trainer

 

2001

Alice's Tea, based on the work of Lewis Caroll

Direction Bete Dorgam

This show was the object of research for Bete Dorgam's PhD thesis defended at USP                        

 

Art Education

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As an art educator she had the opportunity to work with the most diverse populations. From factory workers and psychiatric patients to students and professionals in theater, classical music and athletics professionals. Commedia Dell'Arte Workshops and Consulting, clown and physical theater in several theatrical productions.

She has already given workshops on Creative Attitude and High Performance Mindset in many large companies, such as Votorantim, Itaú, Natura, Siemens, among others.

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