Giannina Censi (1913 – 1995) was an Italian dancer and choreographer. She is known for her contributions to Danza Futurista (Italian for Futurist dance).[1]
Giannina Censi | |
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| Born | 25 January 1913 Milan, Italy |
| Died | 5 May 1995 (aged 82) Voghera, Italy |
| Movement | Danza Futurista |
Censi was born on 25 January 1913 in Milan.[2] She studied classical dance under Lyubov Yegorova, as well as Indian dance with Uday Shankar. Censi went on to study the works of Italian Futurist artist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.[3]
In 1931 the Galleria Pesaro de Milan presented her choreographed Aerodance (based on the concept of Aeropaintering).[4]
Censi died in Voghera on 5 May 1995.[2]
In 2021 her work was in the exhibition Women in Abstraction at the Centre Pompidou.[5] In 2022 the 59th Venice Biennale included Censi's work in the Seduction of the Cyborg.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Censi Giannina". enciclopedia delle donne (in Italian). Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Censi, Giannina". Mart Rovereto. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "Giannina Censi. Danzare il Futurismo". Electa. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "Giannina Censi". AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ Women in abstraction. London : New York, New York: Thames & Hudson Ltd. ; Thames & Hudson Inc. 2021. p. 170. ISBN 978-0500094372.
- ^ Giannina Censi (14 April 2022). "Biennale Arte 2022". La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
External links
editFurther reading
edit- Klock, A. (1999). Of Cyborg Technologies and Fascistized Mermaids: Giannina Censi's Aerodanze in 1930s Italy. Theatre Journal 51(4), 395–415. https://doi.org/10.1353/tj.1999.0093.