title: Romina de Novellis
text: # Romina de Novellis
  
  Romina De Novellis, an Italian performer born in Naples (1982), was a longtime resident of Rome. After many years dedicated to dance and theater, she graduated from the Royal Academy of Dance de London and continued her studies at the University of Rome 3. She lives in Paris, where she is a PhD student in Anthropology et Sociology at the EHESS. Her thesis is on the anthropology of the body. Her artistic work is on the concept of the body in terms of public processions, installed in urban spaces and followed by the gaze of passers-by. Gesture is at the center of these paintings that come to life through her body. Her aim is to show how a state of trance, alienation and madness, can manifest on the body, especially in the precarious human conditions that exist on the margins of society (related to employment, wide social networks, and family). Women, Saints, Daughters, Icons of everyday life, the protagonists of Romina De Novellis's work originate from her studies in anthropology and ethnomusicology. These women become a social message and, at the same time, politics.
  
  ## Performances
  
  * La Pecora
  
  Performance, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris, 2013
  
  * The Garland – memory of a family celebration / Le Guirlande – souvenir d’une fête en famille
  
  Frasq festival performance, Le Générateur, Paris 2012
  
  * Forza Francia, Viva Italia !
  
  La Nuit Blanche 2012, Paris
  
  * The Cage – tableau vivant of a beast / La Gabbia – tableau vivant d’une bête
  
  Exposition Noli me Tangere, curator Raffaella Barbato, Disturb, Napoli
  
  * The wedding – the weight of a life together
  
  Dimanche rouge festival performance 2012, Paris
  
  * The last supper / L’ultima cena
  
  La Nuit des Galeries, Circuito 2012, Parcours Nomades 2012, Mairie de Paris
  
  * The cage – tableau vivant of a beast / La Gabbia – tableau vivant d’un bête
  
  Les états limites, exhibition at 7.5 Club, Paris
  
  * The Baptisme / Le Baptême
  
  Exposition Corps, Paysages, Mutations, Inception Gallery, Paris
  
  * The wake – La Veglia – La Veille
  
  Chez Marc Lenot, Les Lunettes Rouges, blog contemporary art Le Monde, Paris
  
  * The Multiplication / La Multiplication
  
  In collaboration with Nadine Sures, Canadian performer, with the support of State of Canada Zico House – Beirut, Libano. 2011
  
  * LABN milk/sperm
  
  Performance/Exposition Resistance, curator Moataz Nasar, Darb 11718 contemporary art center, Cairo, Egypt
  
  * Venus wash cloths / Vénus lave les chiffons
  
  Performance/Exposition Conductions, curator David Zerbib, Jeune Création, Le 104, Paris
  
  * Beltway / Périphérique
  
  La Nuit Blanche 2011, Circuito festival performing art 2011, Mairie de Paris and Mairie de Clichy
  
  * The firefly / La lucciola
  
  Lady Fest 2011, Rome
  
  * Tha Multiplication / La Multiplication
  