A retrospective of the striking scenographies designed by Nadia Lauro since the early 2000s, visual environments, fictional landscapes, disorienting architectures, and living sets that have played a pivotal role across the vibrant field of dance and performance in Europe.
This richly illustrated book evocatively captures Nadia Lauro's shapeshifting works through multiple collaborations with groundbreaking choreographers and directors such as
Jennifer Lacey, Vera Mantero, Benoît Lachambre,
Alain Buffard, Barbara Kraus,
Emmanuelle Huynh, Antonija Livingstone, Fanny de Chaillé,
Latifa Laâbissi, Jonathan Capdevielle, Antonia Baehr, Yasmine Hugonnet, Nosfell, Émilie Rousset, Kate McIntosh, Marion Siéfert, and
Meg Stuart. A newly commissioned series of essays and letters as well as an expanded glossary shed light on the experimental DNA of Nadia Lauro's exceptional affective spaces that hold us together.
Nadia Lauro, visual artist and set designer, has been developing her work for several decades in various contexts (scenic spaces, landscape architectures, museums). She has conceived set designs, environments, and visual installations with strong dramaturgical power, thus generating new ways of seeing and being together.
Nadia Lauro has collaborated with the following international choreographers and performers: Vera Mantero, Benoît Lachambre,
Alain buffard, Barbara Kraus,
Emmanuelle Huynh, Antonija Livingstone, Fanny de Chaillé, Laeticia Dosh,
Latifa Laâbissi, Marcelo Evelin, Jonathan Capdevielle, Zeena Parkins, Antonia Baehr,
Jule Flierl, Yasmine Hugonnet, Nosfell, Emilie Rousset, Louise Hémon, Kate McIntosh, Marion Siéfert,
Meg Stuart, Flora Detraz,
Kayije Kagame and with
Jennifer Lacey with whom she co-authored numerous projects.She recieved a New York Dance and Performance Award (The Bessie) for her visual installation in "$Shot" (Lacey/Lauro/Parkins/Cornell). She has conceived the installations / performances: "Tu montes", "As Atletas", "I hear voices", "Garden of time" developed in museums, theater houses, and art galleries in Europe, United States, Japan, and Korea.
See also
Alexandra Baudelot: Jennifer Lacey & Nadia Lauro – Dispositifs chorégraphiques.
