Giannina Censi | |
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Born | (1913-01-25)25 January 1913 Milan, Italy |
Died | 5 May 1995(1995-05-05) (aged 82) Voghera, Italy |
Movement | Danza Futurista |
Giannina Censi (1913–1995) was an Italian dancer and choreographer. She is known for her contributions to Danza Futurista (Italian for Futurist dance).
Censi was born on 25 January 1913 in Milan. 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.
In 1931 the Galleria Pesaro de Milan presented her choreographed Aerodance (based on the concept of Aeropaintering).
Censi died in Voghera on 5 May 1995.
In 2021 her work was in the exhibition Women in Abstraction at the Centre Pompidou. In 2022 the 59th Venice Biennale included Censi's work in the Seduction of the Cyborg.
References
- "Censi Giannina". enciclopedia delle donne (in Italian). Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "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
Further reading
- 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.