Assunta Spissu

Curriculum Vitae

Even as a child she excelled through her special literary and artistic talent, that allowed her to attend the most elite boarding schools in Italy (among others the renowned 'Collegio delle Fanciulle' at Palazzo Archinto in Milan).
During grammar school, at the age of 17, she was co-founder of the Italian Akróama TLS Contemporary Art Theater, which quickly established itself internationally, and conquered the most renowned international festivals (Spoleto, Edinburgh, Santarcangelo, etc.).

'... The violent emotion, open sensuality overwhelmed me with its purity... making Peter Brook's anthropological experiments seem silly and unconvincing in comparison...' (Bonnie Marranca, Performing Arts, New York)

Her solo performances in Vienna collect an exceptionally high level of enthusiasm from both audience and critics.
'With superlatives one should never be inflationary, but a body of genius is here at work. With breathtaking suggestiveness and expressivity, of exploding passion ...' - wrote Heinz Sichrovsky, one of the most important cultural critics in Austria (currently the managing editor of 'News').

'... One of the most fascinating Italian artists of movement... In dance, without words, always indicat...