Lucrezia Ercolani meets Arkadi Zaides
At the end of the residency showcase of Et in Arcadia Ego we invite the audience to follow a public talk (ITA/ENG) with internationally renowned choreographer, activist, and director Arkadi Zaides, in conversation with journalist Lucrezia Ercolani from Il Manifesto, reflecting on practices of cultural resistance starting from the artist’s work.
Lucrezia Ercolani was born in Rome in '92 and holds a degree in Philosophy; she is a professional journalist and editor at the newspaper "Il manifesto," Visioni section. She has a particular interest in underground artistic expressions and in crossovers between different disciplines. She has contributed to various publications (Extra! Music Magazine, The New Noise, Theatron 2.0, La Falena), and has worked at Teatro Spazio Diamante and on the Filmmaker Festival catalogue.
Arkadi Zaides is a choreographer, performer, and researcher. Born in Belarus, he currently resides in France. He danced with various companies in Israel, including the Batsheva Dance Company and the Yasmeen Godder Dance Group, before launching his independent career in 2004. He holds a master's degree from the AHK Academy of Theatre and Dance in Amsterdam, a PhD in Arts (Dance) from the University of Antwerp, and a PhD in Arts (Dramaturgy) from Ghent University, where he is also a guest professor. From 2024 to 2027 he is an associate artist at Agora – Cité Internationale de la Danse in Montpellier. His performances and installations have been presented in Europe, North and South America, and Asia. He has received several awards, including the Emile Zola Prize for Performing Arts for his commitment to human rights in his work ARCHIVE (2014). Among other projects, he co-curated Violence of Inscriptions (2015–2018) together with scholar, curator, and dramaturg Sandra Noeth. This initiative brought together artists, thinkers, and human rights activists to explore the role of the body in producing, maintaining, legitimizing, representing, and aestheticizing structural violence.