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Valentina ConsoleStage and costume

designerof Stage Design at the

Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo

Valentina Console

Address: Via Archimede 102 Palermo Phone: +39 091/327827 - 3289163727Nationality: ItalianDate and Place of Birth : 06/03/66 - Mazara del Vallo ( TP )

Teaching Career

From Academic Year 1994/95 to Academic Year 1998/99:Assistant to the Chair of Stage Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo

1996 Teacher at the Professional course of Costume Design Cultural Association Antiterra - Palermo

1999/2000 and 2000/2001 Academic YearsLecturer at the Chair of Theatre Costume at the Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo

From January 2005 - Stage Designer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo

Theatrical Career

In 1985 she started her job as the theatre as a stage costume designer, starting a collaboration with the I.N.D.A. (National Institute of Ancient Drama), first in Segesta and then in Siracusa.In the same year she moved to Rome, where she completed her studies and began to work with set designer Elio Sanzogni, at the Teatro Antico in Taormina for “King Lear” played by Paola Borboni, directed by Gino Zampieri; later, at the Argentina Theater (Rome) and the Sceno ’80 Laboratory, Rome, for the pictorial realization of various set designs by Emanuele Luzzati.

On the occasion of the World Cup ‘90 she collaborated with RAI Sicilia (Italian National Television, Sicilian office) for the sets of a cycle of programs region dedicated to the guest teams.

She has worked, among others, with directors such as Giancarlo Sammartano, Melo Freni, Grazia Scuccimarra, Alessandro Quasimodo, Giovanni Mazzara, Fabrizio Lupo, Gigi Borruso.

From 2009 to 2013 with Giovanni Mazzara and Fabrizio Lupo she created and supervised the “Mu-sicaingioco Festival” at the Politeama Theatre in Palermo with the “Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana”, a series of musical shows aimed at children, of which she directs staging, stage design and costumes, realizing them with the laboratory of the Academy students.

For the 2012 “Festino di Santa Rosalia”, the festival of Palermo patron saint’s day she realized with director Veronica Pecoraino the performance named “Foresta”at the GAM (Gallery of Modern Art) in Palermo

During the 2013/14 season she works as costume designer for “La Carovana Volante”, at the Teatro Massimo of Palermo, directed by Gigi Borruso

In the summer of 2014 she realized as a set designer, the average-length movie “The Daydreamer”

During the 2014/15 season she works as costume designer for “Le nuvole di carta”, at the Teatro Massimo of Palermo, directed by Gigi Borruso.

Artistic and Professional career

Valentina Console has always juxtaposed her teaching job with her professional activity dealing with fashion (design and tailoring) at the Atelier “Tre civette sul comò”, Palermo of which, she was a partner until 2003.Since 1988, she has been working with graphics, communication and advertising, being a partner and creative director of the advertising agency Console Design s.a.s. of M.A. Sammartano .

As Art Director she was awarded the “Premio Agorà Nazionale” for Quality Communication in 1998 for the packaging of Fazio Winery and in 2007 for the Sicilianagas Calendar .

Since 1998 she has been editing the image of wineries such as Fazio, Tasca d’ Almerita, Cantina La Vite ( Sicily), and Ambrogio e Giovanni Folonari (Tuscany); for these companies she creates the sets for events and fairs.

1985 Segesta - SicilyClassic PerformancesStichus of Plautusdirected by Giancarlo SammartanoScenes by E. Luzzati Santuzza Calì costumes

role: collaborator in the construction of sets, costumes, props

1985 Segesta – SicilyClassic PerformancesRudens of Plautusdirected by Alberto Gagnarli Andre Benaim scenes Santuzza Calì costumes

role: collaborator in the realization of scenes, costumes, props

1985 TAORMINA - SICILY - ANCIENT THEATREKing Lear with Paola Borboni ,Directed by Gino Zampieri - Scene E. SanzogniRole : Assistant designer

1985 ROMESCENOGRAPHIC LABORATORYSCENO’80Tango Viennese - Scenes E. LuzzatiRole : painter scenographer

1985/86 ROMETEATRO ARGENTINA

Qui comincia la sventura del signor Bonaventura,

Directed by G. Zampieri Scene E. SanzogniRole : production

assistant, designer,painter, scenographer

1986 Siracusa - Sicily - I.n.D.A. (National Institute of Ancient Drama) - Atene, Siracusa, Roma e ritorno The fables of PhaedrusDirected by Giancarlo Sammartanorole : set and costume designerAthens, Siracusa , Rome and back

Crito of Plato, The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Epigrams of MartialDirected by Alberto Gagnarlirole: set and costume designer

1986 ROME - THEATRE “LA SCALETTA” Le Tre Lettere - Director Giacomo ColliRole : Costume Designer

1986 SIRACUSA - SICILYPRODUCTION THEATRE LA SCALA - MILANOOreste of Vittorio Alfieri , director Alessandro QuasimodoRole : Production Designer

1986 ROMETHEATRE

AGORA ‘ 80Rischiamo di essere

felici sul serioDirected by S. Di Mattia

Role: Costume Designer

1987 ROMETHEATRE “LA COMUNITA’” (the show was the best of Italian drama theaters )

Tristi Amori of Giacosa ,Directed by Giancarlo SammartanoRole : Production Designer and costumist

1987 SEGESTA - SICILY Classic Performances

Eunuchus, directed by Melo FreniRole : stage tooling responsible

Tradotto dalla Scuola di teatro dell’INDA Produzione: Istituto Nazionale del Dramma Antico - Comune di Calatafimi

Teatro Antico di Segesta -12/22 luglio 1987, ore 18.00

Regia di Gian Carlo Sammartanocon:

Elementi scenici e costumi progettati e realizzati dallo Studio del Costume del Laboratorio di Esercitazioni sceniche di Roma sotto la direzione di: Giulia Mafai

con la collaborazione di Rosalba Cossu e Marina Sciarelli

Musiche: Stefano Marcuccieseguite da:

Pino CangialosiRaffaello Angelini

Sandro Pippa

Coreografie: Paola MaffiolettiDirettore tecnico: Enzo Di Stefano

Allievi dello Studio del costume:Myriam Achilli, Laura Bardotti, Elisabetta Borgese, Luciano Capozzi, Chiara Cassino, Carmelo De Filippi, Paola De Stefano, Olivia De Tuddo, Maria Filippi, Marta Lombardo, Susanna Mantecolli, Cristina Orecchini, Mauro Palazzi, Giovanni Paris, Stefania Petrone, Pierpaolo Quagliotti, Paola Romoli, Monica Simeone, Roberta Trastulli

Responsabile dell’Attrezzeria: Valentina ConsoleCollaboratore di palcoscenico: Armando Sciuto

Amministratore di compagnia: Franco Meli

Donato CastellanetaArmando Bandini

Luciano VirgilioGiulia Corrao

Giovanni ArganteAgostino Pisano

Antonio AlvearioPaola Sambo

Giuseppe ArgiròNicola CiccarielloSimonetta CartìaEmanuele Puglia

Rita PresciuttiniGiulio BenciniAntonio SilviaGrazia Maria AmbraAlessandra FellettiMarina LorenziEva MartelliSilvia MoreniMarilena PiazzaAnna RaimondiAntonella RisdonnePatrizia Sirti

Il Ciclope di Euripide

Tradotto dalla Scuola di teatro dell’INDA sotto la direzione di Giovanni PascucciProduzione: Istituto Nazionale del Dramma Antico - Comune di Calatafimi

Teatro Antico di Segesta 11/21 luglio 1987, ore 18.00

Regia di Melo Frenicon:

Elementi scenici e costumi progettati e realizzati dallo Studio del Costume del Laboratorio di Esercitazioni sceniche di Roma sotto la direzione di: Giulia Mafai

con la collaborazione di Rosalba Cossu e Marina Sciarelli

Musiche: Stefano Marcuccieseguite da:

Pino CangialosiRaffaello Angelini

Sandro Pippa

Coreografie: Paola MaffiolettiDirettore tecnico: Enzo Di Stefano

Allievi dello Studio del costume:Myriam Achilli, Laura Bardotti, Elisabetta Borgese, Luciano Capozzi, Chiara Cassino, Carmelo De Filippi, Paola De Stefano, Olivia De Tuddo, Maria Filippi, Marta Lombardo, Susanna Mantecolli, Cristina Orecchini, Mauro Palazzi, Giovanni Paris, Stefania Petrone, Pierpaolo Quagliotti, Paola Romoli, Monica Simeone, Roberta Trastulli

Responsabile dell’Attrezzeria: Valentina ConsoleCollaboratore di palcoscenico: Armando Sciuto

Amministratore di compagnia: Franco Meli

Armando BandiniGiacomo Furia

Anita Bartolucci Luciano Virgilio

Giulia CorraoGiovanni Argante Donato Castellaneta

Guia JeloAgostino Pisano

Antonio AlvearioPaola Sambo

Giuseppe ArgiròNicola CiccarielloSimonetta Cartìa

Emanuele PugliaRita PresciuttiniGiulio BenciniAntonio SilviaGrazia Maria AmbraAlessandra FellettiMarina LorenziEva MArtelliSilvia MoreniMarilena PiazzaAnna RaimondiAntonella RisdonnePatrizia Sirti

Eunuchus di Terenzio

1987 SEGESTA - SICILY Classic Performances

Il Ciclope, directed by Giancarlo SammartanoRole : stage tooling responsible

1988 ROMETEATRO PICCOLO ELISEOSu e giù per le rotte scatoleby and with Grazia ScuccimarraRole: Scenography Designer

1989 Teatro Massimo in Palermo - schools projectTeatro del Liceo Umberto , the teaching of stage and costume design workshop assignmentLa Figlia del reggimento by G. Donizetti

model of the set design to celebrate the team of EgyptThe World Cup ITALY ‘90

1990 RAI 3 (Italian Radio Television) REGIONAL Sicily The World Cup ITALY ‘90 series of programs to celebrate the three guest nations in Sicily Ireland - Egypt - Netherlandsrole: Scenography Designer

1995 Palermo - Al Teatro Massimoof and with Mary Cipolla , directed by Giancarlo SammartanoRole: set and costume designer

2009 - 2013 Palermo SICILY - Theatre POLITEAMA - Foundation Symphony Orchestrafrom December 2009 to December 2013 Valentina Console, Fabrizio Lupo and Giovanni Mazzara were cal- led as professionals by the Sicilian Symphony Orchestra Foundation to design an exhibition dedicated to the children’s Theater of Music; within this project, that we called Musicaingioco, the same , being teachers re-spectively of Scenography at Academy of Fine Arts of Palermo and scenic art at the conservatory of Palermo, have created a laboratory for students: set design, props, costumes, theater writing, light design, engineer and stage manager, video, dance. All theatrical roles have been covered and directed by Academy students to be professional.

2009 DecemberLeopold Mozart - LA SINFONIA DEI GIOCATTOLISergej Prokof ’ev - PIERINO E IL LUPO

2010 MayFrancis Poulenc - Storia dell’elefantino Babar

2010 JuneIgor Strvinskij - la storia del soldato

2010 DecemberMusiche di Stravinskij e Rossini - Una storia di pulcinella

2011 FebruaryFrancis Poulenc - Storia dell’elefantino Babar

2011 MarchBenjamin Britten - Il piccolo spazzacamino

2011 DecemberGiancarlo Menotti - Amahl e i visitatori della Notte

2012 MarchBenjamin Britten - Il piccolo spazzacamino

2012 AprilNicolaj Rimskij - Le Fiabe Shéhérazade

2012 November/December Nicolaj Rimskij - Shéhérazade, nuova messainscena

2013 MarchSergej Prokofev - Dreaming Cenerentola

2013 AprilLeo Delibes - Coppelia

2013 DecemberSergej Prokof ’ev Pierino tra i giocattoli

newspaper and web articleson Musicaingioco

2012 July “FESTINO” S. Rosalia (the town patron saint’s day)City of Palermo, the Cloister Gallery of Modern Art in PalermoTheatrical Performance Forest Valentina Console concept and Veronica PecorainoRole: Production Designer and creator of the project

2013 Palermo - Teatro MassimoLa Carovana Volanteon Gioachino Rossini’s musicDirected by Gigi BorrusoRole: Costume Designer

Regia Gigi BorrusoRuolo: costumista

2014 Palermo - Teatro MassimoLe Nuvole di carta, on Gioachino Rossini’s musicDirected by Gigi Borruso - UN hallRole: Costume Designer

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2009 Ospedale San Raffaele G. Giglio di Cefalùproject permanent areatriage and emergency roomRole: Designer

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2010 April - VERONA - ITALY44th International Vinitaly Exhibition at the Pavilion Sicily the Stand Fazio WinesRole : Designer

2013 April - VERONA - ITALYVinitaly 47th International Vinitaly Exhibition at the Hall of Sicily Stand Tasca d’Almerita(Sustainable stand for sustainable viticulture)Role: Designer

April 2014 VERONA48th International Vinitaly FairExhibition at the Pavilion SicilyStand of the Tasca d’ AlmeritaRole: Designer

April 2015 VERONA49th International Vinitaly FairExhibition at the Pavilion SicilyStand Fazio WinesRole: Designer

April 2015 VERONA49th International Vinitaly FairExhibition at the Pavilion SicilyStand Cantina La Vite Role: Designer

2014 Polizzi Generosa - Sicily - Shooting the FIlm “ The Daydreamer“medium length film for children based on the novel by Ian McEwan , 1993directed by Giuseppe La Russa - Role: Set Designer

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