***MASSIMO MINERVINI***

Parallel lives that intertwine. Massimo Minervini graduates and holds a PhD in Computer Science with flying colors, but as much time is spent working on the computer as is spent on training. For more than fifteen years, in fact, Massimo has been cultivating a passion for the circus arts at the same time. Everything starts with balls, clubs, rings, experimentation with movement and juggling in pairs, which are deepened thanks to the participation in various conventions and rallies but also to workshops with international professionals in the sector (with Doreen Grossman, Lorenzo Gessa, Kiko Porcella ). To complement juggling, he also studies balancing on stilts and unicycle. For some years he studied artistic gymnastics and then capoeira, practicing acrobatics on the ground, verticalism, and acrobalance. He trained with professionals in the circus sector in verticalism (Nicolas Montes De Oca, Olger Çaçi, Pascal Angelier, Simone Romanò), acrodance (Tom Weksler, Francesco Sgrò, Daniele Sorisi, Andrea Cerrato, Daniele Sardella), and flexibility (Manu Romano) for the study of acrobatic movement. Part of his studio is also dedicated to clowns (with Aldo Rendina), aerial acrobatics (with Claudia Bandecchi and Elisa Drago) and contemporary dance. In 2013, with Cristiana Soldaini and Federica Pennetta, Massimo founded “The Circus Gang”. A company of artists currently alive and productive with which it has the opportunity to share performances on stage and in the street, circus teaching experiences in Italy and in Europe. He is also engaged in artistic collaborations with other companies, including the “Furfanti da Fiaba” project born in 2018 with Irene Rametta, Alice Casarosa and Daniele Tamberi. Currently, with the school and company Antitesi Teatro Circo, he is engaged as a teacher of the course of Mixcirco adults paired with Federica Pennetta and as a performer in the circus-theater show “Imago”.

***FEDERICA PENNETTA***

Federica Pennetta, has curly hair and, as they say, “every hedgehog is a whim”. So getting out of the box is a temptation all the time! If his creativity is to explode, it must necessarily manifest itself in a form … a circle! But why, if the circle is the perfect shape, should we be happy only with one? Circus performer, he has as his first passion since 2010 the hula hoop, which deepens in a mix of both classic and modern reading studying multihooping and hoopdance with some of the best international teachers of the moment (among them Marianna De Sanctis, Emma Kenna, Emma Hornell, Gail O’Brian, Sharna Rose, Brecken Rivara, Sky Flow Artist, Andeli Zumbühl-Baur, Reni Hardmeier, Chris Gogler and many others). He also devoted himself to completing his circus training by studying: juggling (with Doreen Grossman, Lorenzo Gessa, Kiko Porcella), aerial disciplines (with Claudia Bandecchi, Elisa Drago, Caterina Fort, Gianluca Gentiluomo, Alice Macchi), flexibility (with Manu Romano) , acrodanza (with Tom Weksler, Francesco Sgrò, Daniele Sorisi, Andrea Cerrato, Daniele Sardella) and clowns (with Aldo Rendina, Dav Giulivo, Guido Nardin). In 2013, with Cristiana Soldaini and Massimo Minervini, Federica founded “The Circus Gang”. A company of artists currently still alive and productive with which it has the opportunity to share performances on stage and in the street, circus teaching experiences in Italy and in Europe. Currently, with the school and company Antitesi Teatro Circo, she is engaged as teacher of the course of Mixcirco adults paired with Massimo Minervini and in the circus-theater parade / show “Codex Naturae”.