A director, creator of sets, lighting and costumes, Romeo Castellucci is world-renowned for having created a performance practice based on the totality of the arts and aimed at an integral perception of the work. Born in Cesena in 1960, works by the artist – active since the early 1980s – have been presented by the most important theatres and international festivals, in more than sixty countries on every continent. He has been director of the Theatre Section at the Venice Biennale, artiste associé at the Avignon Festival and guest director at the Schaubhüne in Berlin. He has been bestowed with the title of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of the French Republic and with an honorary degree by the University of Bologna. The artist has been awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale. A member of the Accadémie Royale de Belgique, among his many prizes Castellucci has also won two Golden Masks for opera.