Saturday 27 September

Atelier MASI

14:00

Saturday 18 October

Atelier MASI

14:00

Saturday 25 October

Atelier MASI

14:00

Saturday 08 November

Atelier MASI

14:00

Saturday 29 November

Atelier MASI

14:00

Friday 05 December

Atelier MASI

18:00

A series of meetings dedicated to people living with the condition of autism or who are interested in learning about it, but also to anyone with an interest in exploring this new approach to art.

In collaboration with the Italian Swiss Autism Association (asi), ATD Accademia Teatro Dimitri SUPSI and MASI Lugano, we are happy to initiate an innovative artistic path to explore painting, music and storytelling and to create poems and songs inspired by the paintings on display within the exhibition Sentiment and Observation. Art in Ticino from 1850-1950. The MASI Collection. Using the paintings as a starting point, participants will be guided to play with words and music, bringing to life works that evoke situations, stories and ideas in original and entertaining ways. People with autism spectrum disorder, family caregivers and anyone interested in discovering new approaches to the arts are invited to this series of meetings.

Through meeting, listening and looking, the group will be accompanied to create poetic, musical and performance materials that will be worked on together. The spark that will ignite individual and collective imagination will consist of viewing the works of art found at The MASI Collection. Participants will be able to create poetic compositions and melodic pieces according to their own vision and will be given tools to propose their compositions to the public. At the last meeting of the cycle, the materials created during the course will be the subject of an exhibition presentation during the Museum's opening hours.

The course will be taught by Sylvia Bagli and Giampaolo Gotti (actors, directors and teachers at the Dimitri Academy) and Alex Gasparotto (singer, guitarist, composer and arranger).

The series of meetings is divided and developed in six stages, which form a unified path. The meetings have their own pedagogical succession. For this reason, it is recommended to follow the entire cycle. To reach the activity when the cycle has already started, it is necessary to apply to the trainers.

Saturday, Sept. 27, 2-4 p.m., LAC atelier MASI

  • Guided observation of a painting

  • Discussion of images and creative cues evoked by the work

  • Introduction to poetry writing through brainstorming exercises


Saturday, October 18, 2-4 p.m., LAC atelier MASI

  • Group work to complete and enrich poems

  • Sharing of poems to stimulate feedback and creative exchanges

Saturday, October 25, 2:00-4:00 p.m., LAC atelier MASI

  • Introduction to word rhythmics and creation of melodies

  • Musical experimentation, turning lyrics into fun songs

Saturday, Nov. 8, 2 to 4 p.m., LAC Refectory Hall

  • Exploration of poems and songs, with focus on vocal expression and stage presence

  • Mutual feedback to refine performance

Saturday, Nov. 29, 2-4 p.m., LAC Sala Refettorio

  • Rehearsal in an informal setting to gather opinions and suggestions

  • Reflections and final adjustments in preparation for public presentation

Friday, December 5, 6:00 p.m., Exhibition Presentation Sentiment and Observation. Art in Ticino from 1850-1950. The MASI Collection

  • Public event at LAC-MASI, with poetry readings and musical performances

  • Moment of celebration and artistic sharing

Sylvia Bagli (director and professor of dramaturgy, Dimitri Academy) will curate the transition from free and spontaneous oral expression to finding an appropriate written form.

A playwright, actress and pedagogue, she was born in France where she worked with Eloi Recoing (University of Paris 3), Claude Aufaure, Jean-Michel Rabeux, Frédéric Fisbach, David Lescot, Arthur Nauzyciel and others and where she earned a Master 2 at Paris X (2006) under the direction of Christian Biet on the theme of nudity in theater, a Master's 2 in directing and dramaturgy at Paris X (2007), and the Diplôme D'Etat de théâtre (2010), which allows teaching in all schools in France.
Arrives in Ticino in 2016 puts on, E l'anima balla ancora... on texts by Serena Dandini and Sylvia Bagli (Palazzo dei Congressi in Muralto, 2017). Organizes a program for primary and secondary schools on the topic of bullying. An Argentine tango dancer and boxer (French boxing), she later practiced hand-to-hand combat with Krav Maga. She questions the blending of the performing arts and participates in shows that combine boxing and tango.
He writes theatrical texts including Lola et Jim, L'Aphrodisia, En corps des mots (selected by the EAT reading committee and the PANTA Théâtre2016 committee), In May 2019 he published, Doc 498000, for Opera Nuova, a Ticino university magazine (CH). She is involved in summer theater ateliers for children for Paradise is here.
In parallel she continues to work in France 2013 to 2023 she taught AFDAS-approved courses to create a stage-only show (writing directing and acting) with Giampaolo Gotti and Alexandre Louschik, where she did the writing. In 2021 she wrote a text in residence at the Centre National des écritures du spectacle la Chartreuse Villeneuve Lez Avignon. Gilda.
From 2020 to 2022 she teaches dramaturgy at the Master of Physical Theatre program at the Dimitri Academy in Verscio.
In 2022 and 2023 in collaboration with the Accademia Dimitri and the Autism Family and Caregivers Group she leads a theater workshop with Giampaolo Gotti and formalizes the word of family caregivers into theatrical texts that they present during World Autism Awareness Day on April 2, 2023 at the LAC in Lugano.

As an actor he has lately performed in such plays as Shakespeare's Hamlet, Ferdinand von Schirach's Terror , Lina Prosa's The Sunset Room--in Switzerland, France and Italy.

As a theater director we recall some of his recent works: L'homme et son désir, by Paul Claudel and Darius Milhaud; Third Hand Socrates, by Plato, Erik Satie and John Cage; Gabbathà, by Fabrice Hadjadj (winner of the "Theaters of the Sacred"); Euthyphron, by Plato; Une Iliad, by René Zahnd; L'Hamblette, by Giovanni Testori; Les démons, by Dostoevsky.

As an actor's coach, he recently collaborated on The Wedding, by Brecht.

As a translator, he has focused on the French translation of Giovanni Testori's work, recognized by several awards from the Maison Antoine Vitez International Center for Translation.

As a theater theorist, some of his research can be found in: Le rire de Platon, Études de lettres no. 324, Lausanne, 2024; 1990-2020, Le théâtre italien en résistance, éditions Théâtrales, Montreuil, 2021; Philosophies du jeu théâtral, Études de lettres n° 313, Lausanne, 2020; La direction d'acteurs peut-elle s'apprendre?, Les Solitaires Intempestifs, Besançon, 2015; Théâtre Contemporain Orient-Occident, L'Entretemps, Montpellier, 2012; Anatoli Vassiliev: Tradition, Pédagogie, Utopie, Théâtre/Public no. 182, 2006.

He has been a professor of theater at ATD - Accademia Teatro Dimitri since 2016 and collaborates with various institutions in the training of dramatic art: ENSATT - École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre - Lyon (2004-2020); CNSAD - Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique -, Paris ; UNIL - University of Lausanne; University of Paris-Nord-Saint Denis; Scène conventionnée de Saint Laurent du Maroni - Guyane; Conservatoire de la Réunion; Benin International Theatre School.

Singer, guitarist, composer and arranger. Conducts in 2011 the Rai orchestra during the Sanremo Festival. Publishes in 2015 the song Two Steps broadcast on Radio 105, Radio DeeJay and many others.

He works as a performer, singer and composer for several TV shows, series and commercials aired on Rai, Mediaset, MTV and Sky.

In 2019 he tours Russia and Belarus in several shows including the New Year's Eve concert in Moscow at the Kremlin. In 2025 as composer and author he debuts with the musical Zoe - The Timeless Land with an exceptional cast (Eugenio Finardi; Germano Lanzoni, Alice Grasso, Natascia Fonzetti, Beatrice Baldaccini...).

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