Originally from Brazil, Andressa Furletti is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York. She is the co-founder and artistic director of Group .BR, NY’s only Brazilian theater company (www.group.br.com). Her artistic works include stage and film acting, performance art, art installation, photography, and filmmaking. Her inspiration comes from her degrees in Biology, Filmmaking, the acting conservatory training at Stella Adler Studio and many workshops and intensives such as the Mitu Thailand Artist Intensive in Bangkok and the Watermill International Summer Program (2011/2012) coordinated by Robert Wilson. Andressa received several awards including Best Multimedia Show at the United Solo Festival in New York for her debut solo theater show free•dom - a solo of many people, the Outstanding Community Service Award from the Brazilian Community Heritage Foundation, 5 awards in international film festivals for Separation Sonnet, nine nominations for her performances and artistic creations and the Best Actress Award (2017) from the Brazilian International Press Awards.
Andressa's recent works include the play Inside the Wild Heart, an immersive theatrical experience based on the works of Clarice Lispector that premiered in NYC in 2016, the performance Yes, All Women about the alarming number of women that have suffered some kind of sexual assault also presented in NYC in 2016, the performance #TakeASelfieOnMe, performed in 9 different cities throughout the globe including Paris, Berlin, New York and Rio de Janeiro and at Burning Man, and the shot films That Smell of Roasted Pork by Modesto Lacén and Vislumbres by Regina Miranda.
Theater (Partial)
As Plebéias
Linha Cruzada (Skit)
Terrorismo
Kin (Neutral Mask)
Consumption (Physical Theater)
As You Like It
Angels in America – Part II
The Way of The World
[The] Ophelia Landscape (Physical Theater)
The Serpent (Physical Theater)
free•dom – a solo of many people (Physical Theater)
Infinite While It Lasts (Physical Theater)
Apple Of My Eye
Yes, Yes, Always
Inside the Wild Heart
Inside the Wild Heart
Lead
Lead
Supporting
Lead
Lead
Adam/Audrey
Hannah, Ethel (et al)
Mrs. Fainall
Ensemble cast
Lead
Solo
Lead
Supporting
Supporting
Lead
Lead
Patricia Carvalho - Brazil
Fábio Porchat - Brazil
Roberto Alvim - Brazil
Regina Gibson/Stella Adler Studio - NY
Jena Necrason/Stella Adler Studio - NY
Mike Grenhan/Stella Adler Studio - NY
Jenny Lord/Stella Adler Studio -NY
Steve Cook/Stella Adler Studio -NY
Naum Panovski/Mark Morris Studio - NY
Debora Balardini/Teatro LaTea - NY
Steve Cook/Theater Row - NY
Debora Balardini/Nublu - NY
Debora Balardini/Teatro Circulo – NY/
Shaun Irons and Lauren Petty/ Abrons Center - NY
Regina Miranda/Immersive Gallery - NY
Linda Wise/Aich Studio - NY
Film and Video (Partial)
Maria, Ana Maria, Mariana
Diálogo
Nunca Mais Vi Érica
It Takes Two
Come Home
Knight and She
Bye
The Inmate
That Smell of Pork Roast
Proibido Proibir (Forbidden to Forbid)
Desiquilibrium (Movement Film)
That Smell of Rosted Pork
Vislumbres
Lead
Lead
Lead
Supporting
Lead
Supporting
Lead
Lead
Co-Star
Alice -Supporting
Lead
Co-Star
Lead
Paulo Halm
Marcio Mattos
Lizandro Nunes
Ljiliana Novakovich
Jonathan Clarke
Sarah Murad
Jaime Puerta
Jaime Puerta
Modesto Lacen
Jorge Duran
Livia Sá
Modesto Lacén
Regina Miranda
Performance Art
Insert Control Deck
Relative
You Felt It – Part One
You Felt It – Part Two
#TakeASelfieOnMe
Ferrum
Yes, All Women
Banho de Descarrego - an Antisfascit Performance
By Outspoken Bean
By Andressa Furletti
By Andressa Furletti
By Andressa Furletti
By Andressa Furletti
By Shandoah Goldman
By Andressa Furletti
By Marcelo Denny and Marcos Bulhões
Watermill Center – NY - 2011
Watermill Center – NY - 2012
Gallery 151 – NY 2012
Spring Break LIC – performance event
USA, Germany, France, Netherlads and Brazil
Pioneer Works - NY
Street performance - NY
Street performance - NY
Education
Biology Bachelors at UFMG – Brazil 2001
Filmmaking School UGF/RJ - Brazil 2004
Stella Adler Studio Conservatory - NY 2009
Theater Mitu Physical Theater Intensive - Thailand 2008
Physical Theater Intensive at Stella Adler - NY 2008
Ron Burrus Acting for Film Intensive - LA 2009
Labyrinth Master Class - NY 2011
Butoh with Akira Kasai – NY 2011
International Summer Program at Watermill Center - NY 2011 and 2012
Choreographic Theater with Enrique Pardo and Linda Weiss – NY 2012 and Paris 2014
Master Class with Mario Biagini from the The Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski – 2015
Physical theater Master Class with Thi Mai Nguyen from Compagnie du Hanneton – 2015
Butoh Master Class with Semimaru from Sankai Juku – 2015
Arts Administration Certificate at NYU (ongoing)
Special Skills: Bachelor in Biology (Genetics), video editing, filmmaking, drive stick shift and automatic, Horseback Riding, Horse Jumping, Brazilian dances, neutral mask, snow board, ski, singing, Portuguese (fluent), English (fluent), Brazilian accent, durational performance, intermediate hula hoop, basic energy healing, basic sewing skills, pandeiro (Brazilian frame drum) and movement meditation facilitator.
Based in New York
ARTISTS
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