Brazilian Artist | Andressa Furletti

Andressa Furletti

Multidisciplinary Artist

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 (). 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.

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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

Lead

Supporting

Lead

Adam/Audrey

Hannah, Ethel (et al)

Mrs. Fainall

Ensemble cast

Lead

Solo

Lead

Supporting

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

Supporting

Lead

Supporting

Lead

Co-Star

Alice -Supporting

Lead

Co-Star

Lead

Paulo Halm

Marcio Mattos

Lizandro Nunes

Ljiliana Novakovich

Jonathan Clarke

Sarah Murad

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 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

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.

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