Brief Biography
Karol Schittini, 38 years old, is a multilingual artist, born in Coronel Fabriciano/Minas Gerais, living in the city of Rio de Janeiro for 17 years.
She graduated in Performing Arts / UFMG, graduated from the Martins Pena Theater School / RJ. She was in the Graduate Program in Afro-Amerindian Performances UNIRio in 2017, and Pós-Graduação "Arte de f(R)icção - Feminismos, Decolonialidade, Autobiografia e Performance", UERJ/ 2022.
She started in theater at age 11 with director Ricardo Maia (Ipatinga/MG) and at 18 he obtained his professional registration. She has specializations in Dramatic Body Mime, dances, music, circus and audiovisual.
With her first solo, she performed 9 international tours and received 08 awards at national festivals. The second solo was created from a 3-month artistic residency in the Iberian Peninsula with support from the Association Les Apprentis de l'Esperánce (Marseille/FR). She took part in two artistic residencies in the Iberian Peninsula, lasting 3 months each, in 2015 and 2016.
In the theater, she acted in more than 20 productions, highlights the latest “Na Cozinha”, directed by Renato Carrera 2019, and “Berenguendém”, directed by Sidnei Cruz 2018; and in cinema he acted in 10 shorts and 2 feature films. In 2011/2012, and she was an actress-researcher at Grupo Teatral Moitará, a reference in making and staging western masks.
Since 2000, had been offering the art-education workshop "Children's Dramatization", with specialization for people with special needs. With her clown Cor Iza, she was a hospital clown in 5 hospitals in the city of Rio de Janeiro, from 2016 to 2019 for the Doktor Klovn project.
She is an Individual Micro-Entrepreneur in Theater Production since 2012 / Trupiniquim Produções. She was a member of Grupo Muanes Theatre Dance from 2017 to 2019. She is the co-creator and producer of Movimento Rio de Violas since 2017.
Complete Curriculum
At age 11, Karol debuts in amateur theater in Minas Gerais. At 12, she acts as Julieta (Romeu&Julieta, by William Shakespeare, directed by Ricardo Maia. At 18, she moves to the capital of Minas Gerais, receives the professional registration DRT 5927, enters the Undergraduate Program in Performing Arts at the Federal University of Minas Gerais/ UFMG. In the city Belo Horizonte acted in adult and children's shows, highlighting long seasons with "A bruxinha que era Boa" by Maria Clara Machado, directed by Dirceu Alves.
Formation – DRT 5927 / MG 2003
*Afro-Amerindian Staging and Performance – Postgraduate Performing Arts UNIRIO/ 2017
*Graduate in Performing Arts UFMG/ 2004
*Martins Pena Theater Technical School RJ/ 2007
Specializations:
*Circus: Galpão Aplauso(acrobatics, juggling, stilts, clowning) 2005-2007;
Clowning: Rodrigo Robleño (2005), Teatro de Anônimo (2017), Luis Igreja (2013), and others;
*Modeling, Cutting, Costume and Clothing Sewing – Talentos da Vez Project 2005-2007;
*Dances: Classical Ballet and American Tap (Terpsicore Academia 1995-1997), Contemporary Dance (Escola Angel Vianna 2007), Indian Kalbelya Dance (Clara Misrai 2016-2018), Brazilian Tradicional Dances (Grupo Zanzar 2010), and Flamenco (Úrsula Férras) 2007, Eliza Lopez Spain 2015), Butoh Dance (Tadashi Endo 2013 and Cátia Costa 2018), Course on Approaches to Brazilian Popular Dances with Instituto Brincante (Antônio Nóbrega, Maria Eugênia Tita and Rosane Almeida 2022);
*Music: tambourine and percussions (Maurício Tizumba, MG 1997) / Pandeiro (Marcus Suzano 2018) / Popular Guitar (Kiko Silva, MG 2001 to 2003) / Classical Guitar (Turíbio Santos, RJ 2013) / Viola Caipira (since 2013) prof . Ivan Vilela / Canto (since 2000), last teachers Anna Paes and guitarist Guinga / Konnakol – Polyrhythm Studies (Marcelo Coelho (2020) / Workshop on Construction of Musical Instruments with Alternative Material (Ciro Kastrup 2011) / Harmony Course (Itiberê Zwarg) 2020) / Percussion Course (Georgia Câmara 2020) / Arrangement Course (Mariana Zwarg 2021) / Harmony and Improvisation Course with Daniel Sant'anna IFRJ 2021-2022) / African Percussion Course (Mogbá Alexandre 2022).
With the first authorial theatrical solo “Residência no Redemoinho”, directed by Jiddu Saldanha, inspired by the Brazilian literature of Sertão, with excerpts by João Guimarães Rosa, she received 8 awards at national festivals, toured 06 Brazilian states and toured 05 countries in the South America and Europe.
Since 1997 she has been studying Physical Theater and Body Mimicry, having been part of the Moitará Theater Group 2011-2012 in the Research Center "The Mask in the Energy of the Actor". she studied with Denise Stoklos, Maurice Durozier (Theatre du Soleil) and Balinese Masks with Fabianna Mello Souza.
Participated in artistic residencies from Oct-Dec/2016: Oriental Dances in Toulouse/FR with Clara Misrai/ creation and editing at Cirque des Contraires Paris/FR, and creation and editing at the Festival de Dança de Marseille/FR. From Jun-Oct/2015 he participated in artistic residencies in Physical Theater in Paris/FR with companies such as MimeHippocampe and Platform88, and in creation and editing in FAFE/Portugal with Moncho Rodrigues. On both occasions he offered workshops and gave public presentations.
Since 2008, she has acted in 9 fiction short films (one of them in Porto/PT), 1 documentary and 2 video clips. she acted in the 2012 SONHOS DE COR IZA Micro-Series.
In 2010, she made his first international tour in Portugal as a tambourine player for singer Luciane Menezes/ for MinC Intercâmbio de Difusão Cultural.
Participated in the Intensive Course (40h) in International Cultural Management with Natalie Rondant CCBB-RJ 2013.
In 2012 he opened MEI – Trupiniquim Produções Artísticas e Culturais with which she carried out (production and performance) more than 20 projects in 7 Brazilian states, among which they received 14 awards at festivals in different categories. As MEI, she was invited by manager Nádia Medella, from Centro Cultural Municipal Laurinda Santos Lobo/ RJ to curate and produce children's programming for the 2nd / 2013. She was a judge at the I Festival de Esquetes NET Rio in the city of Volta Redonda/RJ in 2012.
She is part of the Parley Environmental Racism Course for The Oceans Brasil, and participated in the Plastic-Free Week 27-07/31/2020.
Art Education Theater and Dance (With inclusive specialization for ASD, ADHD, ODD and Down Syndrome):
Art-Educator of Children's Drama - Instituto Amigos do Ton /RJ - 2/2019;
Pedagogical Advisor and Storyteller - IBEP Editora Nacional /RJ - 2012 and 2013;
Pedagogical Advisor and Storyteller - Escola da Mata Atlântica - Agroecology and Sustainable Development RJ 2009 to 2011
Art-Educator of Children's Dramatization - REDES de Desenvolvimento da Maré /RJ - 2009 and 2010
Art-Educator of Dramatization and Librarian - Instituto Educacional Cândico Portinari – Caratinga /MG 2003
Art-Educator of Theater and Dance - Escola Infantil Turminha da Mônica – Caratinga /MG 2000-2003
Latest works 2016 - 2020 Rio de Janeiro
* Muanes DançaTeatro Group (2017-2019);
*Tribute to Marinês – Pandeiro / percussion 2019;
*Jardim de Todos, children's musical group, percussionist since 2018;
*Rio de Violas Movement, idealization and production since 2017;
*Doktor Klovn, hospital clown 2016-2020 - attendance at 6 hospitals in Rio de Janeiro;
*Mirada_ , second solo author, 2017-2018, direction Denise Zenícola;
*Na Cozinha, performance in a theatrical show/ 2019, directed by Renato Carrera;
*Berenguendém – Musical Scenic Manifesto/ 2018, directed by Sidnei Cruz;
*Carimbloco, dancer and percussionist from Carimbó from 2016 to 2018.
Trupiniquim Artistic Productions
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From Root to Fruit, Mysteries of Food Origin - Dramaturgy, acting 2018-2019
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Sozitos, The Legend of Terra Ronca - Dramaturgy, acting, direction, costumes 2017
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In Search of the Living Book - Dramaturgy and acting 2014
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Anansi's Chest - Directed 2014-216
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Wind Rose Acting, Directing, Costume Design 2012-2014
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Bumba-meu-Boi Trupiniquim Acting, Directing, Props and Costumes 2011-2014
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Cordel do Amor sem Fim - Performance (Awards: 2010 - 2nd Best Play, Best Supporting Actress at FESTAC/ SP)
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The boy with the green finger - Dramaturgy, acting and costumes (Awards: 2009 - Best show, Best Original Text, Best Adapted Text. Nomination for Best Direction, at FESTAC/ SP)
Film acting:
feature films
Ordinary Diary, by Paula Fabiana 2021
Punk Shaman, by João Maia 2020
short films
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The Man Who Never Failed, Henrique Benzi/ RJ 2015
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The Office, Marbra Barcelos & João Magalhães/ RJ 2015
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The Lady of the Sea, Ruggiero Cili, text and direction/ Portugal 2015
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Climax, Sandrine Roche, Translation and direction Alan Castelo/ RJ 2015
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It's boiling, Pedro Henud/ RJ 2013
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Identity, Felipe Oliveira / RJ 2010
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The Red Spotted Sun, Fausto Motta/ RJ and MG 2009
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Universo Caio, Jiddu Saldanha /RJ 2008
Performances and Photographic Model
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Arte Vivah series, by plastic artist and photographer Nina Benchimol, Jan/2015
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Alabama Swinwear, Summer 2015 collection – Buenos Aires, Dec/2014
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Antigone, from the mythological series by Swann Devlin, 2014/215
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Aracaju Tourism Campaign, Indoor airport of Salvador, Nov/2013
Video Clips
"The Sea of Magna" by Letto, 2019
“Sonet XVII”, by Pablo Neruda and Nicolás Farruggia, 2012