About Daniela Marcozzi
Formerly an environmental biotechnologist, Daniela Marcozzi is an Italian theater performer, director, trainer, and researcher based in Berlin since 2015, where she founded Marcozzi Contemporary Theater.
Her poetics arise from the fusion of Grotowski-inspired training (body-voice training and Plastique Sequence as transmitted by Peter Rose), physical theater, contemporary dance, vocal work, and scientific research into emotions, embodiment, physiology, and ecology.
At the heart of Daniela’s practice is the "Urgency of Expression"—a primal, unconditional energy driving artistic and human survival on biological, cultural, and political levels. This urgency manifests as a state of emotional, physical, and spiritual off-balance, where performers adapt to external stimuli while channeling their impulses into performative action—a condition Daniela calls the
For Daniela, performing arts are a revolutionary act—a spiritual and physical exploration of human nature and the deep impulse to express and connect.