Gemma Hansson Carbone is Swedish-Italian performer and director. She currently works and lives between Sweden, Italy and Greece with various projects and collaborations that are enriching and opening new and new perspectives on the practice and the artistic research she is implementing.
She’s been working with, among others, Romeo Castellucci, Theodoros Terzopoulos, Mixail Marmarinos, Rodrigo Garcia, Dead Center, Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper (Nature Theater of Oklahoma), Julie Stanzak (Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch), Chiara Guidi, Tomi Janesic, Fabrice Murgia and Elli Papakonstantinou/ODC Ensemble. She has gained prestigious professional experiences in major European stages such as Piccolo Teatro di Milano (IT), Ancient Theater of Epidaurus (GR), Biennale di Venezia – Teatro dell’Arsenale (IT), Ibsen Festival of Oslo (NO), Athens and Epidaurus Festival (GR), Operadagen Festival (N), IRCAM – Centre de Pompidou (FR), Romaeuropa Festival (IT), Göteborg Stadsteater (SWE), Göteborg Dans&Teater Festival (SWE), National Theater of Rome (IT). She was awarded the Italian national grant DE.MO./MovinUp, by MIC – Ministero della Cultura and GAi – Associazione Giovani Artisti Italiani and since 2017 she’s supported by the Swedish National Art Council Konstnärsnamnden. She’s also a proud activist-embroiderer.