Fabiana Piccioli Lighting Designer
contacts: Charlene Lim (agent)
Winner of the 2018 Knight of Illumination Award for Opera (Eugene Onegin)
Winner of the 2017 Knight of Illumination Award for Dance (Echoes)
Winner of the 2013 Knight of Illumination Award for Dance (iTMOI)
Born in Rome in 1976, Fabiana trained as a dancer and graduated in Philosophy at Università La Sapienza (Rome). She continued her dance training in Brussels for a year and in 2001 she started working as production manager for the Romaeuropa Festival. In 2005 she moved to London to join Akram Khan Company as Technical Director and Lighting Designer.
In 2013 she became freelance lighting designer, collaborating with international artists all over the world.
She is now based in Rome.
Productions as lighting designer:
Vake Poes, dir. Lisaboa Houbrecht, Opera of Flandres, Gent Feb 2023
Nine Songs, Feng Ling Productions, Dance City, Newcastle, Jan 2023
Handmaid’s Tale, dir. John Fulljames, Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen, Oct 2022
Jumalattaret, Barbara Hannigan sings John Zorn, Spoleto Festival,Teatro Romano, July 2022
Aida, dir. Philipp Himmelmann, Savonlinna Festival, July 2022
Eye Candy, chor. Imre & Marne Van Opstal, Ballet Rambert, London May 2022
Yeled, chor. Eyal Dadon, Aterballetto, Reggio Emilia Teatro Valli, April 2022
Kites, chor. Damien Jalet, Goteborg Ballet, March 2022
Aurora’s Nap (Sleeping Beauty), chor. Johan Inger, Stuttgart Ballet, Feb 2022
Valley of Human Sound, chor. Gregory Maqoma, Ballet de Lyon, Dec 2021
Rigoletto, dir. Oliver Mears, Royal Opera House, Sept 2021
Les Demons, dir. Guy Cassiers, Comédie Française, Paris, Sept 2021
Inferno, dir. P.Maccarinelli, Festival dei due mondi, Spoleto, July 2021
Antigone & Tiresias, dir. Guy Cassiers, Bobigny MC93, Paris, May 2021
April, dir. Guy Cassiers, Toneelhuis, Antwerp,Apr 2021
Ballets Contemporains, Chor. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Damien Jalet, Mehdi Kerkouche, Tess Vorleger, Opera Garnier, Paris Oct 2020
Don Giovanni, dir. John Fulljames, Greek National Opera, Athens Dec 2020
Don Juan, chor. Johan Inger, Aterballetto, Centre National de Chaillot, Paris, Oct 2020
Alice Adventures Underground, dir. Antony McDonald, ROH, London Feb 2020
Sleeping Beauty, chor. Jeroen Verbruggen, Leipzig Opera Ballet, Nov 2019
Ghost , chor. Kim Brandstrup, New York City Center, Fall for Dance Festival, October 2019
Indian Queen, dir. Guy Cassiers, Opera de Lille, Oct 2019
Invisible Cities, dir.Leo Warner & Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, MIF / 59Productions, July 2019
Sciamachy chor. Jeroen Verbruggen, Finnish National Ballet, Helsinki May 2019
Bagaar by Guy Cassiers, Toneelhuis Antwerp (premiere March 2019)
Petrushka, chor. Johan Inger, Les Ballets de Montecarlo, Opera Garnier Dec. 2018
Rite of Spring,dir. Yang Liping Company, Shanghai Festival, Oct. 2018
Satori chor. Raul Reinoso Acanda, Acosta Danza, Teatro Alicia Alonso, La Havana, Cuba 2018
Eugene Onegin dir. Oliver Mears, Scottish Opera, Royal Theatre Glasgow 2018
Portraits in Otherness prod. Akram Khan Company , Sadlers Wells London 2018
Eugene Onegin dir. Frederic Wake-Walker Opera du Rhin, Strasbourg 2018
Schlafende Manner dir. Katie Mitchell, Shauspielehaus Hamburg 2018
Vergeef Ons dir. Guy Cassiers, Toneelhuis Bourla Antwerp 2018
Memento Mori chor. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Opera Garnier, Montecarlo 2017)
Ma Sacre chor. Jeroen Verbruggen, Les Ballets de Montecarlo, Opera Garnier Montecarlo 2017
Powder Her Face dir. Antony McDonald, Northern Ireland Opera / Irish National Opera 2017
Bahr Chor. Mavin Koo, National Ballet of Malta La Valletta 2017
IUANMI chor. Lali Ayguadè, Temporada Alta Festival Girona 2017
Le Nozze di Figaro dir. Frederic Wake Walker, Teatro La Scala, Milan 2016
Rigoletto, dir. Oliver Mears, Nevill Holt Opera 2016
Pictures from an exhibition chor. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Opera Antwerp 2016
Ma Mere l’Oye chor. Jeroen Verbruggen, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Opera Antwerp 2016
Ophelia’s room dir. Katie Mitchell, Schaubuhne Berlin 2016
Grensgeval dir. Guy Cassiers, Toneelhuis Bourla Antwerp 2016
M-Dao chor. Yabin Wang, English National Ballet, She Says, Sadlers Wells London 2016
Under Siege chor. Yang Liping, Sadlers Wells London 2016
Interrupted chor. Aditi Mangaldas, Mumbai 2016
Go Down Moses dir. Romeo Castellucci, Theatre de La Ville, Paris 2015
Transfigured Night chor. Kim Brandstrup, Ballet Rambert, Sadlers Wells 2015
The Pursuit of Now chor. Akram Khan for Buta Festival Sadlers Wells London 2015
Echoes & I imagine by Aakash Odedra Company, Curve Theatre, Leicester 2015
Bayadere - The Ninth Life chor. Shobana Jeyasingh, Royal Opera House 2015
Inked chor. Damien Jalet, Aakash Odedra Company, The Place London 2015
Marama dir. Nina Nawalowalo, Auckland Festival 2015
Timeless chor. Aditi Mangaldas, Queen Elizabeth Hall 2015
Kokoro chor. Lali Ayguadè, Temporada Alta Festival Girona 2015
Kin by Sanjukta Sinha, Mumbai 2015
Cantique chor. Abou Lagraa, Maison de la Danse, Lyon 2015
Rainy Days, lighting installation for Philarmonie Luxembourg 2014
From one side to the other (museum exhibition curated by Akram Khan, The Lowry Manchester 2014)
Romeo and Juliet, dir. Sophie Gilpin, Rose Theatre 2014
Dust chor. Akram Khan, English National Ballet, Barbican 2014
Pests dir. Lucy Morrison, Clean Break, Royal Court London 2014
We-Part chor. Paolo Mangiola, Balletto di Roma, Civitanova Festival 2014
Breathe chor. Errol White, Edinburg Festival 2014
iTMOI chor. Akram Khan, MC2 Grenoble 2013
GNOSIS chor. Akram Khan, Sadlers Wells London 2010
SVAPNAGATA FESTIVAL curated by Akram Khan and Nitin Sawhney, Sadlers Wells London 2009
As lighting and set designer:
Double Bill Aterballetto & Toscanini Philarmonic, Sept 2022
Isadora Now, for Viviana Durante Company, Barbican Theatre, Feb 2020
Aimai-je un reve? by Jeroen Verbruggen for Les Ballets de Montecarlo, Opera Garnier Dec. 2018
Mermaid chor. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui for Acosta Danza, Sadlers Wells, London 2017
Requiem chor. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Opera Ghent 2017
Qutb chor. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Sadlers Wells, London 2016
Fall chor. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Opera Ghent, 2015
Harbour Me chor. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui for L.A. Dance Project, Theatre du Chatelet, Paris 2015
Bahok chor. Akram Khan, Sadlers Wells London, National Ballet of China Beijing 2008
Variations for Vibes Pianos and Strings, Akram Khan Company and London Sinfonietta Orchestra, London Barbican 2006
COMING UP
Medee, dir. Lisaboa Houbrecht, Paris Comedie Francaise May 2023
Scimmia, dir. Luca Marinelli, Spoleto, Auditorium della Stella July 2023
Tucidide, dir. Alessandro Baricco & Centocellos, Spoleto, Piazza Duomo July 2023
Don Giovanni, dir Guy Cassiers, Opera de Lille Oct 2023
Jephtha, dir. Oliver Mears, London Royal Opera House, Nov 2023
Oer en andere tijden, dir. Guy Cassiers, Amsterdam ITA, Dec 2023
La Gioconda, dir. Oliver Mears, Salzburg Osterfestspiele, Feb 2024