A two-day intensive theatre workshop led by Diego Pileggi in Rome, 9–10 May 2026, in collaboration with Abraxa Teatro.
Jubilo Foundation invites actors, performers, dancers, musicians — and anyone drawn to a practical, immersive encounter with the body and voice — to join the seventh edition of The Collective Body.
A meeting ground between body, sound, and presence
At the heart of this workshop lies one question: what is relation? Between bodies, between sound and action, between the individual and the space around them — and finally, the essential threshold of any theatrical event, the one created between those who act and those who watch.
Across two intensive days, physical training, vocal work, and practices of improvisation and composition weave together into a progressive process. The aim is to develop presence, sharpen listening, and open the capacity for action — making participants more aware, more responsive, and more available to creative work.
Part of a larger research path
The Collective Body is an ongoing research path that brings together performative traditions and contemporary practice — from oral traditional singing to physical work, to the tools of stage composition. It’s a journey between heritage and experimentation, where each participant is invited to build their own creative autonomy within the collective.
The work moves through body awareness, group dynamics, and sound construction, opening spaces of creation from materials brought by the participants themselves. A dramaturgy emerges from the meeting between the individual and the group.
What we’ll work on
- Physical training — action/reaction, presence, grounding, physical awareness
- Partner work — ensemble flow, listening and intuition, elements of contact
- Vocal training — breathing, embodiment of sound, use of resonators, body/voice connection, from sound to text
- Elements of Corsican polyphony
- Improvisation and composition
What to prepare
Each participant is asked to bring a text of their choice (theatrical or literary) and a song (preferably from a traditional repertoire). For training, wear comfortable clothing in dark colours. Work is done barefoot.
Practical details
Dates: 9–10 May 2026 (Saturday and Sunday) Schedule: 11:00–18:00 each day, with a one-hour lunch break Venue: Villa Flora, Via Portuense 610, Rome (evening entrance from Via Giuseppe D’Avarna s.n.c.) Fee: €150 per participant, paid by bank transfer. Payment is non-refundable; refunds only in case of cancellation. Proof of payment is required to confirm registration. Language: Italian, with English translation available.
To apply: send an email to jubiloproject@gmail.com with the subject line “The Collective Body / Name, Surname”.
About the leader
Diego Pileggi is an actor, director, and theatre pedagogue — founder and artistic director of Jubilo Foundation. He holds an MA in Acting from Manchester Metropolitan University (2011) and a degree in Communication Sciences from the University of Milan (2007). He has deepened his training through encounters with masters including Song of the Goat Theatre, Eugenio Barba, Marcello Magni, Compagnia Abbondanza/Bertoni, Danio Manfredini, Roberta Carreri, Iben Nagel Rasmussen, and Chiara Michelini.
His practice is rooted in physical theatre and process-based work, with a particular focus on body/voice techniques and the psychophysical training of the actor. He specialises in traditional polyphonic singing from the Mediterranean — Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily. Between 2012 and 2022 he was a long-term collaborator of the Grotowski Institute in Wrocław as artistic director of Jubilo Foundation, and has taught and collaborated with theatre institutions and academies including Teatr Polski, the AST National Academy of Dramatic Art (PL), Tehran University of Dramatic Arts (IRN), the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Oslo, and IULM University in Milan.
