Nominated by Oriente Occidente, Rovereto, Italy 

(they / them in English, he/him where language is binary)  

Diana Anselmo is a Deaf performer and visual artist, activist and improvised human being. 

Bilingual LIS and Italian, during their master’s degree in Theater and Performing Arts they debuted with “Autoritratto in tre atti” (2021), still presented in various Italian and foreign festivals (Serbia, Switzerland, Portugal). 

Abroad, they debuted in Berlin, performing with the likes of Xavier Le Roy in “Le Sacre du Printemps (2022).”  

Actually, they are holding their first solo exhibition “Je Vous Aime” at Fondazione Sandretto in Italy. 

They’re among the founders of Al.Di.Qua. Artists, Europe’s first association of and for artists with disabilities, for which Diana has participated as a speaker in some European Festivals (IntegrART – Switzerland, DansFunk – Sweden, Holland Dance Festival – Netherlands). 

Diana is accessibility manager of the Oriente Occidente Festival – with specific focus on the Deaf community. Among other things, youngest member of the Cultural Advisory Board of the British Council. 

Linkedin page: Diana Anselmo