Florencia Werchowsky is a writer, journalist, and stage director. Her multidisciplinary practice is based on the creation of works conceived specifically for the people who will perform them.
She trained as a classical ballet dancer and worked professionally at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. She has also worked as a journalist for Argentina’s leading media outlets and has published two novels with Penguin Random House: El tell de papá (No-Tell Motel, 2014) and Las bailarinas no hablan (Ballerinas Don’t Speak, 2017).
Her works draw on postdramatic and documentary theatre, as well as ballet and contemporary opera, and have been presented at major venues such as the Experimental Center of the Teatro Colón, the Buenos Aires International Festival (FIBA), the Nueva Ópera Festival, the Générateur de Ressources et d’Activités Musicales Exploratoires (Lyon), and the Hessel Museum, CCS Bard in New York, among others.
Her awards include the María Guerrero Award for Best Direction and Choreography for Ensayo del fin del mundo (2023/2024), and she has received fellowships from Fundación Williams (Escuela de Invierno, 2017) and the Générateur de Ressources et d’Activités Musicales Exploratoires (LIPS Lab, Lyon, 2023).
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