Elisa CAZZATO

Full name: Elisa Cazzato
Date of birth: 17 June 1986 
Nationality: Italian 
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1653-2752
Website: elisacazzato.com      

CURRENT POSITION

2023 – 2024 Marie Skłodowska Curie Plus One Fellow 
Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies, Università Ca' Foscari

2020 – 2023  Marie Skłodowska Curie Global Fellow
Università Ca’ Foscari – Venice, Italy
Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies,
Research project: The lure of the foreign stage: Italian art and artistry serving the French and European spectacle. Project acronym: SPECTACLE
Supervisor: Prof. Gerardo Tocchini
Partner University: New York University – New York City
Department of Art History
Partner Institute Supervisor: Prof. Meredith Martin
Secondment University: Sorbonne Université – Paris
Supervisor during secondment: Prof. Renaud Bret-Vitoz

EDUCATION

05/03/2013 – 06/08/2018 - PhD
The University of Sydney – Sydney, NSW
Doctor of Philosophy and Alumni member
Faculty of Art and Social Sciences, Department of Art History and Film Studies
Area of research: stage design, theatre history, artistic community networks, and visual artists in Italy and France (1750-1830)
Thesis Title: An Italian Artist in Paris: The Career and Designs of Ignazio Degotti (1758-1824)
Supervisor: Prof. Mark Ledbury

01/01/2008 – 12/07/2011 – Master
Università degli Studi di Milano – Milan, Italy
Master Degree in Art History & Criticism (specializing in 18th and 19th Century Art and Stage Design)
Thesis Title: Alessandro Sanquirico e la senografia a Milano tra Età Napoleonica e e Restarurazione
Graduated with honours (110 e lode, summa cum laude)
Supervisor: Prof. Fernando Mazzocca

06/06/2008 – 11/09/2008 – Certificate
The New School – New York, USA
Certificate of English as a Second Language.

01/09/2005 – 30/06/2006 – Erasmus Study Programme
Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca – Salamanca, Spain
Department of Communication
European ERASMUS Scholarship

02/08/2004 – 28/06/2007 – Bachelor
Libera Universita di Lingue e Comunicazione IULM – Milan, Italy
Undergraduate Degree in Communication Science and Technology
Thesis Title: La moda in Georg Simmel (110/110)
Supervisor: Prof. Maria Tilde Bettetini

FELLOWSHIPS

01/11/20-01/11/21 – Marie Skłodowska Curie Global Fellowship (call: Horizon 2020 – MSCA IF 2019)
Host Institution: Università Ca’ Foscari, Venice
Three years’ postgraduate individual fellowship
20/09/2018 – 20/12/2018 – Fondazione Giorgio Cini Onlus, Olivo and Vilma Andreazza International Scholarship, Venice, Italy
Three months’ salary and residency in the Vittore Branca Centre for Studies on Italian Culture
01/02/2013 – 31/08/2017 – The University of Sydney International Scholarship, Sydney, Australia
Full coverage of tuition fees and salary
01/07/2014 – 30/10/2014 – The University of Sydney Cité Internationale des Arts Scholarship Sydney, Australia
Three months’ residence in Paris in the Power Institute Studio Residency at the Cité des Arts

SEMINARS AND LECTURES

2022 – Nice, Université Nice-Côte d’Azur. Two guest lectures for undergraduates of the course Histoire du théâtre et des textes dramatiques and Masters students of the course Esthétique scénique et pratiques des arts de la scene, taught by Prof. Emanuele De Luca.
2022 – New York, New York University, Department of Art History. Undergraduate course in Modern Art History taught by Prof. Meredith Martin. Guest lecture: Art, Theater, and Spectacle in the 19th Century
2022 – Versailles, CMBV (Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles). ThéPARis – Séminaire de Recherche. Paper: Nature en scène : décor de théâtre et jardins au XVIIIe siècle.
2021 – New York, New York University, Institute of Fine Arts. Course of masters Visual and Performing Arts in France, 1660 – 1815 taught by Prof. Meredith Martin (zoom event). Paper: Italian decorators in France and the role of Ignazio Degotti.
2021 – Paris, Sorbonne Université, CELLF (Centre d'étude de la langue et des littératures françaises).  Series of seminars Histoire et esthétique du théâtre au XVIIIe siècle taught by Prof. Renaud Bret-Vitoz (zoom event). Paper: Scénographies du XVIIIe siècle : l'impact de l'école italienne en France entre perspective et nature 

SELECTED CONFERENCES

2023 –  Full organziation of the conference Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? Ephemerality and Materiality in France in the Long 18th- Century: Arts, Theatre, and Spectacle. Venice, Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies, Università Ca' Foscari.
2023 – ISECS (International Society Eighteenth Century Studies, Rome – co-convenor of the double session Visualizing Antiquity: The Use of Ancient Models in Dress, Dance, and Scenography. Speaker in the session: Contingencies, Conversations, and Treasure Hunts: Artistic, Literary, and Magical Encounters in Italy. Paper: Artistic Networks and Roman Encounters: Ignazio Degotti and Jacques-Louis David in Rome in 1784.
2022 – New York, NYU, Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò, Department of Italian Studies,organization of the workshop Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions.
2022 – International Conference: Musical and Theatrical Migrations. Performance practice in 17th and 18th- century Europe,  Palácio Nacional de Queluz, Portugal. Paper: The Lure of the Foreign Stage: Italian Art and Artistry Serving the French and European Spectacle.
2022 ASECS (American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies) – online event part of the annual meeting. Chair and session proposer: European Spectacle Behind the Curtain: Décor, Machines, and Special Effects.
2022 – Louisiana State University, LSU - Virtual Theatres, International Study Day. Presentation of the research project SPECTACLE.
2021 – Sorbonne Université, PRITEPS, Initiative Théâtre - Programme de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur le Théâtre et les Pratiques Scéniques, Journée des doctorants (zoom event). Paper: L’attrait de la scène étrangère: l’art et le talent artistique au service du spectacle français européen à la fin du XVIIIe siècle
2021 – Annual meeting SISSD  (Società Italiana Studi Secolo Decimonono)  Norma e Contestazione nel XVIII secolo (zoom event). Paper: Norme rivoluzionarie : educare il popolo a teatro L’esempio parigino de «La fête des Vieillards» e la promozione dei nuovi valori coniugali.

EXTERNAL PROJECTS

2023 Radio Ca’ Foscari Podcasts , 8 podcasts co-produced with Radio Ca’ Foscari.

2021 – 2022 Backstage assistant and costumes supervisor for the 18th-century ballet performance Reimagining Le Ballet des Porcelaines.
Creator and Producer: Prof. Meredith Martin
Creator and choreographer: Phil Chan
Performance Locations: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), The University of Chicago, The University of Princeton, Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte (Naples), Palazzo Grassi (Venice), MIT (Boston).

PUBLICATIONS

2024 Cazzato, E., Martin, M. “Reflections on the Ballet des Porcelaines: Between Intention and Impact”, Humanities Research Journal (in press)
2024 Cazzato E. “«Le plus grand théâtre de la République, la première réputation dans l’Europe».  Ignazio Degotti (1758-1824) Behind the Stage of the Paris Opéra”. In Studi Francesi, 2022 (in press)
2023 Cazzato E., “Performing for Napoleon: Production Quarrels at the Paris Opéra”, Dance Research, 41.2 (2023): 275-296 https://doi.org/10.3366/drs.2023.0407 
2022 Cazzato E., “Un artista italiano in Francia: il circo di Antonio Franconi a Parigi”. In: Dalle piazze alle corti. Storie di giochi e spettacoli tra ‘700 e ‘800, eds. Silvia Ghisotti, Andrea Merlotti, Genova, SAGEP, pp. 123-129.
2022 Cazzato E., “Gli italiani di Parigi: artisti, pirotecnici e cavallerizzi al servizio delle scene teatrali di fine Settecento”. In: Cadernos de Queluz, vol. 5, eds. Iskrena Yordanova, José Camȏes, Verlag, Hollitzer, 2021, pp. 283-306.
2021 Cazzato E., “Chronicles of two Piedmontese in Paris: the stage designer Ignazio Degotti (1758-1824) and the composer Gian Battista Viotti (1755-1824)”. In: Cadernos de Queluz, vol. 4, eds. Iskrena Yordanova, Cristina Fernandes,Verlag, Hollitzer, 2021, pp. 655-704
2020 Cazzato E., “Ignazio Degotti Staging Luigi Cherubini: Making Visual Culture at the Théâtre Feydeau (1791-1797)”. In: Luigi Cherubini: il teatro musicale, eds. Maria Teresa Arfini, Francesca Menchelli-Buttini, Emilia Pantini, Würzburg, Studio Verlag im Königshausen & Neumann, pp. 225-242, 2020.

CAREER BREAK IN RESEARCH

20/05/2015 – 30/09/2016 Maternity leave (16 months). Place of residence during the break: Italy

Languages: Italian (mother tongue) English (bilingual, ESL certificate from The New School of New York 2008, IELTS Academic Certificate, Sydney 2012), Spanish (advanced, DELE High Intermediate Certificate), French (fluent, DELF B1/B2 Certificate)

Memberships: Società Italiana Studi Secolo Decimonono (SISSD), Società Italiana per la Storia dell’ Età Moderna (SISEM), Consulta Universitaria del Teatro (CUT), American Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS), Historians of Eighteenth-Century Art & Architecture (HECAA).