A Précieuse Name: Alcra @Liceo Giovanni Pascoli - Bolzano

Thursday 3 December
@ Liceo Giovanni Pascoli – Bolzano
A Précieuse Name: Alcra
A staged sharing of material from Armande sono io! by Carla Lonzi
created and performed by Fiorenza Menni and Andrea Mochi Sismondi

Nome da preziosa: Alcra is the opening movement of the diptych that Ateliersi dedicates to Carla Lonzi, comprising the performances I am Armande! (2025) and Shut Up. Or Rather, Speak. Diary of a Feminist, 1972–1977 (2026).

The work invites audiences into the creative process surrounding Lonzi’s final research, which focused on the Précieuses movement that emerged in seventeenth-century France.

Lonzi encounters the experience of the Précieuses through Molière’s Les Précieuses ridicules and Les Femmes savantes, recognising it as a key point of reference for feminist thought.

Convinced that theatre reflects real situations, she looks to the stage for the kinds of relationships she recognises in her own lived experience when “one refuses to grant men certain privileges”.

The sharing of these materials includes moments of active exchange with the audience, seeking to create a free, sensitive and thoughtful space for dialogue.