For videoclips and further info:
(www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/0880-9080-9726)
www.youtube.com ("chiara de palo")
Influences
Yma Sumac,C.Barberian,Joan La Barbara, Meredith Monk,Diamanda Galas,Rachelle Ferrell,W.Houston, Nehemiah Brown,Aretha Franklin,Diane Reeves,Barbra Streisand,Liza Minnelli,Sarah Vaughan,Roy Hart (Paris).
Sounds Like
PEOPLE SAY: Liza Minnelli,Barbra Streisand,Rachelle Ferrell,Yma Sumac,Nancy Wilson....generally "a black voice within a slender white "little woman"!
I SAY: "..just..and terribly..MYSELF!"
REVIEWS:
..."In their exploratory piece, Jiwon Yang (director) and Chiara De Palo go that one step further and devote their entire show to an exclusive theatrical beatification of toilet paper..intriguing combination of monosyllabic exclamations , choreographed movement and Chiara De Palo's beautiful singing , it is engaging and inspiring too..this piece transcends its origins and becomes about a lot of other universal everyday things.." (THE STAGE)
..."The performer is remarkably inventive...her voice is bizarrely hypnotic..amazing vocal range , visceral and moving interpretation.." (THREE WEEKS)
...."It is immediately clear Chiara De Palo is a competent performer as we see her flex and contort body..there is an air of childlike investigation about her as she plays skittishly with the streaks of white paper, rolling and tearing them with gleeful abandon...she plays several roles from comic to dramatic..passion and humour..skilful performer with enchanting voice..great technique, visceral and touching interpretation..in telling the story De Palo manipulates the toilet paper to divide the space or to create puppets with which to work..all the (many) devices are very clever and effective..the overall physical performance is inventive and beautiful..the show concept is original and intriguing..skilful performer with rare vocal talent.." (TOTAL THEATRE)
The Voice of Things
She started her vocal studies at the age of five at the National Academy of Music (Italy) with Maureen Jones.Her repertoire goes from Opera to Musical-Theatre,Gospel,Jazz,Blues,Vocal Research.In ITALY she studied OPERA with Bertoli,Machiko Aino,Junko Muramy;JAZZ with R.Arrighini,G.Grazzini;MUSICAL-THEATRE with Shawna Farrell.Gospel with Nehemiah H Brown.VOCAL TECHNIQUE with F.della Monica, Monica Benvenuti.
In LONDON she developed her studies in GOSPEL MUSIC with JR Robinson (Gospel Award),Bazil Meade, Wendy Rose;VOCAL TECHNIQUE with Manley (Roy Hart -Paris);MUSICAL-THEATRE with Ann James (Royal Academy of Music).
She trained as an Actress and Physical-Theatre Performer in Italy and UK.
In ITALY: National Academy of Drama, Commedia dell'Arte,European Academy for Actors, Laboratorio Nove ,Peter Brook Company,Michele Monetta, Marcello Bartoli,Bernstein Academy of Music and Drama.
In UK: Ecole de Mime Corporel Dramatique, Complicite Theatre, David Glass, Frantic Assembly.
Main roles in Theatre and Musical-Theatre productions:
STORM DAMAGE (BAC),THE ECHOES OF WILLARD (New Wimbledon Theatre),
THE BACCHAE (TIME OUT CRITIC'S CHOICE), Pierrot Lunaire (The Arcola Theatre),Opera of Surveillance (The Arcola Theatre)),The Red Ladies (CLOD ENSEMBLE),Hotel Medea (Salisbury International Festival ),
WAGNER PROJECT (National Theatre-Brussels 2008),
THE VOICE OF THINGS (Solo Perfo/Edinburgh Festival 2007),In the shadows of Senghor (BLACK HISTORY FESTIVAL 2007),This is a Chair (C.Churchill), Misterioso (S.Benni), U-238 (M.Paolini), Not in my name (Living Theatre),Attempts on her life (M.Crimp), Josephine the Singer (F.kafka), The Proposal (A.Cechov), The Bear (A.Cechov), A midsummer night's dream,Bodas de sangre (F.G.Lorca),Maria Maddalena (M.Yourcenar),Falstaff (G.Verdi), Viaggio a Reims (G.Rossini), Anna Karenina , Company (S.Sondheim),Pinocchio,Nalpas (A.Artaud)...Directed by Nehemiah H.Brown in the critically acclaimed "I'll be home for Christmas "(one woman musical show) and in other several concerts around Italy.
She has performed with musicians like Orphy Robinson, Rowland Sutherland, Pat Thomas, Cleveland Watkiss, Dudley Philips..
She performs as a solo singer in concerts, one woman shows and musical-theatre productions. Recorded soundtracks for theatre.Voiceover.Radiodrama.
For videoclips and details:
www.ukscreen.com/cast/chiara
www.youtube.com
www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/0880-9080-9726
Hi Chiara, good to hear from you...glad things are going well. I've been keeping busy with gigs and also trying to finish my album of songs(not jazz)...it should be ready soon so watch this space! Hope to see you soon, Pxx
Hi Chiara, How'a it going? Hope everything's going great and it'd be great to see you at Siemy's jam at the Music Palace in Crouch End if you're free on Wednesday. Johnny
bene Chiara, e te? Certo che ti saluto la bella Italia! Tu quando vieni? e che combini a Londra? io in pieno turbine di lavoro, dopo "Puccini jazz" ho appena inciso piano solo "Vivaldi Jazz: Le 4 Stagioni", vattelo ad ascoltare! Saluti, Riccardo
Hi Chiarita! Hope you're well and getting ready to settle in your new studio flat:-)...Things seem to brighten up a little bit on my side while carrying on resting...Let's catch up and meet soon when I am 100% mobile again:-). Love. Txx
Good to hear form you. You'll hear from me, i'm in the UK now, perhaps we can meet, but it will be have to be Mon evening, Tue, or Wed in the day. Let me know
