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Of Italian nationality, REGINA MARTINO studied stage and costume design at Florence’s Beaux-Arts Academy (1978-1982).
She began her artistic career with the KRYPTON company, which explored various types of choreographies with the possibilities offered by technology and multimedia.
In 1985 she moved to Milan where she studied fashion design with GIANFRANCO FERRE at the DOMUS ACADEMY.
She closely followed the evolution of contemporary dance in Italy and began to create costumes for different companies including Luisa Casiraghi and Teri Weikel.
In 1987 she met PACO DECINA with whom she began a long collaboration as both interpreter and costume designer. Their collaboration continued in Paris (1989) on numerous productions (Ombre in rosso antico, Scilla e Cariddi, Vestigia di un corpo, Ciro Esposito, etc.) where she reaffirmed her aesthetic sense by audaciously mixing visual references with her experience with the body and its movement, always keeping her precise regard on the contemporary garment.
Continuing her collaboration with choreographers (FRANCESCA LATTUADA, PHILIPPE SAIRE...) she also began creating costumes for the theatre, and directors HUBERT COLAS and JEAN-RENE LEMOINE.
Since 1995 REGINA MARTINO has continued to stretch her horizons by working for the Opera, theatre and cinema.
She has worked for dance world figures VERGES, SOPHIE LESSARD, theatre with EUGENE DURIF and CATHERINE BEAU, AHMED MADANI and JEAN-LOUIS HOURDIN and for cinema with SIGRID ALNOY and GUY DESLAURIERS. she designed the costumes for "WOYZECK" by JEAN-LOUIS HOURDIN, which is nomined in "Molieres 2004, and for the show marking the 100th year anniversary of the FOIRE DE PARIS 2004, directed by SERGE HUREAU. To continue discovering the creations of Regina Martino click on Créations at the top of the page.

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