Ilenia Caleo

Ilenia Caleo is a performer, activist, and researcher. Since 2000, she has worked as an actress, performer, and dramaturg in contemporary theatre, collaborating with various companies and directors. Holding a Master's degree in Contemporary Philosophy, her research explores bodies, feminist epistemologies, performance experimentation, and cultural institutions. She is a researcher at IUAV University of Venice and co-founder of the Gender Studies and Politics Master's program at Roma Tre University. She collaborates on the ERC-funded research project INCOMMON, directed by Annalisa Sacchi. Her recent publications include Performance, materia, affetti. Una cartografia femminista (Bulzoni, 2021) and the co-edited volume In fiamme. La performance nello spazio delle lotte 1967/1979 (b-r-u-n-o, 2021, with Sacchi and Piersandra Di Matteo). She is active in queer and commons movements.