Cinzia, originally from Italy, came to Belfast in 2014 as an EVS volunteer with the Crescent Arts Centre, which is when she discovered Open Arts and in particular, Luminous Soul dance company. Highlights of her dance career with Luminous Soul include performing at Echo Echo Festival, portraying Hermia in Open Arts production of Midsummer Night’s Dream and participating in MeetShareDance Festivals. In 2021, Cinzia received a grant award through University of Atypical to develop her own dance work exploring disability and language.
Cinzia holds a BA in Film Studies from Università degli Studi di Udine and in 2019 graduated with a masters degree in Translation from Queen’s University, Belfast.
She has been working as a library assistant with Queen’s University for 5 years.
She joined Open Arts in 2022 as Communication and Development Assistant and is looking forward to working on her passion of equity for disabled people in the arts.