Chiara Mura

 

Chiara Mura was born in Segrate (MI) on February 27, 1992, although she likes to describe herself as "half Sardinian, half Calabrian, simply born and raised in Milan." At the age of 19, she left the Milanese capital forever, heading to Bologna where she studied at DAMS, and then continuing on to Augsburg, Germany, where she gained experience in various cultural realities, especially Ukrainian and Middle Eastern. She then moved to Venice, where she studied Cultural Anthropology, graduating with a thesis on the tradition of attitus, the ancient Sardinian funeral lament. This study, adapted from her studies, gave rise to the novel "Il canto dell'Attitadoras."

Chiara loves writing since a young age, producing various short stories over the years, but one element has always been crucial and vital to her: nature. Thus, in 2020, she moved to Valbrenta, a narrow valley between the Asiago plateau and the Grappa massif. Here, Chiara began her discovery of the world of plants, a universe that never ceased to amaze and inspire her, and which took shape in another project: the Panoptes Theater Association for children and young people, of which she is one of the founders and artistic director. This gave her the opportunity to explore another form of writing: theater. She developed several theatrical scripts that were performed in the halls and theaters of Valbrenta.

Her artistic research continues: in 2022, she encountered what she considers the most important form of expressive art: Bharatanatyam, a traditional form of South Indian dance-theater that combines pure dance and pantomime. For Chiara, the body becomes a vehicle for stories, interpretations, meanings, and emotions. Since 2018, Chiara has also been part of the spiritual path "Family of Shiva and Shakti," which accompanies her on a journey of profound transformation and inner awareness. Contact with the divine and the subtle world is a constant quest that permeates, more and more every day, every area of ​​his life.