Dr Corinna Di Niro is an international performer, director, teacher, author and researcher of Commedia dell’Arte. She is considered Australia’s leading expert in Commedia. Corinna trained in Commedia in Italy in 2004 and holds a PhD in Commedia for a contemporary Australian context. She has published widely in the field and is an invited lecturer at NIDA. Corinna is interested in making Commedia accessible to new and diverse audiences where Commedia is not part of the day-to-day culture. Her vision is for Commedia to return to its seminal position as the key training tool for performance studies in tertiary institutions across Australia.
