Biography
Diana Rojas-Feile is a director, performer, voiceover artist, actress, and author. Her transdisciplinary work ranges from site-specific works, interactive performances and installations to audio walks and radio plays. The core of her work is the multiperspectivity around a sociopolitical topic created through documentary interviews, mixed with a fictional thread. In her Audio performances she create for the audience a playful space for reflexion of a social reality narration.
Here a detailed career path: Diana_Rojas_Feile CV
Awards, artist residencies and grants
2022 Cultural Award City of Zurich
2022 Corona Scholarships City of Zurich
2018 Winner “Funkenflug 2018” Fachstelle Kulturvermittlung Kanton Aargau with “I thought we were all human” in collaboration with Artlink.
2017 Competition “Komet” Department of Education, Culture and Sport Canton Thurgau with “Nach Hause fliehen” in collaboration with Artlink.
2016 Competition “Safari” Departement Bildung, Kultur und Sport Kanton Aargau with “Ich dachte, wir sind alle Menschen” in collaboration with Artlink.
2016 Competition “Agora” SNF with “Arbeit 4.5” in collaboration with Dr Björn Müller (HSG).
2015 Competition “tête-à-tête” Programme Education and Culture Canton Bern with “Hör mal!” in collaboration with Artlink.
2015 Residency “Next Generation” ASSITEJ 2015 – International Theatre Festival “Augenblick mal!”
Theatre an der Parkaue in Berlin
2015 Participant in the “International Directors’ Seminar ASSITEJ” – National Theater Mannheim
2014 SSA scholarships for choreographic works. Lausanne
2013 Residency “Next Generation” ASSITEJ 2013 International Theatre Festival “Schäxpir” in Linz – Austria.
2008 Winner of the Secondo Theatre Festival with his own production “Y tu? Who are you?”. Directed by Fabienne Hadorn. City Theatre Olten
1999 Honorary prize at the 2nd ‘Competition for Neighbourhood Stories’. Co-author with Carlos Reverón of “San Victorino Square – Meeting Point and Place of Exchange”. Mayor’s office Bogota
Others
Since 2023 Board member t. Switzerland
2023 Member of search committee for new management of Theaterhaus Gessnerallee Zurich
2022 Jury member “SonOhr Podcast and Radio Festival 2022”.
2021 Programme group and jury member “Festival About us! 2021”
2020 – 2023 Board member “Fairspec” process to raise awareness for ethical behaviour in the performing arts and to develop fair guidelines for the independent scene.
2019 – 2023 Board member Theaterhaus Gessnerallee as t. Zurich representative
2018 Jury member Zuger Förderbeiträge and Werkjahr 2018
2015-2016 Jury member 8th and 9th Secondo Festival – Theater Tuchlaube Aarau, Miller’s Studio
2015 Guest lecturer at the University of St. Gallen. Subject: Performance Design