The Story of Sara Bellodi

What is the best thing that I love about my work? I love to hear the silence that creates a strong emotion evoked during a scene. To feel the light on my face and the power to share that moment of enchantment with the odiens. The unreality of human reality.

What is my idea of perfect happiness? knowing how to live our daily struggle to reach our deepest desires as a gift that makes us free and authentic. And thanks to this enjoy all can happen everyday.

What is my greatest fear? the fear itself, because it makes you become unable to live.

What is the trait that I most deplore in myself? i deplore my insecurity and my sternness. I can’t choose what is worst for me!

Which living persons in my profession do i most admire? I admire some teachers that i met for their passion, integrity, professionality and humanity. And i admire those artists who are consistent with their human and intellectual nature.

What is my greatest extravagance? i adore scene costumes, make-up and especially wigs. So on some occasions i really like dressing up as a carachter for fun.

On what occasion would I lie? most of the time i lie strategically to hide my real emotional state or because i feel confused about a topic or a situation.

What is the thing that I dislike the most in my work? I totally dislike an insane competitiveness.

When and where was I the happiest, in my work? Whenever i can work with friends or great professionals and i can learn and i can participate in a high collective creation, where the aim and the taste are beyond the obviousness and the spirit flies high.

If I could, what would I change about myself? As my mother says, sometimes i need to be more as bold as brass, be a bit more fierce to make my value understood.

What is my greatest achievement in work? after the great and pearless work with Dario Fo, last year i joined a wonderful, multiethnic, professional and spiritual ensamble and one day after a hard rehearsal session i felt a profound joy. That was all that i had always desired.

Where would I most like to live? I don’t know, i’m still looking for my place.

What is my most treasured possession? surely my black cat.

What is my most marked characteristic? Everyone says my strength. Physical, moral, expressive. And i admit despite of what i think quite often about me, that it’s true.

What is my most inspirational location, in my city? i feel inspired when i cross my city by its famous tram.

What is my favourite place to eat and drink, in my city? to eat a delicious crêpes or a hot chocolate in winter, i love a little bistrot called “Vecchia Brera”.

What books influenced my life and how? “Manuale minimo dell’attore” by Dario Fo made me realize that theatre is nothing but a serious, funny game to play, and gave me the courage to do an audition for the Academy. The Camille Claudel biography also influenced me in the pursuit of independence, romance and in how she had followed her heart and instinct.

Who are my favorite writers? Cunningham, Somerset Maugham, Jane Austen, Conan Doyle, Shakespeare, Aldo Palazzeschi, Harold Pinter, Bulgakov

You Only Die Once. What music would I listen on my last day? “Bilbao Song” by Kurt Weill to remember youth, hope, friendship, happy days gone.

Who is my hero or heroine in fiction? All those who are very clever and have strong sense of self they can do everything following their road. Saving themselves and other people.

Who are my heroes and heroines in real life? my heroes are the people who go on despite everything keeping their humanity, and their dream strong inside them.

Which movie would i recommend to see once in a lifetime? It’s hard to choose… there are so many different reasons … i love Fellini, Greenway, Terry Gillian… maybe one from each of them, and Blade Runner.

What role plays art in my life and work? Art is half of my life. It is the main choice of my life. Art is my job, and the way i filter the world around me.

Who is my greatest fan, sponsor, partner in crime? my greatest fan is my lovely auntie, my parents are my sponsor sometimes, the partner in crime is my best friend Cecilia.

Whom would I like to work with in 2018? in 2018 i really would like to work with Ariane Mnouchkine

Which people in my profession would i love to meet in 2018? i would like to meet somebody that want to produce my shows!!

What project, in 2018, am I looking forward to work on?  “SALT” the show with my faboulos Bämsemble, and a monologue about Franca Rame.

Where can you see me or my work in 2018? On march in Milan with an old grotesque monologue about an old woman that becomes a kamikaze, and with the Bämsemble show SALT with Jon Kellam and i hope the show about Franca.

What do the words “Passion Never Retires” mean to me? it’s the damnation of the artists. It’s not just a choice it’s a necessity, a way of living.

Which creative heroines should Peter invite to tell their story? Cecilia Di Donato, Lorenza Croce

How can you contact me? sarabellodi@yahoo.it

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