the company

the company

A woman in a dress and a man in a suit wearing masks, standing against a plain background.

HumanLab was founded by the actors  Anna Penatiand Marco Zavarise and today involves actors, composers, dancers and scientific consultants. 
Our common journey started 15 years ago, studying drama at the Italian Public Academy of Dramatic Arts Nico Pepe, where we met and graduated as actors in 2014. Moreover, Anna attended her MFA in Performing Arts - Acting specialization at Den Danske Scenekunstskole (The Danish National School of Performing Arts) 2021-2023 and she is now involved in research projects in the intersection between theatre, learning and wellbeing.


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​"Endlessly fascinated by “the process” and “what is behind the product”, we decided to keep exploring, specializing ourselves in theatre training and education with a deep focus on Anatolij Vasil’ev training - Stanislavskij– Active Analysis – and  physical training techniques, such as fx Commedia Dell’Arte. 
Our creative and teaching process is a constant and dynamic dialogue between tradition and innovation.
We do believe in studying tradition to innovate. because:  The farther you want to shoot an arrow, the farther you need to flex the bow back."

Two women, one with curly hair and another wearing a white mask with black eyes.

  • Anna Penati - actress, movement director and drama lecturer. 
    In 2014, Anna Penati graduated as an actress from the Public Academy of Dramatic Arts Nico Pepe and holds a Master’s degree in Performing Arts with a specialization in Acting from the Danish National School of Performing Arts. Her training has been shaped by Active Analysis (Anatolij Vasiliev, Stanislavsky, Maria Knebel), Commedia dell'Arte, contemporary mask techniques, viewpoints, and movement storytelling. In addition to her work as an actress and movement director, Anna creates theater-based learning workshops and research projects for higher education, with a focus on embodiment, movement dramaturgy and physical storytelling. For 2023-2024, she is developing a custom theater workshop for the EU project “DigiQ” by ScienceMeltingPot, funded by the European Commission, which centers on diversity and inclusion training. Her acting career has spanned international festivals in the UK, Denmark, France, Italy, Taiwan, Spain, and Portugal.
    annapenati.com

    https://skuespillerhaandbogen.dk/medlem/anna-carla-maria-penati

  • Marco Zavarise – fysiskteater performer
    CV: https://skuespillerhaandbogen.dk/
    I graduated as an actor from the Italian School of Performing Arts and subsequently performed in numerous theater festivals in Italy, France, the UK, Denmark, and Russia. In 2017, I moved to Denmark and began teaching physical theater, mask techniques, and training methods at various schools and cultural institutes across the country, including Aarhus University, CISPA, the Actor Academy, VIA University College, and Kongernes Jelling/National Museum.In 2019, I established the theater company HumanLab, which creates cultural experiences and artistic research in collaboration with institutions throughout Denmark. HumanLab's latest project, NORDICOMÆDIA, received support from both the Italian Cultural Institute and the European Cultural Region. In Denmark, I collaborate as a performer with ArtFarm (production Akrylarium) and The Flying Theater (projects Low/High Altitude and SuperOle). Additionally, I am an expert in mask techniques and Active Analysis.

  • Jeg er uddannet moderne danser ved Balance 1, Contemporary Dance Academy, i Berlin, og har været 3 års fuldtidsansat som danser på tysk teater. Efterfølgende har jeg været primus motor på at stifte foreningen ArtFarm, hvorigennem jeg som kunstnerisk leder har producere egne værker. I dette virke har jeg hovedsageligt stået for salg og funding af forestillinger, administrationen og været med som danser. Jeg har i løbet af årene udviklet en stor erfaring som danselærer, både inden for contemporary og hiphop genren. Har undervist improvisation siden 2012 og for professionelle siden 2016. Dybdegående færdigheder som danser med en professionel
    teknik indenfor urban contemporary, samt en stor forståelse for scenen.
    Ved siden af dette er jeg administrerende leder af Campus Dance Academy, med unge i alderen 16-20 år, hvor jeg organisere gæstelærere, skemalægning og forestillinger samt underviser. Jeg er danser i forestillingen Terminus. 

  • Domenico Mannelli, composer, arranger, songwriter and performer.
    I worked many years as a musician in theater. In Italy with the theater company "Circomare" and then with the company "Altamira Laboratory", writing the music for the performances "Don Giovanni", "The garden"and "Last night". In 2014 I moved to Denmark to work with "Altamira Studio Teater '' an international theater company based in Holstebro in residence from 2014 to 2017 at "Odin Teatret". For them I wrote the music for several performances: "The River - Dream of a poet", "By Heart - Theater concert for another time","Playroom - Acts without words'' (presented at Aprilfestival in Hjørring in 2019).
    I have a Master's degree in Philosophy. In 2021 I completed the Master's in Rhythmic Composition at "Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium '' where I also just started a post master programme (Solistuddannelse). In the last two years I've got interested in: writing music across genres; investigating the relation between Architecture, Music and Poetry; defining and conceiving creative processes; teaching. Domenico is composer in the show Terminus.

  • Eleonora Angioletti, actress (Horsens/Arezzo, Italy)
    I am a trained actor at the Italian Public Academy of Dramatic Arts Nico Pepe. Finalist at the 2015 Hystrio Award for Best Actress. Since 2017, in the company LaFilostoccola / Teatro Virginian from Arezzo, I have participated in the artistic management of the theater as an actress, director's assistant and held theater workshops. I work with Italian directors including Eugenio Allegri, Silvio Peroni and Simone Luglio.
    In 2019 I participated as an actor in the 58th Venice Biennale: show of virtual reality "Gymnasiaproject" directed by C. Lavis and M.Szczerbowski, produced by the National Film Board of Canada. In the same year I participated in the 76th Venice Film Festival as an actress: Virtual Reality / Immersive Theater THE KEY directed by Celine Tricart (Lucid Dreams Prod.), Winner of the Jury's Grand Prize for Best Virtual Reality Project.

  • A Taiwanese professional dancer based in Denmark. She is also a producer and a choreographer from her own company, MaiTi Dance Company. Since 2014 she's working at Gerhart Hauptmann-Theater Görlitz-Zittau, Germany (Wee dance company) with Marko E. Weigert & Dan Pelleg. She organized many different projects together with a Danish organization Art Farm, including the 2022 "Chinese new New Year show" in Kolding, Denmark. 2021 "contemporary painter". 2019 "danceOmatic"... 2020 she also organized 8 online artists' talks, with 18 artists coming from 10 different countries. She is also the choreographer behind the short piece "Talker", which in 2016 got selected to perform in the International SoloDuo Dance Festival 2016. MengTing is performer in our show Terminus.

  • the founder of Science Melting Pot, is a physicist and science communicator who moved to Denmark from India for her PhD at Aarhus University. After completing her PhD, she started Science Melting Pot driven by her passion for science outreach and her concern for the challenges in achieving gender equity and ethnic diversity in the scientific community. Her research experience spans quantum physics education and outreach. She works to convey scientific concepts in an aesthetic way through theatre and art installations. She is also one of the board members of the Kvinder i Fysik/Women In Physics group in Denmark. 

  • is a cognitive scientist - with focus on social cognition, interaction, and culture. Mariano graduated in 2016 in Comparative Languages, Literature and Culture at Università degli Studi di Napoli L’Orientale, Italy. He attended the Master's course of Cognitive Semiotics at Aarhus Universitet, Denmark, from which he graduated in 2020 with his Master thesis on “Digital Joint Action” with a passing grade of 12/12.
    Mariano is part of our team in the projects Nordicomædia as cognitive scientist.
    He is Scientific Lead & IT Team Management in the project TRIC-The Right Choice. ​