Ania Upstill
New York
Ania Upstill (they/them) is a queer and non-binary performer, director, theatre maker, teaching artist and clown. A graduate of the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre (Professional Training Program), Ania’s recent work celebrates LGBTQIA+ artists with a focus on gender diversity. In 2021 and 2022 they have worked in New York and in New Zealand. They created Exotic Blooms, in which drag performers interpreted flowers in the Auckland Botanic Gardens; co-created the Queer ballet Sapphic Late; directed Into the Bush, a queer circus-theatre project; masterminded PROUD VOICES, a queer audio festival that played internationally in three major cities; and Ghost Hunt, a geo-cached audio adventure in New Jersey. They are currently working on Too Much Hair, a musical about gender euphoria created in collaboration with the gender diverse community.
More by this author at The Nature of Cities
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Whimsy. Is there a role for laughter, subversive curve balls, ironic romance and “oh wow that’s cool” moments in the mainstreaming of knowledge and action in sustainability, climate change, and biodiversity?
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Discovering Stewardship Through Play: Using Applied Theater Techniques for Environmental Education
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Story. Telling. If you had a project from science or practice and wanted to make it a better story — one that could reach into new audiences — what would you do?
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We have had trouble getting people’s attention about climate change. Some climate activists glued themself to a van Gogh painting (and others). Is this helpful?
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Artists and scientists that co-create regenerative projects in cities?
Yes, please. But how?