Italian artist Morgana Morandi spends this DYNAMO residency to work on creation for her upcoming solo performance Miss SBarbie. A work in progress presentation takes place on 11th Ocotber at 20.00 in DYNAMO. Morgana’s project was a circusnext finalist 2024.

About the performance

The Barbie doll allows children to dream away in other worlds, moments and places that these inanimate creatures can materialize and experience. The work MISS SBARBIE is a tale of play, and an invitation to repair yourself, and a focus on always moving forward, in a continuous and endless change.

On stage you can see approx. 150 barbie dolls, a pink drill and a dart board with bits of barbie. The dolls move by themselves, they are friendly and they are hostile. Let the game begin!

About the artist

 Miss SBarbie is the alter ego of Morgana Morandi. Morgana grew up in Bologna with a twin sister, both spending their childhood as avid Barbie players. After a degree in psychology and many years spent practicing rhythmic gymnastics, she studied circus at FLIC with aerial hoop as main discipline. Morgana is now as tall as 5 and 1/2 Barbies and weighs 200 Barbies. 

As of now, the Miss SBarbie project includes Morgana, Franchina (the Barbie remote-controlled toy car and her driver), and a total of 137 Barbies.

This residency was supported by circusnext, Odense Municipality and the Danish Arts Foundation.
Circusnext is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, with support from Institut Français (French Institute), ville de Paris (city of Paris).