The Sparkle

Federica Tranchida, aka The Sparkle, is a Sicilian artist based in Tuscany. She's a former gymnast, graduate in Sports Science and street artist.
In 2007 she discovered the art of fire thanks to some Sicilian artists, with whom she collaborated for several years.
In 2013 she attended the "Piccola Scuola di Circo" in Milan and created her first solo
fire show. She decides to test herself and starts traveling alone, performing in the squares of over 30 Italian cities, but also in Tenerife and in France.
She enriches her education by studying dance, stilts, acrobatics and acrobalance, clown, street theater, handstands and acrobatic dance.
She was a guest at the best international buskers festivals in Italy, in 2022 and 2023 at the Pflasterspektakel Linz - Austria, in 2024 at the Strtfstvl Showcase in the Netherlands.
In 2020 she began working with the English clown Adrian Kaye. The two artists created 2 comic theater shows: "Va bene così" and "The Really stupid show".

Federica is a fire artist, she began her career in 2007 and in 2013 she attended the Piccola Scuola di Circo in Milan. She also studied contemporary dance with Antonella dell'Ara, Carmen Perfetto, Elisa Bartoli and Valentina Sechi; acrobatics with Zamaga; handstands and acrobatic dance with Daniele Sardella; contact staff with Antti Suniala; clown with Alessio Targioni, Adrian Kaye, Gianluigi Capone and Costantino Pucci; street theater with Peter Weyel. She collaborated with the acrobat Paolo dei Giudici, with the English mime and clown Adrian Kaye, and in 2017 she participated in the performance "Dissolve", created by the director Marco Travali and the artist Max Gasparini.
With her solo fire show she was a guest in many events, such as "Asfaltart", "Magie al Borgo", "Tutti matti per Colorno", Venice Carnival, Mercantia, Pflasterspektakel, Strtfstvl showcase and many others.