Giuiuzza

DOUBLE PERFORMANCE 5 PM AND 6:15 PM

This event is part of the Theodoric Celebrations 526–2026: RAVENNA IN THE SIGN OF THEODORIC

Choreography, dramaturgy and performance Veronica Parlagreco
Sound design  Federico Pipia
Supported by Scenario Pubblico – Centro di Rilevante Interesse per la Danza
Winner of  Danza Urbana XL 2026, a project by Anticorpi XL Netork
Winner of  Residenza Radici, Farm Cultural Park, Favara (AG)
Duration 15 minutes

Giuiuzza is a contemporary dance solo created by Veronica Parlagreco (choreography and performance) in collaboration with Federico Pipia (sound designer). The work takes root in the traces of memory carried silently across generations of women. At its heart lies a simple yet profound question: what remains in us of the lives, gestures, and traumas of our
predecessors? The piece emerges from an investigation of everyday actions like folding a cloth, preparing a space, repeating the same movements day after day, gestures that, while seemingly banal, reveal the weight of an inherited past. In this work, gestures transform into carriers of memory, and a handkerchief – an intimate and fragile object – becomes both symbol of submission and of rebellion. Giuiuzza navigates the tension between private space and the public gaze: a gaze that disciplines, judges, and defines, yet which also offers the possibility of transformation and new meanings.