BAROKTHEGREAT is an artistic collective founded in 2008 by performer-choreographer Sonia Brunelli and musician-composer Leila Gharib. Based in Verona, Italy.
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Image: Kobra by Barokthegreat (Sonia Brunelli, Leila Gharib)

KOBRA

Kobra, an anagram of Barok. It plays with the image of the snake and its symbolic power, here evoked in the vision by a mimic metamorphosis. The performance physically gathers people in front of an effective union of three elements: a musician, a dancer and the snake. The musical and choreographic language proceed in a homorhythmic way absorbed in a psychedelic and primitive force. The drumbeat draws the volume of the body as the center of gravity of ventral and spiral contractions. Eyes wide open, lips movements: the soul is exalted and athletics becomes legendary. Presented at festivals' opening and music clubs. Kobra is a "cameo" taken from the show Indigenous.

Drums: Leila Gharib
Body: Sonia Brunelli
Production: Barokthegreat
Duration: 15'

→ Live @ S/V/N/ Club #7 Buka https://www.ursss.com Footage by URSSS mistake television
Image: Kobra by Barokthegreat (Sonia Brunelli, Leila Gharib)
Image: Kobra by Barokthegreat (Sonia Brunelli, Leila Gharib)
Image: Kobra by Barokthegreat (Sonia Brunelli, Leila Gharib)
© Stills from video © URSSS
Tour
Full Moon Saloon #6 Setoso curated by Dafne Boggeri, Spazio O’ — Milan (IT)
Riot!Rest., Corte Radisi — Verona (IT)
Electro Camp, C32 performingartworkspace, Forte Marghera — Venice (IT)
Dog Rose curated by Anna Biagetti, Tesco — Faenza (IT)
EXIL #4 THE RING Benefit Strasse, Macao — Milan (IT)
Imagetanz Festival, Brutto — Vienna (AT) — opening party
Freddanotte, Teatro Comandini — Cesena (IT)
S/V/N/ CLUB #7, BUKA, Ex Cinema Aramis/Striptease — Milan (IT)
Path Festival — Verona (IT)
The Others Art Fair, Ex Carcere Le Nuove — Turin (IT) — opening party