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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PALESTRA ESPRESSIVA

Palestra Espressiva is a creative movement practice started by Sonia Brunelli in 2012, blending gymnastics, performative techniques, and a lifestyle approach. "Palestra" refers to the room or place for physical exercise. "Expressiva" highlights the focus on enhancing individual motor coordination expression.

Training consists of performing a chronological "series of movements." Every sequence is defined by a starting position and an ending position. Movement, and its variations, are experienced through the transitions in terms of time, rhythm, repetition, and interpretation of even the smallest gesture.

In Palestra Espressiva many contrasting emotional states are explored, and struggle is a recurring motif. The discipline analytically studies the alternation of tension from which movement dynamics emerge, ultimately leaving a trace—a true test of the body’s total strength.

Direction and Research by Sonia Brunelli
Project: Barokthegreat

Image: Palestra Espressiva is a creative movement practice
Image: Palestra Espressiva is a creative movement practice
Image: Palestra Espressiva is a creative movement practice
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