20230504
Age: 22
Hometown: Ceglie Messapica, Italy
Primary Medium: Contemporary Dance/Choreography
Secondary Medium: Poetry
When did you start dancing/choreographing and why did you keep up with it?
I started dancing when I was eight.
I guess just my parents put me in a dance class, and then from there I was just exploring to see what I could do.
At first, I didn’t really like it.
So I stopped for a couple of years, eventually getting back to it.
[What made you come back?]
I guess I missed the way I could just translate what I was feeling without really talking because I was quite shy.
And the reason why I continued was actually because at one point, it was the only good thing I could do.
I really didn’t have any other skill.
*Giulia laughs*
And so, well, it was just that and fashion, and it made me feel good.
And that’s it.
It’s all I can do.
*Giulia laughs*
When did you start writing poetry?
I started writing poetry in 2019 because I was not really fulfilled with what I was doing.
And also COVID came up.
So I was stuck in my little room.
Um, and, uh, yeah, I couldn’t really dance…
I needed another way to translate without talking.
So I started writing.
Does poetry affect your choreography?
100%!
I write poetry in a very…
I don’t have a storytelling kind of method.
I try to translate images…
Feelings…
So my choreographies now are a translation of images and feelings.
I don’t have a story to tell to anyone.
My choreographies are very much abstract.
And you feel whatever you need to feel in that moment.
I just need a reaction from my audience, just like poetry.
I give you the input, and then you feel whatever you need to feel.
Aside from that, how else do you consume art?
What is your relationship with art in general?
I love movies.
I love art galleries.
[Do you have any favourite art galleries?]
Um, not really.
I don’t have any favourite ones.
I just like to go around and observe.
I just like to observe.
I feel like everything can be art if you look at it for long enough.
My relationship with art…
I just love it.
I need it.
That’s it.
What do you do when you feel devoid of creativity?
Oh, my.
Um… What do I do?
I just sit in stillness.
Yeah…
I have a lot of moments like that.
And you should just allow yourself to feel.
And whatever you create does not have to be good or bad.
Just allow yourself to not judge.
Which is so hard for artists.
Um…
And allow yourself to be bad.
And…
And also…
Don’t take it too seriously, I guess…