Dansa Metropolitana festival
19-22 March 2026

Gaia Pellegrini

veline repertoire

estrena Catalu- nya
Thursday, 19th March at 8 pm

Friday, 20th March at 8 pm

Saturday, 21st March at 8 pm
+After-show by Associació Altraitalia
(*info below)


Sunday, 22nd March at 8 pm
Duration: 50 minutes
Recommended age: +18 years
Tickets: 15 euros ONLINE // 17 euros BOX OFFICE
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Artistic direction and choreography: Gaia Pellegrini
In collaboration with the performers: Shauna Fischer and Rebecca de Toro
Music: Tim Pauli, GFOTY, Gaia Pellegrini
Direction Assistant: Luca Frati
Scenography and Lights: Miranda Simón Abelló
Styling: Giulia Parenti
Artistic Collaboration: Alice Minervini
Showdance Coach: Ley Akpinar
Photos: Rafał Stefanski

Coproduction: Tanzhaus NRW, ehrenfeldstudios
With the support of: Antic Teatre, Dansa Metropolitana and Quartier am Hafen

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This show is part of the Dansa Metropolitana festival being held during the month of March in twelve municipalities of the Metropolitan Area. More information at: www.dansametropolitana.cat

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*After-show on Saturday, 21st by:

Associació Altraitalia. This association was founded on 25 April 2009 and is based on the values of anti-fascism and those linked to the social, civil and environmental rights of everyone. It was founded because in 2009 it was wanted that all the people who did not recognise themselves in Berlusconi’s Italy should come together in Barcelona, and, seventeen years on, it still aims to be that other Italy, light years away from Meloni’s, the Italy that fully reclaims the political and social values of the 1948 Republican Constitution. In recent years they have organised numerous events, cultural and festive gatherings, concerts, publications, exhibitions and educational activities to contribute to the building of a fairer, more open, more welcoming and more multicultural society, always from a radically pro-European perspective. They have carried out numerous political activities within the Italian community in Barcelona and have also shared various struggles with other foreign communities in Catalonia, always convinced of the urgent need to define a new, more inclusive idea of citizenship. In recent years they have been promoting a film forum entitled “Visions and Trajectories. Cinema and Us” aimed at younger people, to work on gender and emotional education themes through the viewing of Italian films.Furthermore, the AltraMemoria working group has carried out a campaign to reflect on European democratic memories. In particular, they have worked and continue to work to ensure that Italy’s responsibilities for the bombings of the Catalan civilian population during the Civil War are recognised both legally and politically. Faced with a fascism that is once again showing its most aberrant face across Europe, they believe that this commitment is not only a necessary reminder of the past but that it is possible, today, to take back the reins of a battle that is being lost, reaffirming in its radicalism the ideals of the 1945 Liberation. They fight to defend rights and values, but also to reiterate with ideas, programmes, debates, events and militant initiatives that ANOTHER ITALY IS POSSIBLE!”.

 

veline repertoire is a choreographic study on Italian tv showgirls, fantasised over as a lesbian romance. ‘veline’ is a showgirl duo whose task is to perform the Stacchetti: 30-second dance breaks of cheerful routines and ever-present smiles. Restaging their repertoire—from the 90s to today—the performers break their bond with the camera and start dancing for each other. What begins as mirroring becomes seduction as frivolous gestures turn into erotic tension, smiles to camp enchantments, till the choreography romantically entwines them. veline repertoire blends the gestures of Million Dollar Smile with the choreography of culo 2 aka le veline, deconstructing the glossy surface of Berlusconian femininity to reveal desire—and defiance—beneath.


Gaia Pellegrini is a choreographer and performer based in Cologne. Completing her studies in Physical Theatre at Folkwang University of Essen and specialising in choreography at the Conservatori Superior de Dansa in Barcelona, Gaia’s work explores intimacy, sexuality, and femininity as a spectrum. Moved by a quasi-documentary interest, she challenges narratives around misogyny and homosexual desire, transforming them into spaces of reappropriation and empowerment. Collaboration is central to Gaia’s practice, with key partners including Rebecca de Toro, Shauna Fischer, Alice Minervini, and Giulia Parenti. Her work has been presented at Tanzhaus NRW, Folkwang Museum, MOLT, and Fondazione Sozzani, among others. In its development veline repertoire was supported by MAI, Antic Teatre, and Tanzhaus NRW.

Imatge: Rafal Stefanski
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