Known for her kaleidoscopic faces expressions and her rhythmic body, Giselda is a dancer and choreographer mastered in Performing Arts and specialized in Dance at the DAMS in Bologna.
Interested in public spaces project she co-created the participatory HO(ME) with the Italian-Tunisian collective Corps Citoyen and her instant composed dance and music based project BLIND DATE toured in venues like Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence).
Her master in Multimedia Production/Live Performing Arts and her focus on instant composition brings her to be invited to teach in academies and institutions such as, Brera (Milan), Alma Artis Academy (Pisa), Accademia Nazionale di Roma, Balletto di Roma, CCNN Nantes.
2008-2019
Instant composition, poetry of gesture and expressive freedom are the pillars of Ranieri’s choreography. Since her early years her work is profoundly influenced by Katie Duck, Julyen Hamilton, Dominique Dupuy.
Since 2010 she collaborates for three years on Manolescu’s E-MOTIONAL Rethinking Dance and performs for the European tour of Fragile.
In 2012 her solo i…i…io?! in collaboration with percussionist Elia Moretti is awarded for best direction at the ACT Festival (Bilbao) and becomes part of the international IYMA network.
The 2017 solo T.I.N.A. wins Supernova/19 (Pergine) and is selected for Vetrina Anticorpi/19.
The participatory project HO(ME), in collaboration with the Italian-Tunisian collective Corps Citoyen, is hosted in Valletta Capital of European Culture/18 and CROSS Festival/19.
2020-21
She is interested in embodied memories, poetry of gesture and real/fake autobiography.
2020 opens a period of choreographic exploration of digital formats.
The absurd and ironic approach that characterizes her analogue creations translates into the digital collaboration with Simone Pacini: IsaDora – The Tik Tok Dance Project, winner of Residenze Digitali/20.
Thanks to Mosaico Danza grant Interplay StillDigital, in 2021 Ranieri creates RE_PLAY/Wireless Connection in collaboration with videomakers collective DIANE.
Ranieri researches the ineffable intimacy between digital video and body. This research brings her to her stage production RE_PLAY that investigates the pairs of Distance/Proximity and Presence/Absence linked with memories.
In 2024 premiered her last dance production in duo ICE_SCREAM. This duet deepens Ranieri’s interest in integrating the body, voice, and emotion. It enhances dance art and performance practice.
Giselda Ranieri 