as part of the Fabbrica Europa 2025 festival

ICE_SCREAM is a duet of dance and voice, an absurd, psychedelic journey through the play of emotions.

The title, through a linguistic pun resembling a trompe-l’œil, contains the opposites that shape the work’s dramaturgy: ICE evokes emotional freezing, formal and expressive melting, and the questions that arise from or lead to this fusion; SCREAM embodies the emotional charge at the heart of the piece.

In a hyper-technological society, where we oscillate between gaudy emotional exhibition and its opposite (emotional numbness as defense) I ask whether an ecological perspective can also embrace this emotional dimension. I find one in the concept of an Ecology of Emotions, inspired by Gregory Bateson’s Ecology of Mind.

The work is an inquiry into laughter, crying, and the instability of bodily, emotional, and sonic states held within and between these two peaks. A research that speaks to the fragility and at the same time the strength of the human being who is unafraid to face itself.
– Giselda Ranieri

Giselda Ranieri, choreographer and performer specialized in performing and multimedia arts and instant composition, carries out an eclectic research that spans from site-specific works such as BLIND DATE, to community-based projects like HO(ME)_project, and digital productions including RE_PLAY, IsaDora, and Wireless Connection. Selected for Digital Residencies, ResiDance XL, Prove d’Autore, and NID Platform, she is a guest lecturer at institutions such as CCNN in Nantes, the Brera Academy, and the National Dance Academy in Rome. A researcher in movement and vocality, she collaborates with actors as a movement coach and with directors, curating the movement dramaturgy of their creations. Her works are supported by MIBAC, ALDES, Lavanderia a Vapore, Marche Teatro, TCV, and AMAT. Since 2024, she has been collaborating with Gruppo E-Motion and Perypezye Urbane.

concept and choreography: Giselda Ranieri
on stage: Michael Incarbone and Giselda Ranieri
lighting design: Luca Telleschi
project supported by Inteatro/Polverigi; Oriente Occidente; Armunia; CLAPS/Brescia; Komm Tanz–Passo Nord – Compagnia Abbondanza-Bertoni; Qui e Ora Residenza Teatrale; ATCL; Teatro della Tosse, Triangolo Scaleno/Teatri di Vetro
production: Gruppo E-Motion
with the support of the Italian Ministry of Culture – Abruzzo Region and Municipality of L’Aquila
co-production: Perypezye Urbane thanksto Roberta Nicolai, Fiora Blasi and Gaia Stacchini

photo: Margherita Masè