Giulia SANGIORGIO

About the artist

Giulia Sangiorgio is a director from Bari, currently based in Milan. She studied Literature and Linguistics with a special focus on Theatre and later earned a master’s degree in Performing Arts and Multimedia Production from the University of Bari. Until 2018, she worked for four years in Puglia with the Diaghilev Theatre Company. Before leaving Puglia, she made a documentary on the concept of “home”, centered on experiences of immigration and emigration. She then moved to Milan to study Directing at the Civica Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi, where she graduated with honours in November 2021.

In 2022, she co-founded the theatre company CORPORA, with whom she created three performances: Corpora, 88 frequenze, and Zeta 4. Corpora, which inspired the company’s name, explores the difficulty of processing grief in a society that has lost its rituals. 88 frequenze uses the story of Hedy Lamarr as a starting point to explore the theme of identity. In Zeta 4, young rappers wrote songs inspired by interviews with elderly residents of a non-central neighborhood in Milan, addressing issues of gentrification and social equality. She created two musical operettas for children with the Milan Symphony Orchestra. For BookCity, in collaboration with Gallimard and Salani Editore, she directed L’uomo che piantava gli alberi, inspired by Jean Giono’s book. For Milan Fashion Week, she directed the fashion show Lights, Camera, Action! by Antonio Marras.

She also directed the Olivetti exhibition Podium 16 at the ADI Museum in Milan. She collaborates with Piccolo Teatro di Milano on audience development projects and as an assistant director with renowned directors such as Massimo Popolizio (M il figlio del secolo), Mario Martone (Romeo e Giulietta), and Claudio Longhi (Ho paura torero).

Discover more about the artist’s project and presentation here: Giulia Sangiorgio