Serena Dandini's 'Valorose' airs on Sky Arte profiling six remarkable women

On Sunday, June 9, Sky Arte will broadcast all six episodes of 'Valorose', a program created and hosted by Serena Dandini. The series profiles six women who endured adversity and pursued their life paths with courage and determination: Nellie Bly, Alice Guy, Grazia Deledda, Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso, Anna Pavlova, and Vanessa Bell. Each episode features a special guest: Barbara Stefanelli for Bly, Valeria Golino for Guy, Michela Murgia for Deledda, Valeria Mancinelli for Belgiojoso, Nina Bottacin for Pavlova, and Chiara Valerio for Bell. The first episode focuses on Nellie Bly, the first investigative journalist and the first woman to travel around the world alone, beating the record from Jules Verne's novel. The second episode covers Alice Guy, the first female film director and producer. The third episode features Grazia Deledda, the only Italian woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature and the first woman to run for Parliament. The fourth episode recounts Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso, a key figure in the Italian Risorgimento who dedicated her life to Italian unification. The fifth episode tells the story of ballerina Anna Pavlova, famous for her interpretation of 'The Dying Swan'. The final episode explores Vanessa Bell, who with her sister Virginia Woolf was a leading figure in the Bloomsbury Group. The content on Sky Arte's website is curated by Artribune.