Sky Arte's 'Valorose' profiles six influential women in culture
On February 24, 2023, Sky Arte aired 'Valorose,' a series created and hosted by Serena Dandini, celebrating six women who left a mark on culture. The episodes featured narrators Barbara Stefanelli, Valeria Golino, Michela Murgia, Valeria Mancinelli, Nina Bottacin, and Chiara Valerio. Subjects included journalist Nellie Bly, who feigned insanity to expose asylum conditions in 'Ten Days in a Madhouse' and later circumnavigated the globe alone; filmmaker Alice Guy, the first female director, who made over 1,000 films at Gaumont and founded her own studio in the US; writer Grazia Deledda, the only Italian woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature and the first female parliamentary candidate; patriot Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso, a key figure in Italian unification; ballerina Anna Pavlova, renowned for 'The Dying Swan'; and painter Vanessa Bell, a central figure of the Bloomsbury Group alongside her sister Virginia Woolf. The content was curated by Artribune.
Key facts
- The series 'Valorose' aired on Sky Arte on February 24, 2023.
- Serena Dandini created and hosted the program.
- Six women were profiled: Nellie Bly, Alice Guy, Grazia Deledda, Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso, Anna Pavlova, and Vanessa Bell.
- Narrators included Barbara Stefanelli, Valeria Golino, Michela Murgia, Valeria Mancinelli, Nina Bottacin, and Chiara Valerio.
- Nellie Bly feigned insanity to report on asylum conditions and later traveled around the world alone.
- Alice Guy directed over 1,000 films and was the first female film director and producer.
- Grazia Deledda won the Nobel Prize in Literature and was the first woman nominated to the Italian Parliament.
- Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso was a patriot and intellectual involved in the Italian unification movement.
- Anna Pavlova was a celebrated ballerina known for her performance of 'The Dying Swan'.
- Vanessa Bell was a painter and a key member of the Bloomsbury Group.
Entities
Artists
- Serena Dandini
- Barbara Stefanelli
- Valeria Golino
- Michela Murgia
- Valeria Mancinelli
- Nina Bottacin
- Chiara Valerio
- Nellie Bly
- Alice Guy
- Grazia Deledda
- Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso
- Anna Pavlova
- Vanessa Bell
- Virginia Woolf
- Jules Verne
- D.H. Lawrence
- Eleonora Duse
- Palmiro
- Alessandro Manzoni
- Auguste Lumière
- Louis Lumière
- Georges Méliès
- Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso
Institutions
- Sky Arte
- Gaumont
- Artribune
- Bloomsbury Group
Locations
- Italy
- United States
- Paris
- France
- Sardinia
- Austria
- England