Performer and author, Gloria Dorliguzzo approached dance through Japanese martial arts, which she still practises today, specialising in the art of the Hoky Ryu sword. Her research on the body is influenced by Yoshito Ohono, Malù Airaldo, Adriana Boriello and Claudia Castellucci.
Over the years she collaborates with international choreographers and directors such as Nikos Lagousakos, Cindy Van Acker, Crysanthi Badeka, Ariella Vidach and Giselle Vienne. Since 2018 she has been working alongside Romeo Castellucci as performer and choreographer in Il Terzo Reich, Pavane für Prometheus (Beethoven Festival), Senza Titolo, Domani and MA Mystery11 (Elefsina 2023). Her investigation fuses plasticity, rhythm and visual arts.
She makes her debut as an author in 2019 with Folk Tales (Sant'Arcangelo Festival). Her film Skin/Out won the Barcelona FilmFest and the Holland Cinedans. In 2023 she presents Dies Irae, a concert/performance on music by Galina Ustvolskaya, currently on tour. For the Eutopia Festival (Lucca) she realised the installation Nynphenproject, while Myein, with Riccardo Santalucia, debuted at the Reiefestival Bruges 2023.
In 2024 she presented I Fumi della Fornace at the Festival della Poesia and choreographed Norma at the Maggio Fiorentino, directed by Andrea De Rosa. She will make his debut at the Epidaurus Festival with Odyssey, directed by Michael Marmarinos.