Dive e donne is the title of the show scheduled for Sunday 9 March at the Teatro Comunale in Corso Vittorio Emanuele II. An event organized by the Welfare Department led by Maria Grazia Sodero on the occasion of the events for International Women's Day. It is a work written and directed by Maria Rosaria Ponzetta and Emanuela Gabrieli, with the collaboration of Teresa Musca on the lyrics and the music of Marco Tuma. On stage Emanuela Gabrieli, Marzia Quartini, Marco Tuma. Appointment at 8 pm, free admission.
Emanuela Gabrieli is a singer and actress from Salento, graduated in pop-rock singing at the Tito Schipa Conservatory in Lecce. She studied singing with Maria Mazzotta, Angelo Manziotti, Lucilla Galeazzi, Elena Ledda, Michele Fischetti. She achieved the first level of the "Voicecraft" singing method. Eclectic and versatile, she boasts numerous theatrical and musical collaborations, having performed successfully both in Italy and abroad in the most prestigious festivals. She collaborates as a singer and actress with the director Luciano Melchionna in Dignità autonome di prostituzione and in Nella: ricordi e canzoni di prostitute libere ed oneste. She worked as a singer and actress for the Teatro stabile d’Innovazione Koreja with the shows La passione delle troiane, Much ado about nothing, L’opera da trepense. She collaborated with the star from Puglia Toni Candeloro in numerous productions including La boutique Fantasque with maestro Rino Marrone, Farinelli Arcano in-canto with soprano Angelo Manziotti and Morso Reale. She founded the polyvocal innovation group “Triace” with which she has two record productions to her credit, the latest Incanti e tradimenti produced by the renowned Sardinian voice Elena Ledda. From 2004 to 2009 she was the soloist of the Orchestra La Notte della Taranta. She has numerous musical and theatrical projects under her belt. She received the award for best singer-actress of Salento from the Municipality of Taviano and honorary citizenship from the Union of Municipalities of Grecìa Salentina. She teaches singing and conducts musical and theatrical workshops. She organizes cultural and musical events. Present in the film productions Ho ucciso Napoleone (2015, directed by Giorgia Farina) and La Santa (2013, directed by Cosimo Alemà), she played Cinzia in the film Cha Cha Cha (2012, directed by Marco Risi), Giovanna in the film Mine Vaganti (2010, directed by Ferzan Ozpetek). In 2007, she participated as a solo singer in the film Non ti voltare with Monica Bellucci, presented at Cannes in 2009. She was present in the recording productions of the Orchestra popolare La Notte della Taranta 2005 and 2006, Muretti a secco by Francesco Sossio Sacchetti, Sebben che siamo donne by Triace 2008 and Incanti e tradimenti by Triace 2012.

Marzia Quattrini is an actress who began her theatrical training at the age of 14. She studied with masters such as M. Monetta, C. Guido, E. Barba, J. Varley, M. Curletto, J. Pirés, C. De Siato, W. Orioli and R. Viti. In 2007 she graduated in “Disciplines of art, music, fashion and entertainment” at the Faculty of Cultural Heritage of the University of Lecce. Among her specializations, she approached Puppet Theater, Mime, Circus Theater, Theater Therapy. Since 2000 she has staged the shows Specchi segreti, Emme, Tela-Racconto, Il D’ sul fico, Il fiato dei draghi, choosing in recent years to dedicate herself more to theater for children with the staging of Il D sul fico, Sorpresa! and Pinocchio. In 2007 she founded the Piopìo theatre with which she created the Ole Chiudigliocchi festival entirely dedicated to puppet theatre for children. Always involved in training, she holds workshops and seminars in primary and secondary schools. From 2010 to 2018 she was a theatre training teacher at the Damus academy in Lecce. Alongside these activities, she began her film career by participating in internationally renowned productions such as Quasisìa (short film from 2006, directed by G. De Blasi), L’alternativa (short film from 2008, again directed by G. De Blasi), Solo Andata (video clip from 2015, directed by A. Gassman), La giornata (short film from 2017 directed by P. Mezzapesa, winner of the Nastro d’argento and nominated for the David di Donatello), Fratelli Caputo (fiction on Canale 5 from 2019).

Marco Tuma is a composer and multi-instrumentalist from Salento, who has been on the music scene for decades. He discovered his propensity for wind instruments at a very young age, orienting himself towards the knowledge and study of the transverse flute and later the saxophone, the clarinet, ethnic and Renaissance wind instruments, up to his greatest passion, that is, the chromatic harmonica. Always traveling between Etno World and Jazz, he had the opportunity to play on tour with Inti Illimani, and then deepen the musical culture of Latin America collaborating with many South American artists. Over the years he continued with pop and film music. He is present in many musical productions and has collaborated with almost all the most representative bands of the popular Salento scene. In addition to Gabin by Max Bottini and Mia Cooper, with the New York producer and singer Osunlade and then in the theater with Pamela Villoresi and Sonia Bergamasco. In the cinema he collaborated on the composition of the soundtrack of the film Il Miracolo by Edoardo Winspeare and on that of Jetoj, an award-winning short film by Ervis Eshja. In 2017 he released La Vita Semplice, an album produced by Dodicilune Records. Reported by Jazzit, one of the most authoritative magazines in the sector, as one of the best works of the year, it earned him the inclusion in the Top Ten (in the same year) of the best Italian instrumentalists, both as a flautist and as a harmonica player.

“Special women, normal women, women who stand up and speak up. With their imperfect bodies, with their unique voices, with all their emotions. No muses or angels of the hearth, no dolls or trophies. Only real people, flesh, blood, moods, dreams, anger, mistakes, passions. Billie Holiday, Mia Martini, Tina Turner are immense artists, but their personal stories resemble those of many others: wrong encounters, pain, scars, desire for redemption. None is just a victim, they all stage the richness of their lives, the fragilities and strengths, the infinite facets that make up their images. Many ways of being a woman for two passionate and intense interpreters”. (Teresa Musca).