The Jukebox dance company, based in Paris under the direction of Serena Malacco, is born from the desire of the Italian choreographer to interconnect her literary and artistic studies with the practice of dance. Her artistic approach, described as anthropocentric choreography by critics, attempts to narrate our lives through the language of movement. The emotions that move and touch (from the Latin “ex-moveo”) human beings are indeed the main interest of the choreographer, and consequently, the personality and uniqueness of each performer.

Serena looks for inspiration in everyday life, in the conscious and unconscious gestures that take on new meaning when they are outed from their usual context. And, just as our senses are stimulated by unexpected sounds and music in the street, in her performances, the use of rock and pop songs that are part of the collective memory is often central.

From this blend of pictorial images, literary, cinematic, and cinematographic inspirations, conscious and unconscious memories, arises Serena Malacco’s choreographic research, which looks for a universal resonance in the individual detail.