BAROKTHEGREAT is an experimental performing arts group founded in 2008 by dancer-choreographer Sonia Brunelli and musician-composer Leila Gharib. They live, work and study in Verona. Since its formation the imaginary of the company arises in the intimate and ancient relationship between dance and music, explored mainly on the dynamics of adherence between the choreographic gesture, the physicality of sound and the architecture of space as an inhabitable device. With the collaboration of international artists they create inner worlds where figuers from past and contemporary live. A peculiar aspect of their works is the representation of emotions' conflict, between light and shadow, anamorphic and familiar. They get into theaters, clubs, museums e art galleries, site-specific locations.

Barokthegreat’s productions are: The Origin (2008), Barok (2008), Wrestling-Barokthegreat vs guests (2010), Fidippide (2011), Russian Mountains (2011), Kind of Magic (2011), Indigenous-sound drama (2012), Kobra (2012), The attack of the Clone (2013 and 2023), Victory Smoke (2014), Babakoto (2017), Ghost (2018) and Pianeta Mezzasfera (2024).

Further lines of research have branched off: Palestra Espressiva (2012) a collective movement practice, and the music project Sequoyah Tiger (2016).

They win the MONDO award (2010).

Their works have been invited by (partial list): Centro Pecci (Prato), Schauspiel Leipzig (Leipzig), Sujets à Vif Festival d’Avignon (Avignon), Set Up! Punta della Dogana (Venezia), Grand Theatre (Groningen), Live Arts Week (Bologna), Theatre Frascati (Amsterdam), Bozar (Brussels), Kunstfest Weimar (Weimar), Netmage (Bologna), Schaubühne Lindenfels (Leipzig), Drodesera-Centrale Fies (Trento), Santarcangelo Festival (Rimini), Rencontres Chorégraphiques (Paris), FOG Triennale Milano Performing Arts, FAR° Festival des Arts Vivants (Nyon), Steirischer Herbst (Graz), Brut (Wien), Short Theatre (Roma), Vie Scena Contemporanea (Modena), Festival Crisalide (Forlì), Interzona (Verona), Teatro Grande (Brescia), Teatro Comandini (Cesena), BUFFALO Festival/ MACRO Museo d’Arte Contemporanea (Roma).