Italy: Nadia and Gabriella

Italy: Nadia and Gabriella

Guglielmo Zoppe's youngest daughters

“I was only 4 and I would have four or five acts. Wake up, Nadia, my mom would say, you need to work… then I would have to sleep in the afternoon or my mom would spank me. She would give us raw egg and Marsala before our exercise. I would jump over the pony, somersault, balancing on the ladder, the balancing wheel. When I fell and was hurt, the police would come: the children can’t work. But it was only for one day.” (Nadia)