September: what’s on?
Dancers at the barre and staff at their desks. The Fonderia is back in full swing for the 2021/22 season.
The Aterballetto company for the entire month of September is working with the Israeli choreographer Eyal Dadon for the new production that will debut in April 2022, together with the new creation by Diego Tortelli.
We are also getting ready for the premiere of MicroDanze, a public art project in partnership with Les Halles de Schaerbeek in Brussels and the Greek National Opera in Athens, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, which will be on 9 and 10 October in Athens, and the German premiere of Don Juan by Johan Inger, in Ludwigsburg on 16 and 17 October.
In September there are two appointments in which the Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto is the protagonist: in Ferrara from 10 to 12, in Rovereto on 12.
We open our season at Contemporary Dance Festival of Teatro Comunale in Ferrara in the framework of the Interno Verde Festival, where the secret gardens in town become open-air theatres.
On stage A Poetry Abstraction, creation by Diego Tortelli born in 2019 for Marina Rinaldi by Roksanda capsule, and Eppur si muove by Francesca Lattuada.
The choreographies are danced by specifically selected performers.
The performance venue is the Chiostro Grande di San Paolo (Piazzetta Schiatti 7) at the following times:
- Friday 10 September h 15.00, 16.30, 18.00
- Saturday 11 September h 15.00, 16.30, 18.00
- Sunday 12 September h 15.00, 16.30, 18.00
Feeling Good, the duet by Diego Tortelli for a disabled dancer and a not-disabled dancer, is at Oriente Occidente Festival in Rovereto, Italy.
For this performance starring Cristian Cucco and Annemieke Mooij.
The creation, a co-production by Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto and Oriente Occidente Dance Festival, as part of EBA Europe Beyond Access, co-funded by the European Union’s Creative Europe Programme, is presented on Mixed Doubles evening, along with three other duets produced by Onassis Cultural Centre (GR), Holland Dance Festival (NL), Skånes Dansteater (SE).
Feeling Good is within the project by the Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto “Danza e Fragilità”, supported by Gruppo Credem in partnership with Reggio Emilia Città senza Barriere and Consorzio Oscar Romero.

FND/Aterballetto – Feeling Good – ph. Albert Vidal / Vèrtex Comunicació
The Fonderia welcomes back the public with open rehearsals and performances: starting on 11 and 12 September with Compagnia Artemis Danza / Monica Casadei, on 19 September with the Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto and on 25 and 26 September with Compagnia Stalker / Daniele Albanese.
The performances are part of ” La cultura non starà al suo posto. Reggio per Emilia 20/21″.
The Fall Season 2021 in Fonderia is opened by the Compagnia Artemis Danza directed by Monica Casadei with the latest production Dante solo inferno, a creation inspired by the first cantica of the Divine Comedy, on Sunday 12 September at 8.30 p.m. (an open rehearsal is scheduled for Saturday 11 September at 6 p.m.).
On Sunday 19 September the Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto presents a programme composed of three choreographies that will be performed in the main spaces of the Fonderia. On stage Eppur si muove by Francesca Lattuada, the premiere of Punch 24 by Roberto Tedesco and A Poetry Abstraction, the creation by Diego Tortelli created in 2019 for the Marina Rinaldi by Roksanda capsule. The choreographies are danced by specially selected performers. There will be three performances of the show: 4.30 pm, 6 pm and 7.30 pm.

Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto for Marina Rinaldi by Roksanda – A Poetry Abstraction – ph. Jennifer Moyes
The choreographer Daniele Albanese is back at the Fonderia with Home Altrove, a performance and at the same time a framework for reflection on invisible communication in the border zone between action and thought, between what is here and what is elsewhere. An open rehearsal is scheduled for Saturday 25 September at 6.00 p.m., the performance on Sunday 26 September at 8.30 p.m. will be introduced by a short lecture by the philosopher Maurizio Zanardi and will be followed by an open dialogue between the philosopher and Daniele Albanese.
News
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Caracalla Danza
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A farewell to the dance by Ivana, Clément, and Sara
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The Final Performances of the 2024–2025 Season
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SANTA – Special Performances
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Aterballetto at the Granada Festival
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CCN/Aterballetto receives the Taobuk Award in Taormina
On June 21, CCN/Aterballetto will receive the 2025 Taobuk Award at the Teatro Antico di Taormina. Broadcasting on Rai1 on July 2 at 23.00.
MicroDanze on tour
From Edinburgh to Ravenna, from Granada to Canossa: the MicroDanze continue their tour, bringing dance to new audiences—wherever they may be.
SANTA
An urban experience of art and dance. CCN/Aterballetto at Reggiane Parco Innovazione with Maurizio Cattelan, Nicolas Ballario, and Lara Guidetti. From June 12 to July 5.
Duetto by Sony CSL – Rome
An innovative scientific project that combines generative artificial intelligence with the study of human movement.
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Aterballetto’s Tour in Spain
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Viaggio nel repertorio del balletto
On Saturday, April 12, the project curated and led by dance journalist and critic Francesca Pedroni begins with the Ballet School of the Accademia Teatro alla Scala.
Impromptus – new dance and music project
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Aterballetto on tour in March
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The project “Tracce di Frida – Il corpo resiliente” comes to an end
The workshop led by Lara Guidetti, aimed at women with Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, in collaboration with the Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria di Modena, comes to an end.
Danza&Danza Award 2024
Notte Morricone wins the Danza&Danza 2024 award for Best Italian Production - Grand Scale! Read the jury's motivations.
Season’s Greetings from all of us at Centro Coreografico Nazionale / Aterballetto
Season’s Greetings from CCN/Aterballetto: celebrate with us a New Year filled with dance!
NEW YEAR’S CONCERT 2025: ATERBALLETTO AND MARCOS MORAU LIVE ON RAI 1
This year, Aterballetto celebrates the arrival of the New Year with the New Year’s Concert at Teatro La Fenice in Venice, broadcast live on Rai 1 on January 1st, featuring original choreography by Marcos Morau.
Tracce di Frida – The Resilient Body: The New Project with Modena AOU
The collaboration with the University Hospital of Modena (AOU) brings to life “Tracce di Frida: The Resilient Body”, a workshop led by Lara Guidetti and aimed at women with Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.
Experience Dance Week. Discover the world of the CCN/Aterballetto.
From November 6 to 11, the Dance Week of the CCN/Aterballetto takes place in Reggio Emilia, featuring performances, workshops, and aperitifs.
Aterballetto performs in Reggio Emilia and surrounding areas this autumn.
Discover our performances at Teatro Valli, our home venue La Fonderia, and Teatro Asioli in Correggio.
Antologie. Nuove letture del corpo (Anthologies. New Readings of the Body)
Discover the new edition of Danza in Fonderia, the festival by CCN/Aterballetto held at its venue in Reggio Emilia.
September: CCN/Aterballetto’s tour kicks off again from Toledo and Osaka
CCN/Aterballetto performs Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda for Spain’s Noche del Patrimonio in Toledo and for Expo 2025 Osaka.