We’re National Choreographic Centre!

Aterballetto becomes National Choreographic Centre by decree of the General Director for Entertainment of the 23rd June 2022.                         

It rewards the attention to different bodies and aesthetics, the exploration of urban spaces and not only stages, the quality of the company, and the great international diffusion.

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“It is the right reward for a continuity of institutional presence in dance, ensured for years by the Emilia-Romagna Region and the Municipality of Reggio Emilia,” – commented the regional councillor for Culture, Mauro Felicori – “and for the freshness of the current planning, oriented towards the conquest of a growing European reputation. Fondazione Nazionale della Danza is one of the main actors of our region’s ability to be a European artistic pole’.

This is the result of several years’ work, led by the president Azio Sezzi and the general and artistic director Gigi Cristoforetti, aimed at expanding the planning and operational articulation of the historical organisation based in Reggio Emilia.

“It was the goal with which we began this adventure four years ago,” Sezzi and Cristoforetti summarise, “Now Fondazione Nazionale della Danza has an organisational structure and an artistic dimension of absolute international importance, thanks also to the company director Sveva Berti. We believe that this important recognition is not only an award, but also an incentive to continue reflecting on the systemic functions and precise tasks that fall to the apex of Italian dance. Projecting ourselves more and more beyond disciplinary barriers and geographical borders’.

“This very important result certifies not only the quality of the projects and ideas that it is able to put into the field, but also a clear vision of the future,” says the mayor Luca Vecchi. “This is how it has always been and how it will continue to be, as is well shown by the ability of the structure and the company to be ‘reborn’, among the very first in Europe, from the period of forced stop that the pandemic had imposed on all culture, with an inventiveness and vitality that have made  Fondazione a point of reference in the national and international field“.

Published On: 1 July 2022

News

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CCN/Aterballetto’s virtual-reality weekend

From 17 to 19 July across Rocchetta Mattei, Brescia Musei and the Lago Film Festival. Official launch of the DANSITE platform, a new tool for enhancing cultural heritage through immersive dance

DANSITE AT ROCCHETTA MATTEI

On Friday, July 17, we will present our VR Corner at Rocchetta Mattei (Grizzana Morandi, Bologna). DANSITE is a project that promotes the artistic heritage of the Emilia-Romagna Region through dance and virtual reality.

Caracalla Danza 2026

A site-specific initiative from June 26 to 28, with CCN/Aterballetto leading a surprise journey through the famous spaces — and other secret and hidden ones — of the archaeological complex of the Baths of Caracalla, curated by Diego Tortelli. From June 30 to July 5, stage performances are scheduled on the Specchio d'Acqua (Water Mirror).

  • From 2 to 29 March, Aterballetto performs in Italy and on the French Riviera some of the most acclaimed titles from its repertoire, including Notte Morricone by Marcos Morau, Solo Echo by Crystal Pite, and Glory Hall by Diego Tortelli.

From Rome to Naples: Aterballetto’s March tour

From 2 to 29 March, Aterballetto performs in Italy and on the French Riviera some of the most acclaimed titles from its repertoire, including Notte Morricone by Marcos Morau, Solo Echo by Crystal Pite, and Glory Hall by Diego Tortelli.

  • From 1 to 8 March 2026 Dance Week at La Fonderia of CCN/Aterbaletto in Reggio Emilia gives the tribute to the female creativity.

Dance Week. A tribute to female creativity

From 1 to 8 March, Dance Week comes to Fonderia, paying tribute to female creativity through visions, languages, and imaginaries shaped by choreographers and artists capable of questioning the present through plural perspectives.

  • Four events exploring time in dance: from improvisations with an accordion to the tragic fate of Macbeth, from gestures spanning centuries to the talent of new dancers.

Danza in Fonderia in February

Four events exploring time in dance: from improvisations with an accordion to the tragic fate of Macbeth, from gestures spanning centuries to the talent of new dancers.

  • On December 17, the Fonderia hosts an evening featuring a talk, aperitivo, and DJ set, curated and hosted by the under-30 team of Wave Project.

Toward Building an Under-30 Audience

Wednesday, 17 December 2025. A Lens on the Art of Humanity: presentation of the CCN/Aterballetto audience development project with Wave Project.

  • Per la prima volta nei suoi quasi 50 anni di storia, Aterballetto in tournée in Sudafrica dall’8 al 12 novembre, all’interno di ITALIA DANZA.

Aterballetto in South Africa for the First Time

As part of the ITALIA DANZA project, and with the support of the Italian Embassy in Pretoria and the Italian Cultural Institute of Pretoria, Aterballetto will perform in South Africa from 8 to 12 November 2025.