Solo Echo / Reconciliatio / Glory Hall

Teatro Municipale Valli Reggio Emilia
22 October H 20.30

CCN/Aterballetto performs at Teatro Valli in Reggio Emilia for Festival Aperto.

 

The dancers of CCN/Aterballetto take center stage in a production by multi-award-winning Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite, now considered among the greats of contemporary dance. Solo Echo is inspired by two sonatas for cello and piano by Johannes Brahms and by Mark Strand’s poem Lines for Winter. As in Strand’s poem, Solo Echo invokes winter, music, and the moving body to express something essential about acceptance and loss.

 

Reconciliatio is a delicate female duet inspired by the reading of the Apocalypse, created by one of today’s most important international choreographers, Angelin Preljocaj.

 

The final piece, Glory Hall, is a new creation by Diego Tortelli, offering the company and the audience a fresco of sensuality and overwhelming vitality.

Solo Echo

 

Choreography: Crystal Pite
Music: Johannes Brahms (Sonata for Cello and Piano in E Minor, Op. 38: I. Allegro non troppo; Sonata for Cello and Piano in F Major, Op. 99: II. Adagio affettuoso)
Production and Restaging: Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto
Co-production: Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Reconciliatio

 

Choreography: Angelin Preljocaj
Music: Ludwig van Beethoven, Moonlight Sonata
Production: Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto

Glory Hall

Choreography: Diego Tortelli
Music: Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Production: Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto
Co-production: Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Sogni (di una notte di mezza estate)

Fonderia Reggio Emilia
29 October H 20.30

The Natiscalzi DT Company debuts at Danza in Fonderia with its contemporary reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

 

Amid metamorphic bodies, desire, magic, and fate, dance becomes a language to explore Shakespeare’s timeless themes, supported by Giuseppe Cordaro’s soundscape that weaves together electronic textures and fragments of Mendelssohn. A poetic and visionary journey that renews the dialogue with the classics, revealing the ever-living power of their enchantment.

by Natiscalzi DT
choreography by Tommaso Monza and Claudia Rossi Valli
with Marco Bissoli, Julia Canard, Chiara Esposito, Elena Grappi, Federico Russo, Maxime Schiavon
original music by Giuseppe Cordaro / Mendelssohn
texts by Claudia Rossi Valli / William Shakespeare

produced by cinqueminuti APS
with the support of MIC – Italian Ministry of Culture and Regione Emilia-Romagna – Performing Arts Department
special thanks to Vignale in Danza, Festival Teatro nel Bicchiere, and Teatro Sociale di Gualtieri

In a forest that belongs to no time, suspended in a limbo between dream and reality, six dancers move in search of answers, like pawns in a cosmic game seemingly governed by chance.

 

The performance is a contemporary reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s classic A Midsummer Night’s Dream, where body and dance become the means to explore universal themes such as love and desire, as well as magic and transformation — alongside the play of misunderstandings and the unpredictable hand of fate.

 

The six performers are fluid, multifaceted, and metamorphic figures who move between the roles of lovers, woodland creatures, and dreamlike alter egos, challenging the conventions of identity and reality. The figure of Puck — guide of the dream world and symbol of chance — emerges through choral compositions that reclaim unpredictability as a space of possibility and transformation, and the dream as both escape and refuge, an ephemeral tool of assertion and rebellion.

The visionary power of the dream is supported — as a well-established stylistic hallmark of the company — by the scenographic design and the soundscape specially created by composer Giuseppe Cordaro, who combines electronic sonorities with fragments of Mendelssohn’s work. This interplay between classical and contemporary elements permeates the entire performance, echoing the intricate web of Shakespearean relationships.

Once again, Natiscalzi DT takes on the challenge of reinterpreting the classics, as previously seen in The Nutcracker and Annotations for a Faust. This time, the company breathes new life into Shakespeare’s timeless poetry, guided by the deep conviction that the great works must be revisited with fresh eyes, generation after generation — to connect authors, performers, and audiences in a journey of rediscovery of art itself, reminding us that magic (in theatre and beyond) has not vanished: it is merely hidden, waiting to be awakened.

Natiscalzi DT was founded through the collaboration between Tommaso Monza and Claudia Rossi Valli — dancers and choreographers united by a shared language that intertwines poetry, irony, and a keen gaze on life. Established in 2016, the company represents a creative laboratory in constant evolution: blending dance, theatre, and performance art, Natiscalzi DT explores universal themes through a poetic vision that is both profound and, at times, dreamlike.

A prominent presence in the national dance-theatre and contemporary dance scene, Natiscalzi DT has created works such as Mary’s Bath (Critics’ Award – Palio Poetico ErmoColle 2015, Special Mention – Premio Sonia Bonacina 2016, Finalist – Direction Under 30, 7th edition 2020, Honorable Mention – Teatro Festival Valtellina 2021); The Nutcracker (Winner – Lavanderia a Vapore Choreographic Residencies Call 2016 | Fondazione Piemonte dal Vivo, selected by CID Cantieri OrienteOccidente 2017); DIVINO (Winner – Toscana Terra Accogliente 2022); Dreaming Costa Rica (supported in distribution by MIC / SIAE “Per Chi Crea” 2024); and COSA HAI IN TESTA? (Winner – Premio Scenario Infanzia 2024).

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NOTTE MORRICONE

Teatro Comunale Ferrara
1 November H 20.30

On November 1 and 2, 2025, Aterballetto performs Notte Morricone by Marcos Morau at the Teatro Comunale di Ferrara for the Contemporary Dance Festival.

“I, Ennio Morricone, am dead,” wrote the composer before taking his leave. His music, however, cannot die. This is how creators and artists always leave us without ever truly leaving, and how memory takes care to keep them alive, to keep them safe. Notte Morricone is my gift, a devoted tribute to the beauty he gave to the world.
Notte Morricone unfolds in the twilight of an ordinary night in the life of a creative spirit who, alone and dazed before his papers, jots down notes and envisions melodies for films that do not yet exist, bringing stories back to life in the rarefied air of his room.
Marcos Morau – Director and Choreographer

It is impossible to describe Notte Morricone, a masterful work that washes over the spectator in waves, embraces them with emotional currents, and captivates them with the memory of timeless melodies that have long outlived the images that first inspired them. Equally enchanting is the finely chiselled, ever-poetic choreography, composed with meticulous attention to detail: legs and necks seem jointless, bending and snapping rhythmically like metronomes.
Maria Luisa Buzzi – Danza&Danza

Duration: 90 minutes
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NOTTE MORRICONE

Teatro Comunale Ferrara
2 November H 16.00

Il 1 e 2 novembre 2025 Aterballetto danza Notte Morricone di Marcos Morau al Teatro Comunale di Ferrara per il Festival di Danza Contemporanea.

“Io, Ennio Morricone, sono morto”, scrisse il compositore prima di congedarsi. La sua musica, invece, non può farlo. Ed è così che i creatori e gli artisti sempre ci lasciano senza lasciarci, ed è in questo modo che la memoria si preoccupa di tenerli vivi, di tenerli al sicuro. Notte Morricone è il mio regalo, un devoto tributo alla bellezza che ha donato al mondo.
Notte Morricone si svolge nel crepuscolo di una notte ordinaria nella vita di un creativo, che solo e stordito davanti ai suoi fogli, prende appunti e visualizza melodie per film che non esistono ancora, riportando in vita storie nell’aria rarefatta della sua stanza.
Marcos Morau – Regista e coreografo


Impossibile descrivere Notte Morricone, pezzo magistrale che arriva a flutti allo spettatore, lo abbraccia con onde emotive, lo cattura nella memoria di melodie intramontabili sopravvissute di gran lunga alle immagini che le hanno generate. Incantevole pure la coreografia cesellata e sempre poetica, composta con maniacale attenzione al dettaglio: gambe e collo sembrano privi di giunture, si flettono e scattano ritmicamente come metronomi.
Maria Luisa Buzzi – Danza&Danza

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Durata 90′

 

ITALIA DANZA – VISIONI DEL CORPO. MAURIZIO CATTELAN

Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Parigi Parigi
4 November H 18.30

 

Maurizio Cattelan Bidibidobidiboo 1996 photo Zeno Zotti copia (Palazzo Grassi, Venezia)

On Tuesday, November 4, the CCN/Aterballetto will be at the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris with Visioni del corpo — discovering contemporary art through signature dance.

 

Nicolas Ballario, listed among the 100 most influential figures in the art world by Il Giornale dell’Arte, guides the audience through the story and poetics of Maurizio Cattelan, one of Italy’s most renowned and controversial contemporary artists on the international stage.

At the heart of the evening are three of Cattelan’s works — irreverent, provocative pieces that challenge both art and society through biting irony and powerful visual impact.

Choreographer Lara Guidetti, together with CCN/Aterballetto dancers Alessia Giacomelli and Kiran Gezels, gives body and movement to Cattelan’s visions, transforming the irony, paradox, and silences of his art into physical gesture.

Visioni del corpo. Maurizio Cattelan for the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris is part of Italia Danza, a co-designed initiative by the Direzione Generale per la Diplomazia Pubblica e Culturale (MAECI) and the CCN/Aterballetto.

Maurizio Cattelan, Him, 2001, ph Tom Lindboe (Blenheim) A

 

In 2006, Lara Guidetti graduated as a dancer and choreographer from the Dance-Theatre Atelier of the Paolo Grassi School in Milan, where she trained with major national and international masters. She continued her education in dance and performing arts, studying various pedagogical and training methods through workshops and productions.

In 2008, she founded the Sanpapié Company, where she serves as artistic director, choreographer, director, and performer, presenting works throughout Italy, Europe, China, and Saudi Arabia. In 2017, her production LEI won the Premio Bonacina.

She collaborates with the JGM Company in Lisbon, with La Scala in Milan as a dancer and acrobat, and creates choreography for opera productions. She has taught at the Paolo Grassi School and DanceHaus in Milan, as well as at the Teatro Stabile di Torino school.

Since 2022, she has been an associate artist of the MilanOltre Festival and a collaborator of the CCN/Aterballetto, working as a choreographer and curator of site-specific and cultural welfare projects.

 

Born in 1984, Nicolas Ballario works in the field of contemporary art applied to media. After completing his studies at the Academy of Photography, he joined Oliviero Toscani’s creative factory La Sterpaia, where he later became Cultural Director. He has collaborated with major artistic institutions and numerous publications, and in 2016 became the youngest recipient ever of the Premio Bassani, one of Italy’s most prestigious awards for journalists distinguished in cultural and environmental reporting.

He is currently the author and host of contemporary art programmes on Radio Uno Rai and a contributor to L’Espresso (where he writes a weekly column), Living / Corriere della Sera, Il Post, and Il Giornale dell’Arte. In 2019, he hosted Camera Oscura, a photography series on LA7, and since 2020 has been presenting Io ti vedo, tu mi senti?, Italia Contemporanea, and The Square on Sky Arte.

He is also the director of the new exhibition production company Piuma, and founder and president of Cucù, a communication studio dedicated to culture. Ballario curates exhibitions and catalogues, and was included twice in Artribune’s “Best of” list of leading figures in the art world — in 2019 for radio and in 2020 for television projects.

 

 

Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda

Fonderia Reggio Emilia
6 November H 11.00

Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda opens the Dance Week of the CCN/Aterballetto.

Fonderia – Tuesday, November 6 at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.

The theme of love overwhelmed by war and death — inspired by the story of Tancredi and Clorinda from Torquato Tasso’s Gerusalemme Liberata (whose first draft celebrates its 450th anniversary in 2025) and set to music by Claudio Monteverdi (1624) — retains a striking contemporary relevance. The CCN/Aterballetto reinterprets this legacy through dance, its privileged language for conveying the intensity and drama of the work, in a performance conceived by Fabio Cherstich and Philippe Kratz, featuring dancers Alessia Giacomelli and Kiran Gezels, tenor Raffaele Giordani, and harpsichordist Francesco Luigi Trivisano.

The performance is preceded and followed by contributions from Antonio Audino, theatre critic and journalist for RadioRai3, who, with his signature clarity, will cast a contemporary light on these “sacred texts” of Italian cultural heritage.

The 11:00 a.m. performance is dedicated to upper secondary school students.

APERITIF AT LA FONDERIA
From 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., enjoy a tasting of local wines and products, in collaboration with the Mercato Campagna Amica del Tricolore.

https://youtu.be/mjZQdcn1fgc

Direction and visual: Fabio Cherstich
Choreography and stage movement: Philippe Kratz
Music: Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda by Claudio Monteverdi
Dancers: Alessia Giacomelli, Kiran Gezels
Singer: Raffaele Giordani
Harpsichord: Francesco Luigi Trivisano

Co-production: Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto, Teatro Regio di Parma / Festival Verdi, Torinodanza Festival – Teatro Stabile di Torino – Teatro Nazionale, Ghislierimusica – Centro di Musica Antica

Born in September 2024, Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda is a project aimed at enhancing live performing arts within museums and cultural sites, promoted by the Direzione Generale Musei and co-funded by the Direzione Generale Spettacolo.

For its realization, the Musei Nazionali di Perugia – Direzione Regionale Musei Nazionali Umbria — and in particular the Museo Archeologico Nazionale e Teatro Romano di Spoleto — established, with the support of the Direzione Generale Musei, a partnership shared with five other major cultural venues: Villa Pisani in Stra, Castello e Parco di Racconigi, Castello Svevo in Bari, Certosa di San Martino in Naples, and the Parco Archeologico di Venosa. Later, Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome joined the initiative, hosting it as part of the 2024 summer festival Sotto l’angelo di Castello.

 

The project is part of Italia Danza, a co-designed initiative by the Direzione Generale per la Diplomazia Pubblica e Culturale del MAECI and the CCN/Aterballetto, aimed at promoting Italy’s artistic heritage abroad.

In my vision of Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, I imagine a confined, circular space where proximity and the resemblance of bodies play a fundamental role. Together with choreographer Philippe Kratz, we explore the idea of bodies as mirrors, telling the story of a humanity at war with itself. Eros and Thanatos emerge as equally powerful forces, creating a paradoxical atmosphere within this perfectly balanced struggle between human beings. In our interpretation, Tancredi and Clorinda are contemporary warriors, bound to one another inextricably, compelled to fight and to relive a story already written.

A single voice gives life to three characters — the text itself, Tancredi, and Clorinda — merging within the body and sound of one singer. This estranged voice, bound to a circular path, evokes a sense of constant repetition, underscoring the endless cycle of this story of love and death — a story destined, tragically, to repeat itself through the centuries and reach us still, carrying all its force as an emanation of Tasso’s poetic power and Monteverdi’s sublime music.

Fabio Cherstich, Director

In Tasso’s tale, set to music by Claudio Monteverdi, the most obvious themes are the struggle between woman and man and religious conversion — yet these are also the aspects I find least compelling. Transposed into dance, they would risk becoming a mere narrative of circumstances.

A more philosophical or psychoanalytic reading of this struggle — from which both protagonists emerge defeated, deceived, and alone — feels far more engaging to me. Within the opposition of the two roles lies an entire world: the seeking, confronting, and wounding of one another. The dynamic is that of a ritual, a warlike confrontation between two entities drawing closer. The absurdity of the act is revealed when one of them loses their life, and we realize that the other has not won either… a powerful, shared wound that remains imprinted on both bodies. So, are these two people fighting each other — or a single person fighting against themselves?

Philippe Kratz, Choreographer

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Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda

Fonderia Reggio Emilia
6 November H 19.30

Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda opens the Dance Week of the CCN/Aterballetto.

Fonderia – Tuesday, November 6 at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.

The theme of love overwhelmed by war and death — inspired by the story of Tancredi and Clorinda from Torquato Tasso’s Gerusalemme Liberata (whose first draft celebrates its 450th anniversary in 2025) and set to music by Claudio Monteverdi (1624) — retains a striking contemporary relevance. The CCN/Aterballetto reinterprets this legacy through dance, its privileged language for conveying the intensity and drama of the work, in a performance conceived by Fabio Cherstich and Philippe Kratz, featuring dancers Alessia Giacomelli and Kiran Gezels, tenor Raffaele Giordani, and harpsichordist Francesco Luigi Trivisano.

The performance is preceded and followed by contributions from Antonio Audino, theatre critic and journalist for RadioRai3, who, with his signature clarity, will cast a contemporary light on these “sacred texts” of Italian cultural heritage.

The 11:00 a.m. performance is dedicated to upper secondary school students.

APERITIF AT LA FONDERIA
From 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., enjoy a tasting of local wines and products, in collaboration with the Mercato Campagna Amica del Tricolore.

https://youtu.be/mjZQdcn1fgc

Direction and visual: Fabio Cherstich
Choreography and stage movement: Philippe Kratz
Music: Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda by Claudio Monteverdi
Dancers: Alessia Giacomelli, Kiran Gezels
Singer: Raffaele Giordani
Harpsichord: Francesco Luigi Trivisano

Co-production: Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto, Teatro Regio di Parma / Festival Verdi, Torinodanza Festival – Teatro Stabile di Torino – Teatro Nazionale, Ghislierimusica – Centro di Musica Antica

Born in September 2024, Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda is a project aimed at enhancing live performing arts within museums and cultural sites, promoted by the Direzione Generale Musei and co-funded by the Direzione Generale Spettacolo.

For its realization, the Musei Nazionali di Perugia – Direzione Regionale Musei Nazionali Umbria — and in particular the Museo Archeologico Nazionale e Teatro Romano di Spoleto — established, with the support of the Direzione Generale Musei, a partnership shared with five other major cultural venues: Villa Pisani in Stra, Castello e Parco di Racconigi, Castello Svevo in Bari, Certosa di San Martino in Naples, and the Parco Archeologico di Venosa. Later, Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome joined the initiative, hosting it as part of the 2024 summer festival Sotto l’angelo di Castello.

 

The project is part of Italia Danza, a co-designed initiative by the Direzione Generale per la Diplomazia Pubblica e Culturale del MAECI and the CCN/Aterballetto, aimed at promoting Italy’s artistic heritage abroad.

In my vision of Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, I imagine a confined, circular space where proximity and the resemblance of bodies play a fundamental role. Together with choreographer Philippe Kratz, we explore the idea of bodies as mirrors, telling the story of a humanity at war with itself. Eros and Thanatos emerge as equally powerful forces, creating a paradoxical atmosphere within this perfectly balanced struggle between human beings. In our interpretation, Tancredi and Clorinda are contemporary warriors, bound to one another inextricably, compelled to fight and to relive a story already written.

A single voice gives life to three characters — the text itself, Tancredi, and Clorinda — merging within the body and sound of one singer. This estranged voice, bound to a circular path, evokes a sense of constant repetition, underscoring the endless cycle of this story of love and death — a story destined, tragically, to repeat itself through the centuries and reach us still, carrying all its force as an emanation of Tasso’s poetic power and Monteverdi’s sublime music.

Fabio Cherstich, Director

In Tasso’s tale, set to music by Claudio Monteverdi, the most obvious themes are the struggle between woman and man and religious conversion — yet these are also the aspects I find least compelling. Transposed into dance, they would risk becoming a mere narrative of circumstances.

A more philosophical or psychoanalytic reading of this struggle — from which both protagonists emerge defeated, deceived, and alone — feels far more engaging to me. Within the opposition of the two roles lies an entire world: the seeking, confronting, and wounding of one another. The dynamic is that of a ritual, a warlike confrontation between two entities drawing closer. The absurdity of the act is revealed when one of them loses their life, and we realize that the other has not won either… a powerful, shared wound that remains imprinted on both bodies. So, are these two people fighting each other — or a single person fighting against themselves?

Philippe Kratz, Choreographer

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Preludio / An Echo, A Wave / Solo Echo

Fonderia Reggio Emilia
7 November H 20.30

https://youtu.be/0WgBEKxzPxY

For the Dance Week, Aterballetto performs from November 7 to 9 at its home venue, La Fonderia.

While half of the company is on tour in South Africa, the remaining eight dancers of Aterballetto offer the Reggio Emilia audience three evenings of performance, dancing on the stage of La Fonderia (via della Costituzione 39) with the following programme:

Preludio by Diego Tortelli, built around some of the most intense poems and songs by Australian singer-songwriter Nick Cave, explores love, faith, dependence, obsession, loss, and the intricate ways these themes intertwine.

An Echo, A Wave by Philippe Kratz, officially premiering during Dance Week, translates the sense of wonder and eternity evoked by the sight of the sea: the dancers’ flowing movements recall the natural, unending motion of the waves, while also reflecting the passage through shifting emotional states.

Finally, Solo Echo by Crystal Pite is inspired by two sonatas for cello and piano by Johannes Brahms and by the poem Lines for Winter by Mark Strand, invoking winter, music, and the moving body to express something essential about acceptance and loss.

The evening opens with a new MicroDanza piece created by Antonella Bertoni especially for the CCN/Aterballetto.

APERITIF IN FONDERIA
From 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., enjoy a tasting of local wines and products, in collaboration with the Mercato Campagna Amica del Tricolore.

 

FND/Aterballetto – Preludio – ph. Celeste Lombardi

TICKETS

Full price: €10
Reduced price (under 30, dance schools, Liceo Coreutico Matilde di Canossa, over 65, CRAL Comune di Reggio Emilia members): €6
Reduced price (under 8): €3

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Preludio / “O” / Alpha Grace

UJ Arts & Culture Johannesburg
8 November H 18.30

 

From November 8 to 12, 2025, Aterballetto embarks on its first tour in South Africa.

Thanks to the collaboration of the Embassy of Italy in Pretoria and the Italian Cultural Institute of Pretoria, Aterballetto performs the triptych Dreamers in three South African cities.

TOUR

 

  • Saturday, November 8 – 6:30 p.m. – Johannesburg, UJ Arts & Culture
  • Monday, November 10 – 6:00 p.m. – Stellenbosch, The Adam Small Theatre
  • Wednesday, November 12 – 6:30 p.m. – Pretoria, The Fairtree Atterbury Theatre

 

The triptych opens with Preludio by Italian choreographer Diego Tortelli, who has been collaborating with the company since 2018: a love letter to the body for five dancers, built around some of the most intense poems and songs by Australian singer-songwriter Nick Cave, whose unmistakable voice envelops the audience.

At the heart of the evening is the duet O by German choreographer Philippe Kratz, former principal dancer with Aterballetto and now a sought-after creator for major international theatres. A small masterpiece of unstoppable rhythm, it hypnotically draws the viewer in.

The evening concludes with the sextet Alpha Grace, also by Philippe Kratz — a reflection on empathy, “a gentle form of communication,” as the choreographer says, “between people who feel they stand on the same level.”

 

Preludio / An Echo, A Wave / Solo Echo

Fonderia Reggio Emilia
8 November H 20.30

https://youtu.be/0WgBEKxzPxY

For the Dance Week, Aterballetto performs from November 7 to 9 at its home venue, La Fonderia.

While half of the company is on tour in South Africa, the remaining eight dancers of Aterballetto offer the Reggio Emilia audience three evenings of performance, dancing on the stage of La Fonderia (via della Costituzione 39) with the following programme:

Preludio by Diego Tortelli, built around some of the most intense poems and songs by Australian singer-songwriter Nick Cave, explores love, faith, dependence, obsession, loss, and the intricate ways these themes intertwine.

An Echo, A Wave by Philippe Kratz, officially premiering during Dance Week, translates the sense of wonder and eternity evoked by the sight of the sea: the dancers’ flowing movements recall the natural, unending motion of the waves, while also reflecting the passage through shifting emotional states.

Finally, Solo Echo by Crystal Pite is inspired by two sonatas for cello and piano by Johannes Brahms and by the poem Lines for Winter by Mark Strand, invoking winter, music, and the moving body to express something essential about acceptance and loss.

The evening opens with a new MicroDanza piece created by Antonella Bertoni especially for the CCN/Aterballetto.

APERITIF IN FONDERIA
From 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., enjoy a tasting of local wines and products, in collaboration with the Mercato Campagna Amica del Tricolore.

 

FND/Aterballetto – Preludio – ph. Celeste Lombardi

TICKETS

Full price: €10
Reduced price (under 30, dance schools, Liceo Coreutico Matilde di Canossa, over 65, CRAL Comune di Reggio Emilia members): €6
Reduced price (under 8): €3

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Seats are unassigned.

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VISIONI DEL CORPO: MAURIZIO CATTELAN

Fonderia Reggio Emilia
9 November H 18.30

 

Maurizio Cattelan Bidibidobidiboo 1996 photo Zeno Zotti copia (Palazzo Grassi, Venezia)

For Dance Week, three works by Maurizio Cattelan are the focus of the new edition of Visioni del corpo — discovering contemporary art through signature dance.

 

Nicolas Ballario, listed among the 100 most influential figures in the art world by Il Giornale dell’Arte, guides the audience through the story and poetics of Maurizio Cattelan, one of the most renowned and controversial Italian contemporary artists on the international scene.

At the heart of the evening are three of Cattelan’s works — irreverent and provocative pieces that challenge both art and society through sharp irony and powerful visual impact.

Choreographer Lara Guidetti, together with CCN/Aterballetto dancers Alessia Giacomelli and Kiran Gezels, gives body and movement to Cattelan’s visions, transforming the irony, paradox, and unspoken essence of his works into physical gesture.

On the occasion of Dance Week, Visioni del Corpo: Maurizio Cattelan will have three performances at La Fonderia, via della Costituzione 39:

  • Sunday, November 9 at 6:30 p.m.
  • Monday, November 10 at 11:00 a.m. – for upper secondary schools
  • Monday, November 10 at 8:30 p.m.

APERITIF AT LA FONDERIA

From 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., enjoy a tasting of local wines and products, in collaboration with the Mercato Campagna Amica del Tricolore.

Maurizio Cattelan, Him, 2001, ph Tom Lindboe (Blenheim) A

 

In 2006, Lara Guidetti graduated as a dancer and choreographer from the Dance-Theatre Atelier of the Paolo Grassi School in Milan, where she trained with major national and international masters. She continued her education in dance and performing arts, studying various pedagogical and training methods through workshops and productions.

In 2008, she founded the Sanpapié Company, where she serves as artistic director, choreographer, director, and performer, presenting works throughout Italy, Europe, China, and Saudi Arabia. In 2017, her production LEI won the Premio Bonacina.

She collaborates with the JGM Company in Lisbon, with La Scala in Milan as a dancer and acrobat, and creates choreography for opera productions. She has taught at the Paolo Grassi School and DanceHaus in Milan, as well as at the Teatro Stabile di Torino school.

Since 2022, she has been an associate artist of the MilanOltre Festival and a collaborator of the CCN/Aterballetto, working as a choreographer and curator of site-specific and cultural welfare projects.

Born in 1984, Nicolas Ballario works in the field of contemporary art applied to media. After completing his studies at the Academy of Photography, he joined Oliviero Toscani’s creative factory La Sterpaia, where he later became Cultural Director. He has collaborated with major artistic institutions and numerous publications, and in 2016 became the youngest recipient ever of the Premio Bassani, one of Italy’s most prestigious awards for journalists distinguished in cultural and environmental reporting.

He is currently the author and host of contemporary art programmes on Radio Uno Rai and a contributor to L’Espresso (where he writes a weekly column), Living / Corriere della Sera, Il Post, and Il Giornale dell’Arte. In 2019, he hosted Camera Oscura, a photography series on LA7, and since 2020 has been presenting Io ti vedo, tu mi senti?, Italia Contemporanea, and The Square on Sky Arte.

He is also the director of the new exhibition production company Piuma, and founder and president of Cucù, a communication studio dedicated to culture. Ballario curates exhibitions and catalogues, and was included twice in Artribune’s “Best of” list of leading figures in the art world — in 2019 for radio and in 2020 for television projects.

TICKETS

Single ticket: €3

TICKET PURCHASE
Tickets can be purchased online at www.biglietteriafonderia39.it.
The box office at La Fonderia opens at 7:30 p.m.
Seats are unassigned.

CONTACTS
Mobile e whatsapp +39 3341023554
Email biglietteria@aterballetto.it

FONDERIA ATERBALLETTO
via della Costituzione 39, Reggio Emilia

 

 

Preludio / An Echo, A Wave / Solo Echo

Fonderia Reggio Emilia
9 November H 20.30

https://youtu.be/0WgBEKxzPxY

For the Dance Week, Aterballetto performs from November 7 to 9 at its home venue, La Fonderia.

While half of the company is on tour in South Africa, the remaining eight dancers of Aterballetto offer the Reggio Emilia audience three evenings of performance, dancing on the stage of La Fonderia (via della Costituzione 39) with the following programme:

Preludio by Diego Tortelli, built around some of the most intense poems and songs by Australian singer-songwriter Nick Cave, explores love, faith, dependence, obsession, loss, and the intricate ways these themes intertwine.

An Echo, A Wave by Philippe Kratz, officially premiering during Dance Week, translates the sense of wonder and eternity evoked by the sight of the sea: the dancers’ flowing movements recall the natural, unending motion of the waves, while also reflecting the passage through shifting emotional states.

Finally, Solo Echo by Crystal Pite is inspired by two sonatas for cello and piano by Johannes Brahms and by the poem Lines for Winter by Mark Strand, invoking winter, music, and the moving body to express something essential about acceptance and loss.

The evening opens with a new MicroDanza piece created by Antonella Bertoni especially for the CCN/Aterballetto.

APERITIF IN FONDERIA
From 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., enjoy a tasting of local wines and products, in collaboration with the Mercato Campagna Amica del Tricolore.

 

FND/Aterballetto – Preludio – ph. Celeste Lombardi

TICKETS

Full price: €10
Reduced price (under 30, dance schools, Liceo Coreutico Matilde di Canossa, over 65, CRAL Comune di Reggio Emilia members): €6
Reduced price (under 8): €3

TICKET PURCHASE

Seats are unassigned.

CONTACTS FOR RESERVATIONS

Mobile e whatsapp: +39 3341023554

Email biglietteria@aterballetto.it

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