Centro Coreografico Nazionale / Aterballetto

MM Contemporary Dance Company
2019-07-21 21:30 - 23:00 (Europe/Rome) | Chiostri San Pietro, via Emilia San Pietro 44, Reggio Emilia, 42121, Italia
The MM Contemporary Dance Company dances two great titles of the musical repertoire. Emanuele Soavi‘s Carmen immerses us in the plot made up of subtle relationships and tensions of Bizet’s famous work. Michele Merola confronted the obsessive and repetitive music of Bolero, staging the variety of moods that circulate around and within the couple’s relationship.
The evening is part of Danza at Chiostri, by the Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto for the billboard of REstate 2019.

Carmen
Carmen Sweet is an exclusive creation by Emanuele Soavi for the MM Contemporary Dance Company, conceived taking into account the composer’s original intention to create an opera-comique: this is how Georges Bizet defined his Carmen, presented in Paris in 1875.
In this work, drawing inspiration from and revisiting the traces of the legendary plot, the action, deliberately permeated with irony and sarcasm, begins in the arena where Carmen, Micaela, Frasquita, Mercédès, Don José, Zuniga, Escamillo give free rein to their emotions. Thus giving space to the strong technical and theatrical virtuosity of the performers on stage, Soavi plunges us dramaturgically into that plot made up of subtle relationships, balances and embroideries, between tension and suspension, where movements and gestures must be read beyond the apparent elegance that is over the top. All accompanied by the famous notes of Bizet, sometimes interrupted by the songs of the singing group Los Panchos, in whose texts antagonism, jealousy and desire are the omnipresent subjects.
In Seville’s Plaza de Toros, the characters meet for the day of the bullfight. Everyone is waiting for Escamillo, the Escamillo who believes that Carmen is her own and does not care about the warnings of Mercedes and Frasquita. Covered in dust, confused in their vices, the characters, like a group of histrions, stage Carmen’s passion in the metaphysical square of the stage.
Sarcastic and bizarre in their gestures and movements, these comedians try to avoid the perennial clash between Don José and Toreador, while Micaela, alone in the shadows, hides and shows herself, trying to steal their hearts and their attention in vain. But Don José is soon around. Ignoring her friends’ advice, Carmen meets him and José begs her to come back with him. José threatens the contemptuous rejections and, while the crowd applauds Escamillo victorious, blinded by anger, José kills Carmen.
In this moving fiction, a story is revealed to the public that can be true and not just imaginary, made of physical beauty expressed by the bodies of the dancers, where the narrative of the scenes is marked by the relationships between the senses, which repeatedly ignite with passion the protagonists on stage.
Choreography Emanuele Soavi
Music Georges Bizet, Los Panchos
Lighting design Cristina Spelti
Costume design Alessio Rosati with the collaboration of Nuvia Valestri
Bolero
Bolero (1928) is still one of the best-known and most listened to pieces in the history of music. In creating a new choreographic version of Bolero, Michele Merola confronted himself with this obsessive and repetitive music, trying to understand its identity, reason and function: at the end of this path, the choreographer’s inspiration focused on the inexhaustible range of human relationships, in particular those of couples, within which we often record the reciprocal and irreconcilable distances between men and women, that “transparent wall” that divides them. Thus, in the different shades assumed by the dance, the choreography declines the variety of moods that “circulate” around and within the couple relationship.
Stefano Corrias intervened on this same music, with the “license” and inventiveness that are the true sign of every artist. As a refined and expert composer, Corrias has created his own musical score, freely inspired by the original version of Ravel’s piece. The new score was composed by carefully analyzing the pages of Bolero, and integrates perfectly with it, placing itself in three different moments. Within the choreographic writing, the three fragments underline the most intimate, and truest, moments of each of us, when we are far from the looks of others, and far from the deafening noise of the world.
In Merola’s version, Bolero is therefore described as a non-history, fantastic but possible, however pertinent to the real world. From the allusive initial drum strokes to the final “explosion” of the entire orchestra, the dance, in close symbiosis with the music, conveys a sort of abstract “bitter fairy tale”, an allegory of the pain of living and misunderstanding between human beings. Thus Bolero becomes a metaphor for our existence, caught in the double tracks that each of us experiences during our lives, between contrast and dialogue, seduction and disillusionment, surprise and bewilderment.
Choreography Michele Merola
Music Maurice Ravel, Stefano Corrias
Light design Cristina Spelti
Costume design Alessio Rosati with the collaboration of Nuvia Valestri
INFO&TICKETS

Tickets
Full 12 euro
Reduction 9 euro for under 30, dance schools DanzaRE (Arcadia, Danzarte, Eidos Danza, Let’s Dance, Progetto Danza), Liceo Coreutico Matilde di Canossa, over 65
Reduction 3 euro for under 8
Info, reservations and tickets withdrawing
tel. +39 0522 273011
cell. and whatsapp +39 3341023554
email info@aterballetto.it
Reserved tickets must be collected by Friday, July 19th at the ticket office of the Fonderia, in via della Costituzione 39.
Uncollected tickets will be resold.
Purchase at ticket office
Fonderia, headquarters of Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto, via della Costituzione 39, Reggio Emilia
Monday and Friday from 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 3.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
Chiostri di San Pietro, via Emilia San Pietro 44, Reggio Emilia
Only Sunday 21 and Tuesday 23 July from 7.30 p.m.
Online purchase
www.biglietteriafonderia39.it
Tickets purchased online can be collected at the ticket office of the Fonderia in via della Costituzione 39, during opening hours, or on the evening of the shows (Sunday 21st and Tuesday 23rd July) at the ticket office of the Chiostri di San Pietro in via Emilia San Pietro 44, from 7.30 p.m.

Abiectio - "O" - BLISS
2019-07-23 21:30 - 23:00
The Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto closes its 2018-2019 season in the renovated Chiostri di San Pietro in Reggio Emilia.
Abiectio by Damiano Artale is an engaging duet on the notes of the Passion of Bach and the Requiem Pies Jesus by Fauré. Followed by “O” by Philippe Kratz, choreography from the unstoppable rhythm awarded at the prestigious competition in Hanover 2018. BLISS, a masterpiece by Johan Inger to the notes of Keith Jarrett’s Koln Concert, is a dance that emanates happiness and above all life. A joy for the performers, who surrender to the music without any resistance, and for the public, who can admire the maturity and skill of each dancer.

Abiectio
When violence bathes the soul of a human being, we celebrate the failure of communication, also the funeral of education. Frightened and disoriented, an injured individual looks at himself in the mirror with degrading mortification and responds to the outside world by attacking. Every man, however, in possession of that particular gift called empathy, places himself immediately and positively in the condition of
Choreography Damiano Artale
Music Johann Sebastian Bach and Gabriel Faurè
Costume design Francesca Messori
Lighting design Carlo Cerri
Dancers Damiano Artale and Arianna Kob
''O''
The idea at the base of “O” is eternity and how attaining it is humanity’s ultimate goal. As in the summer of 2017 in Hong Kong for the very first time two humanoid robots vocally interacted with one another it became clear to anyone watching that a future, in which accumulated human knowledge is passed on by communicating inorganic material, is within reach. Therefore “O” can be seen as two human beings or two robots celebrating in a state of transcendence and emotional fulfilment, both moving to the never-ending beat of their unstoppable hearts.
And as the spaceship computer Hal in Stanley Kubrick’s movie ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ puts it: “I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I’ve still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission. And I want to help you.”
Choreography Philippe Kratz
Music Mark Pritchard, The Field
Costume design Francesca Messori
Lighting design Carlo Cerri
Dancers Philippe Kratz and Ivana Mastroviti
First prize at 32° Hannover Choreographic Competition – June 2018

BLISS
“Exciting BLISS by Johan Inger. It is an ode to the joy of dancing, to the pleasure of seeing the performers moving in an unstoppable chain of choreographic beauty. One of the best shots recently scored by Aterballetto.”
Sergio Trombetta, La Stampa
Choreography Johan Inger
Music Keith Jarrett
Set design Johan Inger
Costume design Johan Inger and Francesca Messori
Lighting design Peter Lundin
Assistant to the choreographer Yvan Dubreuil
Premio Danza&Danza 2016 “Best Italian Production”

INFO&TICKETS

Tickets
Full 12 euro
Reduction 9 euro for under 30, dance schools DanzaRE (Arcadia, Danzarte, Eidos Danza, Let’s Dance, Progetto Danza), Liceo Coreutico Matilde di Canossa, over 65
Reduction 3 euro for under 8
Info, reservations and tickets withdrawing
tel. +39 0522 273011
cell. and whatsapp +39 3341023554
email info@aterballetto.it
Reserved tickets must be collected by Friday, July 19th at the ticket office of the Fonderia, in via della Costituzione 39.
Uncollected tickets will be resold.
Purchase at ticket office
Fonderia, headquarters of Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto, via della Costituzione 39, Reggio Emilia
Monday and Friday from 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 3.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
Chiostri di San Pietro, via Emilia San Pietro 44, Reggio Emilia
Only Sunday 21 and Tuesday 23 July from 7.30 p.m.
Online purchase
www.biglietteriafonderia39.it
Tickets purchased online can be collected at the ticket office of the Fonderia in via della Costituzione 39, during opening hours, or on the evening of the shows (Sunday 21st and Tuesday 23rd July) at the ticket office of the Chiostri di San Pietro in via Emilia San Pietro 44, from 7.30 p.m.

Dreamers
2019-09-06 20:30 - 22:30
Aterballetto presents the world premiere of the new triple bill Dreamers, composed of cloud|materia by Philippe Kratz, Traces by Rihoko Sato and Secus by Ohad Naharin.
Dreamers offers a unique opportunity to admire the company through shades of contrast, from the rational physicality of Philippe Kratz, Aterballetto choreographer and dancer, to the sophisticated, ethereal style of Japanese Rihoko Sato, the muse and favorite performer of Saburo Teshigawara, to vigorous rituality of Ohad Naharin, the choreographer from Batsheva Dance Company.
All this is possible thanks to this international co-production that relates us to Festival Oriente Occidente in Rovereto, Les Halles de Schaerbeek in Brussels, Malraux scène nationale Chambéry Savoie in France and, for the creation cloud|materia by Philippe Kratz, Bayer Culture Engagement in Leverkusen.

Aterballetto
2019-09-18 18:00 - 19:00, 2019-10-24 18:00 - 19:00 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
OPEN REHEARSAL_ATERBALLETTO
The Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto has been giving for years the opportunity to enter the daily routine of dancers and choreographers. Open rehearsals are unique moments in which it is possible to experience the backstage of a show, to dialogue with the artists and to be surprised by the art of dance.
In order to ensure greater artistic flexibility to the company, we can not define the exact program of open rehearsals of Aterballetto. A few days before the open rehearsal we will give you more information on our website and on the social networks.

Compagnia Artemis Danza
2019-10-01 18:00 - 19:00 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
Prova aperta_Il Barbiere di Siviglia
In occasione dei centocinquant’anni dalla morte di Gioachino Rossini, Monica Casadei con la Compagnia Artemis Danza affronta uno dei titoli più celebri del maestro pesarese, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, che la coreografa ha immaginato come un avveniristico “balletto d’azione”. Ma chi è davvero Figaro? Nella lettura di Monica Casadei Figaro è il prototipo dell’uomo di successo nel mondo di oggi. L’eroe rossiniano diventa l’emblema di chi riesce a soddisfare con efficacia, vivacità e savoir faire le aspettative di una società che impone ogni giorno di raggiungere i propri obiettivi ottimizzando tempi ed energie.
COMPAGNIA ARTEMIS DANZA
Originally from Ferrara, Monica Casadei graduates in philosophy cum laude writing a dissertation on dance in Plato’s system. After a career as a professional acrobatic gymnast, she takes to studying classic and modern dance, at first in Italy, then in London, and eventually in Paris where she gets to meet choreographers Pierre Doussaint and Isabelle Doubouloz and the Master André Cognard Hanshi So shihan, with whom she still practices the martial art of Aikido.
In France, she founds the company Artemis Danza, with which she later moves to Italy, in 1997, giving birth to a fervent production activity that amounts, nowadays, to over 40 original creations.
From 1998 to 2007, the Company is part of an artist residency at Fondazione Teatro Due in Parma whereas, from 2014 up to this day, it partakes in an artist residency at Teatro Comunale in Bologna. Artemis Danza has been invited to the most important Italian theatres and festivals and to several international tours and festivals.
Pivotal elements in Monica Casadei’ s artistic research are the influences from different artistic, cultural and geographic fields and the exploration of urban spaces and places that turn into stages for performances.
Alongside the production activity, Artemis funds, produces and promotes young choreographers and organizes several activities meant to artistically educate the audience.
artemisdanza.com

Compagnia Artemis Danza
2019-10-02 20:30 - 22:00 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA_BALLETTO D’AZIONE
Uno, dieci, cento Figaro in azione. Determinati, potenti, coraggiosi, in un gioco camaleontico ricco di imprevisti e repentini mutamenti. Un balletto d’azione in chiave post moderna con l’ironia dissacrante e l’energia instancabile di una squadra speciale disposta a tutto, o quasi.

Crediti
Choreography, set and lighting design Monica Casadei
Music Gioachino Rossini
Sound design and original songs Luca Vianini
Costume design Daniela Usai
Assistant to musical dramaturgy and costumes Davide Tagliavini
Assistants to the choreographer Antonio Bissiri, Vittorio Colella, Teresa Morisano
Production Compagnia Artemis Danza in collaboration with AMAT and Municipality of Pesaro
Co-production Italian Festival in Bangkok, Festival Orizzonti, Armonie d’Arte Festival
in collaboration with Rossini Opera Festival and Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Thanks to A.N.G.E.L.O. Vintage Palace
With the contribution of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Emilia-Romagna Region Department of Culture
Insights
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the death of Gioachino Rossini, Monica Casadei, with the Compagnia Artemis Danza, faces one of the most famous titles of the maestro from Pesaro, “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”, with a choreographic interpretation that debuted in Pesaro, in the historic Teatro Rossini, in collaboration with AMAT – Associazione Marchigiana Attività Teatrali and Comune di Pesaro.
A show that Monica Casadei imagined as a futuristic “action ballet” and that, as usual, involves in a contamination of languages all the creative body of Artemis, which is enriched by the costumes made by visual artist Daniela Usai and the musical elaborations of the composer Luca Vianini, who compares with Rossini.
But who is really Figaro? In Monica Casadei’s reading Figaro is the prototype of the successful man in today’s world. The Rossini hero becomes the emblem of those who succeed in satisfying with effectiveness, vivacity and savoir faire the expectations of a society that imposes every day to reach its goals optimizing time and energy.
On the choreographic level, Figaro’s character multiplies in the bodies of the entire company, where, without gender distinctions, the performers act with the determination, energy and rigour of a special team: toned, gritty and hyper-concentrated, their dance manipulates time and space without respite, continuously weaves and loosens an infinite network of changes of direction, intersections of trajectories and inlays of movements. As if they were following the routes of crowded and noisy highways, the dancers unravel with lucidity and martial energy, wise gears of the crazy mechanism of social living.
The result is an action performance, characterized by an atmosphere suspended between a past shadow and a flashing and frenetic present: the unreachable image of a perfect man appears and disappears under the eyes of the public to multiply in the dancers and their technical virtuosities.
The historical costumes are the result of a collaboration with the Rossini Opera Festival and the Teatro Comunale of Bologna, while the tailored dresses were made in collaboration with A.N.G.E.L.O Vintage Palace (Lugo di Romagna), reference pole of vintage in Italy.
The show was co-produced by the Italian Festival in Thailand in Bangkok, the Orizzonti Festival in Chiusi and the Armonie d’Arte Festival in Borgia.
COMPAGNIA ARTEMIS DANZA
Originally from Ferrara, Monica Casadei graduates in philosophy cum laude writing a dissertation on dance in Plato’s system. After a career as a professional acrobatic gymnast, she takes to studying classic and modern dance, at first in Italy, then in London, and eventually in Paris where she gets to meet choreographers Pierre Doussaint and Isabelle Doubouloz and the Master André Cognard Hanshi So shihan, with whom she still practices the martial art of Aikido.
In France, she founds the company Artemis Danza, with which she later moves to Italy, in 1997, giving birth to a fervent production activity that amounts, nowadays, to over 40 original creations.
From 1998 to 2007, the Company is part of an artist residency at Fondazione Teatro Due in Parma whereas, from 2014 up to this day, it partakes in an artist residency at Teatro Comunale in Bologna. Artemis Danza has been invited to the most important Italian theatres and festivals and to several international tours and festivals.
Pivotal elements in Monica Casadei’ s artistic research are the influences from different artistic, cultural and geographic fields and the exploration of urban spaces and places that turn into stages for performances.
Alongside the production activity, Artemis funds, produces and promotes young choreographers and organizes several activities meant to artistically educate the audience.
artemisdanza.com

Lost in - La stella nascosta - ''O''
2019-10-11 15:00 - 16:30 | Teatro Cavallerizza, viale Antonio Allegri, 8, Reggio Emilia, 42121, Italia
Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto, co-organizer of NID Platform, presents “O” by Philippe Kratz, a short performance winner of 32° Hannover Choreographic Competition. Following two creations by Saul Daniele Ardillo, Lost in and excerpts from La stella nascosta, a new creation for children with four dancers selected for this choreography. La stella nascosta is the result of a profound artistic and pedagogical research about the relantionship between the world of childhood and the languages of contemporary dance. In this research Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto was accompanied by Reggio Children and Accademia Perduta | Romagna Teatri.

In/Finito
2019-10-26 19:00 - 21:50, 2019-10-27 16:00 - 20:50 | Palazzo da Mosto, via Mari, 8, Reggio Emilia, 42121, Italia
Nuova edizione del progetto site-specific di danza e fotografia, che sarà rappresentata anche nel cantiere di un nuovo spazio sociale a Milano a novembre, grazie al sostegno di Cariplo. A Reggio Emilia i protagonisti del progetto In/Finito– sei interpreti della compagnia Aterballetto – danzano le sei coreografie a Palazzo da Mosto, nelle cui sale nel 2018 fu presentato per la prima volta il progetto, nato in collaborazione con Fondazione Palazzo Magnani / Fotografia Europea. Il contesto espositivo è rappresentato dalle nuove fotografie di Toni Thorimbert, che ritraggono i performer in spazi emblematici di alcune aree periferiche di Milano.
L’appuntamento è all’interno di ‘Incontri a Palazzo’, progetto in collaborazione con AlibertiLab e sostenuto da Fondazione Manodori e Par.Co. al fine di valorizzare e riconsegnare alla città gli spazi di Palazzo da Mosto.
Sabato 26 ottobre
programma B: h 19.00 / 20.00 / 21.00
programma A: h 19.30 / 20.30 / 21.30
Domenica 27 ottobre
programma A: h 16.00 / 17.00 / 18.00
programma B: h 16.30 / 17.30 / 18.30
Programma A: Notturni di Saul Daniele Ardillo | L 180 di Hektor Budlla | Maudit di Diego Tortelli
Programma B: Cemento di Roberto Tedesco | Purple Usurper di Philippe Kratz | Survivante di Damiano Artale

Info e prenotazioni
0522 273011
334 1023554
info@aterballetto.it
Biglietteria
Fonderia
via della Costituzione 39
Lunedì e venerdì dalle ore 10.00 alle ore 13.30
Martedì, mercoledì e giovedì dalle ore 15.00 alle ore 17.30
Palazzo da Mosto
Via Mari 7
Sabato 26 dalle ore 18.00
Domencia 27 dalle ore 15.00

La stella nascosta
2019-10-29 10:30 - 11:15 | Teatro Ariston, Via Principe Amedeo, 20, Mantova, 46100, Italia
La stella nascosta, our dance performance for children, debuts in Mantua at the Segni New Generations Festival.
La stella nascosta is the result of a long process of artistic and pedagogical research on the dialogue between the world of childhood and the languages of contemporary dance. La stella nascosta is a performance with 4 young dancers selected specifically for this choreography, which accompany children and adults on a journey of discovery of beauty outside the canons and media clichés. Saul Daniele Ardillo worked for over a year with playwright Simone Giorgi and an extraordinary team of Reggio Children (scientific partner of the research process), measuring himself with the experience of Accademia Perduta | Romagna Teatri (co-producer) and especially with the gaze and creativity of children’s classes.
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator
il nostro spettacolo dedicato all’infanzia, debutta a Mantova al Segni New Generations Festival.
Frutto di un lungo processo di ricerca artistica e pedagogica sul dialogo tra il mondo dell’infanzia e i linguaggi della danza contemporanea, La stella nascosta è una performance con 4 giovani danzatori selezionati specificamente per questa coreografia, che accompagnano bambini e adulti in un viaggio alla scoperta della bellezza fuori dai canoni e i cliché mediatici. Saul Daniele Ardillo ha lavorato per oltre un anno insieme al drammaturgo Simone Giorgi e ad una straordinaria equipe di Reggio Children (partner scientifico del processo di ricerca), misurandosi con l’esperienza di Accademia Perduta | Romagna Teatri (coproduttore) e soprattutto con lo sguardo e la creatività di classi di bambini.

DANCEHAUSPIù / CZD / ATERBALLETTO
2019-10-30 20:30 - 22:00 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud_X2_”O”
Una serata che mette in risalto le peculiari cifre distintive dei tre Centri di Produzione della Danza italiani. Apre la serata DanceHaus Company / DanceHauspiù di Milano con I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud del coreografo Matteo Bittante: i versi del poeta inglese Wordsworth fanno da sfondo al rito bucolico ed errabondo dei tre danzatori in cui la forza vitale e la quiete idilliaca della natura si contrappongono ai turbamenti e alla confusione della città. Scenario Pubblico/Compagnia Zappalà Danza di Catania presenta in prima nazionale x2, atto d’amore artistico che Roberto Zappalà vuole dedicare al grande compositore Johann Sebastian Bach. Chiude la serata la Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto di Reggio Emilia con “O”: Philippe Kratz e Ivana Mastroviti si muovono verso il ritmo infinito dei loro cuori inarrestabili in una coreografia entrata da poco nel repertorio della compagnia, ma già molto applaudita in molti teatri.

I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD
Choreography Matteo Bittante
Music various authors
Dancers Fabio Calvisi, Alice Carrino, Giovanni Leone
Production DanceHauspiù
“I wandered lonely like a cloud” is the beginning of one of the most famous poems of English romanticism written at the beginning of the nineteenth century by William Wordsworth. In this new creation by choreographer Matteo Bittante, co-director and resident artist of the National Centre for Dance Production, DANCEHAUSpiù, the poet’s verses form the backdrop to the bucolic and wandering rite of the three dancers in which the vital force and idyllic quiet of nature contrast with the upheavals and confusion of the city. In the poetry, as in the show, the real protagonists are not the men but the elements of nature such as the lake, the narcissus or the clouds with which the bodies of the dancers try a possible metamorphosis.
Notes of the choreographer
I lived my childhood on a hill, in the middle of nature, running from one meadow to another, climbing the trees, I was always in constant contact, almost symbiotic with her.
Since ancient times, the countryside and rural life have served as a source of inspiration for many artists.
An idyllic place of escape, a refuge from the duties of life, once for the exploration of the self.
A landscape of the soul, today to be defended and protected against the ideologies of an era that contaminate and desertify Mother Earth.
Matteo Bittante

x2
Premiere
Choreography Roberto Zappalà
Music Johann Sebastian Bach
Dancers Maud de la Purification, Roberto Provenzano
Costume and lighting design Roberto Zappalà
Costume realization Debora Privitera
Technical director Sammy Torrisi
Production Scenario Pubblico / Compagnia Zappalà Danza
This short episode begins the act of artistic love that Roberto Zappalà wants to dedicate to great composer Johann Sebastian Bach. No dramaturgy, no intellectual reasoning, just a close relationship between music and dance. On the other hand Zappalà has made Charles Baudelaire’s thought his own: “Glorifying the cult of image and aesthetics is my goal even before its meaning”.
The creation represents one of the phases of a path divided into three different moments/episodes: x2, x4, which are also the respective numbers of dancers on stage, while the third episode will be a creation for the entire Company and will see its debut in autumn 2020. The final project will be inspired by the different versions that have been created and “remade” over time.
''O''
Choreography Philippe Kratz
Music Mark Pritchard and The Field
Costume design Francesca Messori
Lighting design Carlo Cerri
Dancers Philippe Kratz and Ivana Mastroviti
Production Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto
First prize at the 32nd Choreographic Competition in Hanover – June 2018
Philippe Kratz is a member of the stARTacademy of Bayer Arts & Culture.
The idea at the base of “O” is eternity and how attaining it is humanity’s ultimate goal. As in the summer of 2017 in Hong Kong for the very first time two humanoid robots vocally interacted with one another it became clear to anyone watching that a future, in which accumulated human knowledge is passed on by communicating inorganic material, is within reach.
Therefore “O” can be seen as two human beings or two robots celebrating in a state of transcendence and emotional fulfilment, both moving to the never-ending beat of their unstoppable hearts.
And as the spaceship computer Hal in Stanley Kubrick’s movie ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ puts it: “I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I’ve still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission. And I want to help you.”

Food&Drink
Dalle 18.30 alle 20.15
AGRIAPERITIVO
Preparati a scoprire sapori e profumi diversi, che insieme alla danza renderanno unica la tua esperienza in Fonderia.
Grazie all’Agriaperitivo a cura di Agricucina La Bottega Italiana di Reggio Emilia, in collaborazione con Campagna Amica, potrai gustare i migliori prodotti a Km 0 prima dell’inizio dello spettacolo.

ATERBALLETTO
2019-11-07 18:00 - 19:00 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
The Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto has been giving for years the opportunity to enter the daily routine of dancers and choreographers. Open rehearsals are unique moments in which it is possible to experience the backstage of a show, to dialogue with the artists and to be surprised by the art of dance.
In order to ensure greater artistic flexibility to the company, we can not define the exact program of open rehearsals of Aterballetto. A few days before the open rehearsal we will give you more information on our website and on the social networks.

E.sperimenti Dance Company
2019-11-08 21:00 - 22:00 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
CONVERGENZE
Convergenze si configura in un astratto quanto coinvolgente ed energetico rapporto tra la musica elettronica ed il suolo, la luce ed il ritmo, la potenza e la gioia della dinamica.

Credits
Dancers E.sperimenti Dance Company
Choreographies Federica Galimberti
Music AVV ed elaborazioni elettroniche
Costumes Noemi Intino
Light design EDC
Production by gruppodanzaoggi di Patrizia Salvatori
Insights
Light and shadow, shadow and light … the alternation of them is marked by the life of the human being, always: an ancestral rhythm that awakens the atavistic animal within each of us and rediscovers the overwhelming strength of the male in harmony with nature, in its fragility before the greatness of it.
CONVERGENZE highlights the division of the human soul between reason and instinct found in tribality, in the rediscovery of the roots inherent in the rhythm of the ‘earth’, as in the flight of the free animal, beautiful of a pure beauty because naturally wild, in harmony with Nature.
Interesting is the creation by Federica Galimberti, who writes a very personal language, pulsating, new, contaminated in the charm of light and darkness.
The interaction with space develops in an abstract and visionary way from which pure forms of light that divide and reflect, composing spaces in the imagination of the viewer come to life.
A primordial rhythm that materializes in a physical dance, on the ground, in the extreme challenge of themselves and the other in an abstract yet engaging and energetic relationship between electronic music and the ground, light and rhythm, the power of male dance and the joy of dynamics. A conscious and precise choice that the choreographer makes to configure this theme with an all-male ensemble, of great scenic impact, but also capable of expressing the infinite fragility in front of the immense. And the representation of themes so ancient, yet so contemporary, fascinates giving life to a very convincing piece.

E.sperimenti Dance Company
E.espimenti gdo Dance Company, the leading company of GDO, is a sparkling ensemble with the most diverse dynamics and styles ranging from breakin’ to contemporary, from modern to floorwork, from dance theatre to acrobatics. It expresses a contaminated, engaging, ingenious language ready to ‘smile’ in all its artistic expression.
The components are performers of different backgrounds and experiences that maintain their individuality, but they are one when they work together. This effervescent Italian excellence ‘under 35’, generous and innovative artistically conveys the ‘made in Italy’ across the border with honor.
In the last five years its performers have been present abroad for the Year of Italian Culture in Brazil, the United States, Russia and again in Thailand, Jordan, Palestine as well as, in 2012, at the EXPO in Yeosu for the Ceremony of handover in Milan 2015.
A precious alchemy distinguishes each performance of this particular Company that with ease and talent contaminates techniques and languages, appropriating them to generate its own, convincing, ‘true’ and thus draws a new stylistic geography, which expresses its moments of experimentation, research, creation, with theatricality and extreme attention to convey the message with refinement, good taste, genius and especially the inevitable irony that characterizes them in the drama.
An intelligent and convincing design operation that attracts and retains the public.
www.esperimentidancecompany.com

Wolf - Secus
2019-11-08 21:00 - 22:15 | Teatro Rossini, Piazza Lazzarini, 1, Pesaro, 61121, Italia
Aterballetto dances at the Teatro Rossini in Pesaro an evening that combines the choreographies of Hofesh Shechter and Ohad Naharin.
Hofesh Shechter is one of the most intense and visceral contemporary choreographers. Perhaps because the music is almost always composed by himself and is closely in tune with the energy of his movement. The result is a punch, as he himself says, a punch with which the viewer is hit by a wave of energy. In Wolf we find a sort of wild animality that crosses sometimes men and sometimes women. The painting that is composed drags us into a mysterious and engaging universe.

Secus is a creation by Ohad Naharin that boasts a musical collage that extends from the unusual electronic styles of AGF to the seductive Indian melodies of Kaho Naa Pyar Hai to the resonant harmonies of the Beach Boys. This adventurously eclectic mix serves as a suitable backdrop for the boldly extravagant choreography. Under our unbelieving eyes, we compose a human alphabet made up of races, solos, clear and clean gestures, interrupted duets, which, through precise and sudden kicks, sinuous disarticulations of the hips, torsos that bend in all directions like rubber to be shaped, expresses pure emotions and feelings without becoming sentimental. Joy, vulnerability, fear, innocence, confusion and anger weave a harmonious and dynamic canvas that oscillates between delicacy and exaggeration.

Dreamers
2019-11-10 16:30 - 18:00 | Teatro delle Muse, Piazza della Repubblica, Ancona, 60121, Italia
Aterballetto comes back to Ancona dancing the new triple bill Dreamers, composed of cloud|materia by Philippe Kratz, Traces by Rihoko Sato and Secus by Ohad Naharin.
Dreamers offers a unique opportunity to admire the company through shades of contrast, from the rational physicality of Philippe Kratz, Aterballetto choreographer and dancer, to the sophisticated, ethereal style of Japanese Rihoko Sato, the muse and favorite performer of Saburo Teshigawara, to vigorous rituality of Ohad Naharin, the choreographer from Batsheva Dance Company.
All this is possible thanks to this international co-production that relates us to Festival Oriente Occidente in Rovereto, Les Halles de Schaerbeek in Brussels, Malraux scène nationale Chambéry Savoie in France and, for the creation cloud|materia by Philippe Kratz, Bayer Culture Engagement in Leverkusen.

La stella nascosta
2019-11-19 10:30 - 11:15, 2019-11-20 10:30 - 11:15 | Teatro Cavallerizza, viale Antonio Allegri, 8, Reggio Emilia, 42121, Italia
La stella nascosta, our dance performance for children, is at the Festival Aperto in Reggio Emilia.
La stella nascosta is the result of a long process of artistic and pedagogical research on the dialogue between the world of childhood and the languages of contemporary dance. La stella nascosta is a performance with 4 young dancers selected specifically for this choreography, which accompany children and adults on a journey of discovery of beauty outside the canons and media clichés. Saul Daniele Ardillo worked for over a year with playwright Simone Giorgi and an extraordinary team of Reggio Children (scientific partner of the research process), measuring himself with the experience of Accademia Perduta | Romagna Teatri (co-producer) and especially with the gaze and creativity of children’s classes.

La stella nascosta
2019-11-23 16:00 - 16:45 | Teatro Diego Fabbri, Corso A. Diaz, 47, Forlì, FC, 47121, Italia

DéJà DONNé | INNPROGRESSCOLLECTIVE
2019-11-25 18:00 - 19:00 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
PROVA APERTA_toPRAY
toPRAY è uno spettacolo in cui le danze urbane si mescolano a gesti contemporanei, producendo una danza fuori dagli schemi, dal tempo. La scrittura coreografica attinge da calligrafie multiculturali, risultando un linguaggio universale: come il racconto dell’anima dell’uomo.

Déjà Donné
The contemporary dance company Déjà Donné was founded in 1997 in Prague; in 2000 the head office moved to Umbria where an intense activity of creation and circulation of shows began, both in Italy and abroad. During the year 2015 a transformation takes place that starts a new path of the company, imagined by the artistic direction of Virginia Spallarossa and Gilles Toutevoix.
Their work intends to guide Déjà Donné towards new potentialities, contributing to a deep renewal of sign and languages through the creation of their own shows.
The main activities of Déjà Donné include: creation and production of contemporary dance performances and shows; regional, national and international distribution of the works produced; training activities for professionals and non-professionals; creation of projects aimed at promoting contemporary dance and training the public through the involvement of other artistic subjects, in Italy and abroad.
The company’s works have been presented in 26 countries, in North and South America, in Asia and in Europe.
Déjà Donné’s activity is supported by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and the Umbria Region.
www.dejadonne.com
INC InNprogressCollective
The group was founded in 2006 following the creation of “HEIM”, which will be the only overall winner of the International Dance Week in Spoleto, attracting the interest of many professionals. The choreography Heim will be hosted in the largest Italian festivals, including Amores (Bologna), Cross Roads (Florence), Giffoni Film Festival (Giffoni), Notte Bianca (Rome), Fringe Festival (Spoleto).
Hence the idea of creating a stable group of young artists, promoters of new forms of contemporary street art, urban dances and trends.
Production will follow: Departure (2007), Underskin (2008 – winner of the International Dance Week in Spoleto), Protest! (2009-2010 – winner of S.I.D. Spoleto, LatinArte, UISP prize, Positano Leonide Massine prize), Oceania (2012 – in production with La- MaMa Umbria, presented at LaMaMa Moves Festival at Ellen Stewart Theater in New York).
In 2015 the toPRAY production debuts at the 58th edition of the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto. Director Giuseppe Tornatore chooses the INC company for a dance scene from his film “La Corrispondenza”, which will be released in cinemas in January 2016.
Characterized by a surprising young age and a strong artistic fellowship, they are the supporters of an alliance, where talents and skills are shared, mixed and recomposed towards collective goals. Afshin Varjavandi’s productions dance and together with him they invent creations, styling and concepts for performances, installations and videos.
From 2017 a collaboration with Déjà Donné was started as an associated production project.
www.innprogresscollective.com

DéJà DONNé | INNPROGRESSCOLLECTIVE
2019-11-26 20:30 - 21:30 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
toPRAY
toPRAY is a show in which urban dances are mixed with contemporary gestures, producing a dance out of the box, out of time. The choreography draws on multicultural calligraphy, resulting in a universal language: like the story of the human soul.

Credits
Choreography Afshin Varjavandi
Dancers Luca Calderini, Mattia Maiotti, Jenny Mattaioli, Elia Pangaro
Lighting design Fabio Galeotti
Sound design Angelo Benedetti
Production Déjà Donné
Insights
“He who knows the power of dance dwells in God.” Rumi
There is also a constant that we call T, for which that moment is intimate and individual, referring to the individual, not multipliable and not handed down. It is only one’s own eyes that exercise that vision. The constant T is a transcendent number. toPRAY does not speak of the constant T, but tells of the point of view from which one observes. toPRAY is a corridor: sometimes to reach the human soul the path is long and narrow. Other times contemporary man does not find the time to choose complex roads, to cross them the time he takes corresponds to the constant T. We cross the symbols that in history we have attributed to what we cannot see, to give life a different value, to recognize beyond the FORM a different level.
What does it mean to ‘pray’? We look for an answer in each ACTION. Perhaps acting itself is an act of worship: contemporary man acts on the body, drawing a cult from it. We always look for an answer, asking ourselves if in the end we are a soul that possesses a body. If what we have most sacred is the imagination through which we will be able to identify the soul in the course of life.
toPRAY is a show in which urban dances are mixed with contemporary gestures, producing a dance out of the box, out of time. The choreographic writing draws from multicultural calligraphy, resulting in a universal language: like the story of the soul of man. toPRAY is a human path built and lived with ups and downs, similar to the path of growth of a man. We dancers were asked more questions, to which we answered with gestures and movements; they were questions that contained complex, personal concepts. But in addition to the intense emotional value of personal moments, in the beginning, there is a particular intimacy between us dancers on stage and the choreographer, in moments of extreme choreographic rigor, which is characterized by the show throughout its duration.

Déjà Donné
The contemporary dance company Déjà Donné was founded in 1997 in Prague; in 2000 the head office moved to Umbria where an intense activity of creation and circulation of shows began, both in Italy and abroad. During the year 2015 a transformation takes place that starts a new path of the company, imagined by the artistic direction of Virginia Spallarossa and Gilles Toutevoix.
Their work intends to guide Déjà Donné towards new potentialities, contributing to a deep renewal of sign and languages through the creation of their own shows.
The main activities of Déjà Donné include: creation and production of contemporary dance performances and shows; regional, national and international distribution of the works produced; training activities for professionals and non-professionals; creation of projects aimed at promoting contemporary dance and training the public through the involvement of other artistic subjects, in Italy and abroad.
The company’s works have been presented in 26 countries, in North and South America, in Asia and in Europe.
Déjà Donné’s activity is supported by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and the Umbria Region.
www.dejadonne.com
INC InNprogressCollective
The group was founded in 2006 following the creation of “HEIM”, which will be the only overall winner of the International Dance Week in Spoleto, attracting the interest of many professionals. The choreography Heim will be hosted in the largest Italian festivals, including Amores (Bologna), Cross Roads (Florence), Giffoni Film Festival (Giffoni), Notte Bianca (Rome), Fringe Festival (Spoleto).
Hence the idea of creating a stable group of young artists, promoters of new forms of contemporary street art, urban dances and trends.
Production will follow: Departure (2007), Underskin (2008 – winner of the International Dance Week in Spoleto), Protest! (2009-2010 – winner of S.I.D. Spoleto, LatinArte, UISP prize, Positano Leonide Massine prize), Oceania (2012 – in production with La- MaMa Umbria, presented at LaMaMa Moves Festival at Ellen Stewart Theater in New York).
In 2015 the toPRAY production debuts at the 58th edition of the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto. Director Giuseppe Tornatore chooses the INC company for a dance scene from his film “La Corrispondenza”, which will be released in cinemas in January 2016.
Characterized by a surprising young age and a strong artistic fellowship, they are the supporters of an alliance, where talents and skills are shared, mixed and recomposed towards collective goals. Afshin Varjavandi’s productions dance and together with him they invent creations, styling and concepts for performances, installations and videos.
From 2017 a collaboration with Déjà Donné was started as an associated production project.
www.innprogresscollective.com

ATERBALLETTO
2019-11-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
PROVA APERTA_ATERBALLETTO
La Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto da anni regala l’opportunità di entrare nella routine quotidiana dei danzatori e dei coreografi. Le prove aperte sono momenti unici in cui è possibile vivere il backstage di uno spettacolo, dialogare con gli artisti e sorprendersi con l’arte della danza.
Al fine di assicurare maggiore flessibilità artistica alla compagnia, non possiamo definire il programma esatto delle prove aperte di Aterballetto. Pochi giorni prima della prova aperta daremo sul nostro sito e sui social maggiori informazioni.

Inter-view: Emanuele e Clément
2019-11-30 18:00 - 20:00 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
Un danzatore di Aterballetto, Clément Haenen. Uno schermidore paralimpico, il giovane Emanuele Lambertini. Dal loro incontro è scaturito un primo studio di Diego Tortelli, coreografo residente della Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto, dedicato all’esplorazione di rituali scenici e virtuosismi fuori dai canoni tradizionali. La breve performance, sostenuta da Credem Banca, Reggio Emilia Città Senza Barriere e Oscar Romero Consorzio in Polveriera, ha rappresentato il primo lavoro di Danza e Fragilità, nostro progetto rivolto all’esplorazione del rapporto tra danza e disabilità.
Tre recite:
ore 18.00 – 18.45 – 19.30
Durata 20 minuti a recita

''O''
2019-11-30 20:45 - 21:45, 2019-12-01 19:30 - 20:30 | Scenario Pubblico, via Teatro Massimo, 16, Catania, 95131, Italia
Aterballetto dances in Catania for an evening that highlights the distinctive figures of three Italian Dance Production Centers.
Philippe Kratz and Ivana Mastroviti open the evening dancing “O”, beautiful duo with an unstoppable rhythm signed by Philippe. Following the performances of DanceHaus Company / DanceHauspiù of Milan and Scenario Pubblico/Compagnia Zappalà Danza of Catania.

MM Contemporary Dance Company
2019-12-03 18:00 - 19:00 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
OPEN REHEARSAL_PULCINELLA
In making his own version of Pulcinella, Michele Merola respects the past, but moves in his own way. The soundtrack is composed of some pieces of the ballet and the “excursions” of the composer Stefano Corrias. The contamination of the original score is dictated by the need to have more intimate moments to clarify who Punchinello really is: the choreographer wanted to highlight the solitary and melancholy side of the Neapolitan standard bearer.
“Pulcinella – says Merola – is also an image of loneliness, which never dies: it seems to die several times during the show, but then always gets up, because his freedom could be suffocated, but always comes back to life.”

MM CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY
MM Contemporary Dance Company – winner in 2010 of the prestigious Dance & Dance Award and in 2017 of the Europaindanza Award – is a reality of excellence in Italian dance, with a consolidated activity of shows throughout the country. Founded in 1999 in Reggio Emilia and directed by Michele Merola, it has a rich and varied repertoire, thanks to the work of its director and European and Italian choreographers such as Mats Ek, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, Karl Alfred Schreiner, Emanuele Soavi, Enrico Morelli, Eugenio Scigliano, Daniele Ninarello.
For some years now it has conquered an international market with shows in European and non-European countries (Korea, Colombia, Canada, Germany, Russia, Morocco…).
MMCDC is supported by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Emilia-Romagna Region, Fondazione Nazionale della Danza/Aterballetto, Teatro Asioli di Correggio, ASD Progetto Danza. Technical partner: Pro Music.
www.michelemerola.it

Dreamers
2019-12-04 20:00 - 22:00, 2019-12-05 14:30 - 16:30, 2019-12-05 20:00 - 22:00 | Malraux, 67 Place François Mitterrand, Chambéry, 73000, Francia
Aterballetto dances at Malraux scène nationale Chambéry Savoie the new triple bill Dreamers, composed by cloud|materia by Philippe Kratz, Traces by Rihoko Sato and Secus by Ohad Naharin.
A unique opportunity to admire the company through contrasting nuances: from the physical and rational approach of Philippe Kratz, choreographer and dancer of Aterballetto, to the sophisticated and light style of Japanese Rihoko Sato, favorite muse and performer of Saburo Teshigawara, to the vigorous ritual of Ohad Naharin, choreographer of the Batsheva Dance Company.
And it is the result of an international co-production, which associates us with Festival Oriente Occidente in Rovereto, Les Halles de Schaerbeek in Brussels, Malraux scène nationale Chambéry Savoie in France and, for the cloud|materia creation by Philippe Kratz, Bayer Culture Engagement in Leverkusen.

MM Contemporary Dance Company
2019-12-04 20:30 - 21:30 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
PULCINELLA
Nel realizzare la propria versione di Pulcinella, Michele Merola rispetta il passato, ma si muove per una propria strada. La colonna sonora è composta da alcuni brani del balletto e dalle “escursioni” del compositore Stefano Corrias. La contaminazione della partitura originale è dettata dall’esigenza di disporre di momenti più intimi per poter chiarire chi sia veramente Pulcinella: il coreografo ha voluto evidenziare il versante solitario e malinconico dell’alfiere napoletano.
“Pulcinella – dice Merola – è un’immagine anche di solitudine, che non muore mai: sembra morire più volte durante lo spettacolo, ma poi sempre si rialza, perché la sua libertà potrebbe essere soffocata, ma sempre torna a vivere.”
Lo spettacolo sarà introdotto dal professor Alessandro Pontremoli Ordinario di Storia della Danza all’Università di Torino.
CREDITS
Concept Michele Merola and Cristina Spelti
Choreography Michele Merola
Music Igor Stravinskij, Stefano Corrias
Set and lighting design Cristina Spelti
Costume design Patricia Villirillo
Performers MM Contemporary Dance Company (9 danzatori)
Production MM Contemporary Dance Company

INSIGHTS
The first performance of the ballet Pulcinella was at the Paris Opera in 1920, by Djagilev’s Ballets Russes; the music, by Igor Stravinskij, was inspired by pages by G. B. Pergolesi and other authors of the 17th and 18th centuries. The composer gives his own sign to the dancing pages in themselves, like so much music of the 18th century: in tune with the subject, he makes a gentle caricature of it, celebrated for the richness of its rhythms and the freshness of its harmonies, exalted by Leonide Massine, choreographer, and Pablo Picasso, for his scenes and costumes.
In creating his own version, Michele Merola respects the past, and the great masterpieces produced on the subject, but moves on his own path. The soundtrack is composed of some pieces of the ballet and the “excursions” made by the composer Stefano Corrias. The contamination of the original score is dictated by the need to have more intimate moments, more bare from the musical point of view, to be able to clarify who is really Pulcinella: the choreographer wanted to highlight in this work the solitary, melancholy and dramatic side of the Neapolitan standard bearer.
“Pulcinella – says the choreographer – is a person, is an image, is a thought of loneliness. It is a thought that never dies, in fact in choreography this character seems to die several times, but then always rises, a sign of his continuous possibility of rebirth, because the freedom that Punchinello carries within him, all that is new, all that is freedom, all that is truth could be suffocated, but always comes back to life.”
In the predominant black and white of the costumes and the scene, only a hint of red appears: it is Pulcinella, whose heart beats beyond any attempt to make him die, and continues to pulsate, for better or for worse, in black and white. What remains, in this ballet, of its first edition? Once the story has been reduced to the essential, and the accessory characters have been eliminated, Pimpinella, the young girl loved by Pulcinella, the Wizard, who uses light as a guide to find a way out in the course of history, and the two couples of lovers remain. The choreographer did not want to follow the plot built in 1920, but focuses on the personality of the protagonist and the main events that revolve around him: his love for Pimpinella, the alleged death, the ending, a symbol of rebirth.
“The final scene – says Merola – in which Punchinello once again wears his hat, which he often has inside the show, but which he often takes off to be similar to the rest of society, symbolizes his choice: he realizes that being as society would like takes him nowhere, and then chooses to be himself, chooses the truth.”
MM CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY
MM Contemporary Dance Company is a contemporary dance company directed by choreographer Michele Merola, founded in 1999 as a center of production of events and shows and as a promoter of exhibitions and workshops with the aim of encouraging exchanges and alliances between Italian and international artists, witnesses and spokesmen of contemporary culture.
The company’s repertoire, based in Reggio Emilia, is rich and varied, thanks to the works of Michele Merola and the creations signed by European and Italian choreographers such as Mats Ek, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, Karl Alfred Schreiner, Emanuele Soavi, Enrico Morelli.
In 2010 the MM Contemporary Dance Company won the prestigious Dance & Dance Award as the best emerging company and today, it is, to all intents and purposes, a reality of excellence in Italian dance, with a consolidated activity of shows throughout the country. For some years now it has conquered an international market with shows in European and non-European countries (Korea, Colombia, Canada, Germany, Russia, Morocco…).
In 2017 MM Contemporary Dance Company won the Premio Europaindanza 2017 – Premio al Merito alla choreografia, for the show Bolero by Michele Merola.
For the three-year period 2018-20, MM Contemporary Dance Company is an associate company of the InDanza Circuit of Trentino Alto Adige.
MMCDC is supported by the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities, Emilia-Romagna Region, Fondazione Nazionale della Danza/Aterballetto, Teatro Asioli di Correggio, ASD Progetto Danza. Technical partner: Pro Music.
www.michelemerola.it

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