Centro Coreografico Nazionale / Aterballetto

Dreamers
2025-12-18 21:00 - 22:30 (Europe/Rome) | Teatro Magnani, Piazza Giuseppe Verdi, 1, Fidenza, PR, 43036, Italia
Aterballetto closes the 2025 season at the Teatro Magnani in Fidenza on Thursday, 18 December.
The CCN/Aterballetto performs Dreamers, a true dance concert.Preludio by Diego Tortelli is a creation for five dancers set to the unmistakable voice of Nick Cave.Reconciliatio, by Angelin Preljocaj, is a delicate female duet performed to Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata.In An echo, a wave by Philippe Kratz, the dancers’ flowing movement recalls the motion of the sea.Finally, Rhapsody in Blue by Iratxe Ansa and Igor Bacovich is a lively, playful choreography — just like Gershwin’s iconic composition — performed by all 16 Aterballetto dancers.

https://youtu.be/SBq99Tyc-xQ

NOTTE MORRICONE
2026-01-03 20:30 - 22:00 | Teatro delle Muse, Piazza della Repubblica, Ancona, 60121, Italia
Aterballetto’s first performance of 2026 is Notte Morricone by Marcos Morau at the Teatro delle Muse in Ancona.
“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 minutesFind out more »

Rhapsody in Blue | Italian Tricolour Flag Day Celebration
2026-01-07 11:00 - 13:00 | Teatro Municipale Valli, Piazza Martiri del 7 luglio, Reggio Emilia, 42121, Italia
CCN/Aterballetto celebrates the Italian Tricolour Flag at the Teatro Valli in Reggio Emilia
On Wednesday, January 7, 2026, at the invitation of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia, CCN/Aterballetto takes part in the celebrations of the Italian Tricolour Flag, first adopted in Reggio Emilia in 1797.
The ceremony will take place at the Teatro Municipale Romolo Valli at approximately 11:00 AM. Speakers will include Marco Massari, Mayor of Reggio Emilia; Giorgio Zanni, President of the Province; and Michele De Pascale, President of the Emilia-Romagna Region.
The ceremony will be followed by a lectio magistralis by Corrado Augias. CCN/Aterballetto will close the event with the choreography Rhapsody in Blue by Iratxe Ansa and Igor Bacovich.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkJ29Y8xAqQ

Dreamers
2026-01-09 21:00 - 22:00 | Teatro della Regina, Piazza della Repubblica, 28/29, Cattolica, RN, Italy
Aterballetto performs Dreamers at the Teatro della Regina in Cattolica on Friday, January 9, 2026.

The CCN/Aterballetto presents an evening that traverses body, soul, and memory — four creations reflecting on intimacy, human fragility, and the strength of shared emotion.
Preludio by Diego Tortelli is a profane prayer inspired by the writings of Nick Cave: five dancers become vessels of emotion, embodying obsession, dependency, and desire in a hymn to the body and its constant transformation.
Reconciliatio by Angelin Preljocaj is a delicate female duet set to Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata — a work of quiet power and profound grace.
An Echo, A Wave by Philippe Kratz draws inspiration from the hypnotic movement of the sea, a symbol of eternity and a space of encounters, departures, and returns — a poetic duet, fluid as a wave flowing through time.
Finally, Alpha Grace, also by Philippe Kratz, is a reflection on empathy — that ancient, sacred ability to recognize oneself in others. Solitude and individuality gradually dissolve into togetherness, into a harmony built on listening and shared emotion.

© Festival de Granada | Fermín Rodríguez

White Pages
2026-01-17 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-01-18 18:00 - 19:00 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
White Pages by Manfredi Perego opens the 2026 season of Danza in Fonderia.

Saturday, January 17, 2026 – 6:00 PM: Open rehearsal
Sunday, January 18, 2026 – 6:00 PM: Performance
Fonderia – Via della Costituzione 39, Reggio Emilia

Manfredi Perego presents an intimate triptych of solos—three tableaux that are at once three personal dedications and three starting points for future choreographic investigations.
Estemporanea, danced by Manfredi Perego, is a research project shaped by the desires and curiosities of the author’s poetics—such as silence, speech, the body, and dynamics. Estemporanea seeks to release the generative potential of the present moment, making improvisation its primary language.
Dedica al tempo is not a journey into memory, but a liberation of the body, of experience, of the will to remain on the threshold. Time, conceived as a space for creative urgency rather than haste, is explored through the body of Lucia Nicolussi, the artist’s seventy-year-old mother.
With Dedica al silenzio, Manfredi Perego composes for dancer Chiara Montalbani a melody made of sharp and nuanced frequencies. Silence is sought as a creative struggle that makes room for generative madness, giving it form and order.

CREDITS
Estemporanea

choreography: Manfredi Peregoperformer: Manfredi Peregoproduction: Tir danza MP.ideograms

Dedica al tempo
choreography: Manfredi Peregoperformer: Lucia Nicolussiproduction: Tir danza MP.ideogramsco-production: MILANoLTRE Festival

Dedica al silenzio
choreography: Manfredi Peregoperformer: Chiara Montalbaniproduction: Tir danza MP.ideogramsco-production: MILANoLTRE Festival

Manfredi Perego

He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna and continued his dance training while simultaneously beginning his professional career as a freelance dancer in Switzerland and Germany.
In 2014, he founded MP.ideograms, and the following year he made his debut at the Equilibrio Festival and at the Vetrina della Giovane Danza d’Autore in Ravenna.
In 2016, he took part in the “VITA NOVA” project of the Venice Biennale with the first chapter of the project Primitiva, which continued in 2017 at Scenario Pubblico in Catania. In the same year, he won the GD’A – Giovane Danza d’Autore Award.
Since 2017, he has collaborated with Balletto Teatro di Torino as a guest teacher and, from 2019, as a choreographer.
He was Associate Choreographer at the Centro Nazionale di Produzione della Danza Scenario Pubblico/CZD from 2019 to 2021.
From 2022 to 2024, he served as Associate Choreographer at the MILANoLTRE Festival.
He currently teaches as a freelance artist in various professional training programs in Italy and abroad.

INFO & TICKETS
TICKETS

Open rehearsal€3 for everyone / free admission for children under 6

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

TICKET PURCHASE

Tickets can be purchased online at www.biglietteriafonderia39.it.

The Fonderia box office opens one hour before the performance.

Tickets are unassigned.

CONTACTS

Mobile & WhatsApp: +393341023554

Dreamers
2026-01-17 21:00 - 22:00 | Teatro del Popolo, via della Pace, 108, Concordia sul Secchia, MO, Italy
Aterballetto performs Dreamers at the Teatro del Popolo in Concordia sulla Secchia (MO) on Saturday, January 17, 2026.
The National Choreographic Centre Aterballetto presents an evening that traverses body, soul, and memory — four creations reflecting on intimacy, human fragility, and the strength of shared emotion.
Preludio by Diego Tortelli is a profane prayer inspired by the writings of Nick Cave: five dancers become vessels of emotion, embodying obsession, dependence, and desire in a hymn to the body and its constant transformation.
Reconciliatio by Angelin Preljocaj is a delicate female duet set to Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, a piece of subtle power and poetic grace.
An Echo, A Wave by Philippe Kratz draws inspiration from the hypnotic movement of the sea — a symbol of eternity and a place of encounters, departures, and returns. It is a poetic duet, fluid and timeless like the waves themselves.
Finally, Alpha Grace, also by Philippe Kratz, is a reflection on empathy — that ancient, sacred capacity to recognize oneself in others. Solitude and individuality gradually dissolve into togetherness, into a harmony built on listening and shared emotion.
© Festival de Granada | Fermín Rodríguez

Stravaganze in sol minore
2026-01-18 17:30 - 18:15 | Teatro Moruzzi, Via Boni e Gavazzi, 1, Noceto, PR, Italy
Stravaganze in sol minore by Francesca Lattuada arrives at the Teatro Moruzzi in Noceto, near Parma.

The magical virtuosity of Toti Scialoja (1914–1998)—a master not only of images but also of words—lies at the heart of this new creation by the Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto for children and young audiences, where a dancer and an actor play with his language.
The almost magical vibrations that spring from Scialoja’s poems are like the endless ripples that form on the surface of water when a stone is thrown: evokers of unreal or hyper-real images, bearers of a musicality that blends poetry and nursery rhyme, allowing the extraordinary and the frightening to meet.
Beneath a bush of scarlet rosesThe toad serves hot tea with milk.Beneath a bush of peacock-hued rosesIt’s the toad’s turn to rinse the cups.(Toti Scialoja, La mela di Amleto, 1984)

CREDITS

Direction and choreography: Francesca LattuadaTexts: Toti Scialoja (from La mela di Amleto)Music: The Klezmorin, Gustav Mahler, Dean Martin, Clara RockmoreMasks and props: Natali FortierPerformers: Vittoria Franchina, Rocco Ancarola
Co-production: Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto and Centro Teatrale BrescianoIn co-production with Centro Servizi Culturali Santa Chiara

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wouh0x0D4HQ

Nostalgia
2026-01-20 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-01-21 20:30 - 21:30 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
Nostalgia: the return to the Fonderia stage of two former Aterballetto dancers.

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 – 6:00 PM – Open rehearsal
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 – 8:30 PM – Performance
Fonderia – Via della Costituzione 39, Reggio Emilia

Nostalgia by Giovanni Insaudo is an emotional journey suspended between the final gesture on stage and the first applause. A poetic investigation into the desire to hold on to the moment, to what remains when the performance ends—or perhaps never truly ends. Moving between dance and performative docufilm, time shatters like memory, creating an immersive experience that draws the audience into the dancer’s most intimate emotions.

Starring two former Aterballetto dancers, Sandra Salietti Aguilera and Hélias Tur-Dorvault.
https://vimeo.com/1075239301?fl=pl&fe=sh
CREDITS

Choreography, concept, and direction: Giovanni InsaudoAssistant choreographer: Sandra Salietti AguileraDancers: Sandra Salietti Aguilera, Hélias DorvaultDramaturgy: Giovanni Insaudo, Giulia MentiVideo: Alfonso Fernández SánchezLighting design and costumes: Giovanni InsaudoMusic: Woodkid – Seen That Face Before / Minus Sixty One, Son Lux – Sever, BFRND & Vladimir Cauchemar – Hedge Fund Trance part.1, Jerskin Fendrix – Bella and Max | Poor Things (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Organization and management: Giulia MentiProduction: DANCEHAUS piùWith the support of I Vespri, TanzLabor ROXY UlmWith the support of Twain_Direzioni Altre, Palcoscenico Danza

Giovanni Insaudo

Giovanni Insaudo is an acclaimed choreographer and the founder of I VESPRI | Giovanni Insaudo, a platform that has enabled him to shape a distinctive artistic language and movement identity. He has danced with companies such as Dantzaz Konpania, Balletto dell’Esperia, Gärtnerplatz Theater, and Luzerner Theater. His works are presented at international festivals and competitions.
In 2024, he was awarded the Danza&Danza Award as Emerging Choreographer of the Year and received the Città di Foligno Award for choreographic merit. He has created works for numerous international companies, including Landestheater Linz, Semperoper Dresden, Theater Lüneburg, Palucca Hochschule Dresden, Opera di Graz, Konzert und Theater St. Gallen, CCN/Aterballetto, Theater Trier, Theater Nordhausen, Gärtnerplatz Theater, Hung Dance, Tanz Luzerner Theater, Compagnia Opus Ballet, Tanz Labor / Roxy Theater Ulm, Eko Dance Project, Contemporary Bachelor ZHdK Zurich, Oriol Martorell Conservatory Barcelona, D.A.F. Roma, and Nuovo Balletto di Toscana.

INFO & TICKETS
TICKETS

Open rehearsal€3 for everyone / free admission for children under 6

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

TICKET PURCHASE

Tickets can be purchased online at www.biglietteriafonderia39.it.

The Fonderia box office is open one hour before the start of the performance.

Tickets are not numbered.

CONTACTS

Mobile & WhatsApp: +39 334 1023554

NOTTE MORRICONE
2026-01-23 21:00 - 22:30, 2026-01-24 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-01-25 16:00 - 17:30 | Théâtre de Liège, Place du 20-Août, 16, Liège, 4000, Belgium
In the prestigious setting of the Pays de Danses Festival in Liège, Aterballetto performs Notte Morricone by Marcos Morau on January 23 and 24, 2026.
“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 minutesFind out more »
The performances are held in collaboration with the Directorate General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and with the Italian Cultural Institute of Brussels.

Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
2026-01-25 15:00 - 16:00, 2026-01-25 17:00 - 18:00 | Palazzo Bentivoglio, Piazza Bentivoglio, 32, Gualtieri, RE, Italy
Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda arrives at Palazzo Bentivoglio in Gualtieri.

Sunday, January 25, 20263:00 PM and 5:00 PM

The Fondazione Museo Antonio Ligabue has a dream: to transform the Salone dei Giganti of Palazzo Bentivoglio into a living theatre. More than that, it envisions the frescoes depicting scenes from Gerusalemme liberata by Torquato Tasso coming to life through the dance of Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, curated by the Centro Coreografico Nazionale / Aterballetto.

This is not just a performance. It is a one-of-a-kind site-specific event. The Sala dei Giganti houses the very frescoes that narrate the tragic duel between Tancredi and Clorinda. Painted art and performing art will face each other directly.Myth will become flesh, breath, and movement.
Would you like to help make this ambitious dream a reality and become part of the myth?

Join the crowdfunding campaign here!

https://youtu.be/mjZQdcn1fgc

The theme of love overwhelmed by war and death, inspired by the story of Tancredi and Clorinda as told by Torquato Tasso in Gerusalemme Liberata (whose 450th anniversary of its first draft falls in 2025) and set to music by Claudio Monteverdi (1624), retains a striking relevance today.
The CCN/Aterballetto interprets this legacy through dance—its privileged language for conveying the work’s intensity and dramatic power—in a performance created by Fabio Cherstich and Philippe Kratz, performed by dancers Alessia Giacomelli and Kiran Gezels, tenor Matteo Straffi, and harpsichordist Deniel Perer.
The performance is preceded and followed by talks by Antonio Audino, theatre critic and journalist for Radio Rai 3, who, with his characteristic clarity, will cast a contemporary light on what are considered “sacred texts” of Italy’s cultural heritage.

CREDITS

Direction and visuals: Fabio CherstichChoreography and stage movement: Philippe KratzMusic: Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda by Claudio MonteverdiDancers: Alessia Giacomelli, Kiran GezelsSinger (tenor): Matteo StraffiHarpsichord: Deniel Perer
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
Premiered in September 2024, Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda is a project aimed at enhancing live performance activities within cultural institutions and heritage sites, promoted by the Directorate General for Museums and co-funded by the Directorate General for Performing Arts.
For the realization of the project, the National Museums of Perugia – Regional Directorate of National Museums of Umbria—and in particular the National Archaeological Museum and Roman Theatre of Spoleto—established, with the support of the Directorate General for Museums, a partnership shared with five other major cultural sites: Villa Pisani in Stra, the Castle and Park of Racconigi, the Castello Svevo in Bari, the Certosa di San Martino in Naples, and the Archaeological Park of Venosa.Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome later joined the project, hosting the initiative as part of the summer program Sotto l’angelo di Castello 2024.

The project is part of Italia Danza, a co-designed initiative by the Directorate General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAECI) and CCN/Aterballetto, aimed at promoting Italy’s artistic heritage abroad.
BODIES AS MIRRORS

In my vision of Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, I imagine a confined, circular space, where the proximity and resemblance of bodies play a fundamental role. Together with choreographer Philippe Kratz, we explore the idea of bodies as mirrors, thus narrating an humanity struggling against itself. Eros and Thanatos emerge as equally powerful forces, creating a paradoxical atmosphere in this perfectly balanced struggle between human beings.In our vision, Tancredi and Clorinda are contemporary warriors, indissolubly bound to one another, forced to fight and to enact a story that has already been written.
A single voice brings three characters to life: the text itself, Tancredi, and Clorinda merge into the body and sound of a single singer. This estranged sound, constrained within a circular path, creates a sense of constant repetition, underscoring the endless cycle of this story of love and death—tragically destined to repeat itself through the centuries and reach us today with all its force, as an emanation of the poetic power of Tasso’s words and the sublime music of Monteverdi.
Fabio Cherstich, Director

INNER STRUGGLE

In Tasso’s narrative, 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 intriguing: translating them into dance would risk reducing the work to a narrative of factual circumstances.
A more philosophical or psychoanalytic reading of this struggle—one from which both protagonists emerge defeated, deceived, and alone—appears far more compelling to me. Within the opposition of the two roles there already exists an entire world: seeking one another, confronting one another, and wounding one another. The dynamic is that of a warlike, conflictual ritual between two entities that draw closer. The absurdity of the act becomes evident when one of the two loses their life and we realize that the other, in any case, has not won… a deep, shared wound that remains on both bodies.
So are these two people fighting each other, or is it perhaps one person struggling with themselves?
Philippe Kratz, Choreographer

NOTTE MORRICONE
2026-01-28 19:30 - 21:00 | Theater Gütersloh, Barkeystraße 15, Gütersloh, 33330, Germania
On January 28 and 29, 2026, Aterballetto performs Notte Morricone by Marcos Morau at Theater Gütersloh in Germany.
“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 minutesFind out more »

NOTTE MORRICONE
2026-01-29 19:30 - 21:00 | Theater Gütersloh, Barkeystraße 15, Gütersloh, 33330, Germania
Il 28 e 29 gennaio 2026, Aterballetto danza Notte Morricone di Marcos Morau al Theater Gütersloh in Germania.
“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′

Rhapsody in blue / Solo Echo / Glory Hall
2026-02-06 19:30 - 21:00 | Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton Street, Victoria, Canada
Aterballetto performs in Canada as part of the Dance at the Royal Series by Dance Victoria on February 6 and 7, 2026.
On stage: Rhapsody in Blue by Iratxe Ansa and Igor Bacovich, a lively and playful choreography echoing Gershwin’s famous score. This is followed by Crystal Pite’s Solo Echo, which, through Brahms’ sonatas for piano and cello, invokes winter to express something essential about acceptance and loss. 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.

Impromptus. Arias, dances, and improvisations
2026-02-06 21:00 - 22:00 | Artificerie Almagià, via dell’Almagià, 50, Ravenna, Italy
IMPROMPTUS
Arias, dances, and improvisations

The Centro Coreografico Nazionale / Aterballetto and Fondazione Ravenna Manifestazioni collaborate once again to bring to life a project where dance and music meet, intertwine, and transform into original performances. The aim is to create a creative space in which choreographers and musicians work side by side, shaping works that arise from improvisation and mutual inspiration.
The project’s goal is to explore new ways of interaction between movement and sound, fostering a fluid and spontaneous relationship between the two disciplines. Through artistic experimentation, dancers and musicians push beyond the traditional boundaries of composition, creating short performances (15–20 minutes) that express the intensity of this encounter.
Friday, February 6, 9:00 PMArtificerie Almagià, Ravenna
Simone Zanchini – accordionMatilde Di Ciolo and Matteo Capetola – dancers

Rhapsody in blue / Solo Echo / Glory Hall
2026-02-07 19:30 - 21:00 | Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton Street, Victoria, Canada
Aterballetto danza in Canada all’interno del Dance at the Royal Series di Dance Victoria il 6 e 7 febbraio 2026.
In scena Rhapsody in blue di Iratxe Ansa e Igor Bacovich, coreografia divertente, vivace, come l’omonimo brano di Gershwin. A seguire Solo Echo di Crystal Pite che, attraverso le sonate per pianoforte e violoncello di Brahms, invoca l’inverno per esprimere qualcosa di essenziale sull’accettazione e la perdita. L’ultima coreografia Glory Hall è la nuova produzione firmata da Diego Tortelli, che regala alla compagnia e al pubblico un affresco di sensualità e travolgente vitalità.

Impromptus. Arias, dances, and improvisations
2026-02-07 20:30 - 21:30 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
IMPROMPTUS
Arias, dances, and improvisations

The Centro Coreografico Nazionale / Aterballetto and Fondazione Ravenna Manifestazioni once again collaborate to bring to life a project in which dance and music meet, intertwine, and transform into original performances. The aim is to create a creative space where choreographers and musicians work side by side, shaping works born from improvisation and mutual inspiration.
The project seeks to explore new ways of interaction between movement and sound, fostering a fluid and spontaneous relationship between the two disciplines. Through artistic experimentation, dancers and musicians push beyond the traditional boundaries of composition, creating short performances (15–20 minutes) that express the intensity of this encounter.
Saturday, February 7 – 8:30 PMFonderia, Reggio Emilia
Simone Zanchini – accordionMatilde Di Ciolo and Matteo Capetola – dancers
From 7:30 PM, aperitif curated by Mercato del Tricolore / Campagna Amica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJX-lPCGkvY&list=RDeJX-lPCGkvY&start_radio=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9imfew2wUh4
Info & Tickets
TICKETS

€10

TICKET PURCHASE

ONLINE: https://www.biglietteriafonderia39.it/home.aspxFonderia box office: the box office opens one hour before the start of the performance(Via della Costituzione 39, Reggio Emilia).

Tickets are not numbered.

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Rhapsody in blue / Solo Echo / Glory Hall
2026-02-11 19:30 - 21:00 | Memorial Auditorium, 551 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States
Aterballetto performs at Stanford, California, on February 11 and 12, 2026.
On stage: Rhapsody in Blue by Iratxe Ansa and Igor Bacovich, a playful, vibrant choreography echoing Gershwin’s iconic score. This is followed by Crystal Pite’s Solo Echo, which, through Brahms’ sonatas for piano and cello, summons winter to express something essential about acceptance and loss. The evening concludes with Glory Hall, a new creation by Diego Tortelli, offering both the company and the audience a fresco of sensuality and overwhelming vitality.

BOW
2026-02-12 18:00 - 19:00 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
BOW – open rehearsal

For the first time, Gaetano Palermo and Michele Petrosino are guests of the Danza in Fonderia programme.
Audiences will have the opportunity to attend the work in progress of BOW, a new choreographic project that investigates the act of bowing as a gesture shaped and traversed by time.
Far from being a form of praise, BOW explores the bow as an ambiguous and layered bodily gesture which, throughout history, has taken on strong social, political, and cultural meanings. Suspended between a turning inward and an opening toward the other, the gesture becomes a site of tension between recognition and submission, intimacy and public representation.
Through the performers’ bodies, BOW reactivates the memory of this gesture in the present, making visible the temporal dynamics that continue to inhabit our bodies today.

CREDITS

a performance by Gaetano Palermo, Michele Petrosinosound design: Luca Galliolighting design: to be defined
production: KLmwith the support of SIAE – Per Chi Creawith the support of SupportER – Rete Anticorpi Emilia-Romagna
Supported by MiC and SIAE, in the framework of the programme “Per Chi Crea”

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Bow is a choreographic project centred on the act of bowing or reverence (in English bow), a gesture typical of theatrical and religious contexts and also widespread—though in different forms and modes—within social practices of greeting, recognition, and consent. Through a form of writing embodied in the performers’ bodies, the project aims to develop an analysis of the tensions and ambiguities inherent in this gesture, retracing its history through a catalogue of its variations in order to grasp its sociopolitical and psychological implications.
At once a folding inward toward the self and an opening toward the other, the practice of bowing or reverence is a sign of acknowledging a presence perceived as possessing vital, worldly, or divine power. This recognition—of which the bow is the bodily manifestation—corresponds to a human disposition of dependence, obligation, service, or prayer, oriented toward transcending a limit or obtaining a gift, a grace. Situated on the threshold between subjective intimacy and public representation, this gesture takes on different meanings depending on the degree of bending, ranging from a simple inclination of the head to kneeling or complete prostration. Abnegation and salvation, servility and power coexist within a physical tension that finds in the bow its fragile yet potent measure.

PALERMO / PETROSINO

Palermo/Petrosino is a duo formed by Gaetano Palermo and Michele Petrosino, working at the intersection of contemporary dance and visual arts. Their research investigates the ontology of movement—from stillness to transformation—with a strong focus on perceptual devices and on the relationship between body, image, and gaze. Their work has been supported and presented by institutions and festivals such as La Biennale di Venezia, Triennale Milano, MAMbo Bologna, Fondazione I Teatri di Reggio Emilia, Teatro Regio di Parma, Santarcangelo Festival, and Kilowatt Festival. In 2025, they won the SIAE – Per Chi Crea grant with BOW.
Gaetano Palermo, whose background spans philosophy, performing arts, and visual arts (University of Bologna, IUAV Venice, Academy of Kassel), has worked with artists including Bruce Nauman, Romeo Castellucci, Chiara Guidi, Claudia Castellucci, and Tamara Cubas. He has presented his work at the Venice Biennale and in national and international festivals and contexts.
Michele Petrosino, an artist and performer with training in theatre, dance, and literary studies (University of Bologna), has collaborated with Kinkaleri, Nico Vascellari, and Bruce Nauman, and was a performer in Bros by Romeo Castellucci (2021–2023). Together with Palermo, he is the author of Still, winner of the CosmoGiani Award 2024.

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TICKETS€3 for everyone / free admission for children under 6
TICKET PURCHASE
Tickets can be purchased online at www.biglietteriafonderia39.it.
The Fonderia box office opens one hour before the start of the performance.
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Rhapsody in blue / Solo Echo / Glory Hall
2026-02-12 19:30 - 21:00 | Memorial Auditorium, 551 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States
Aterballetto danza a Stanford in California l’11 e 12 febbraio 2026.
In scena Rhapsody in blue di Iratxe Ansa e Igor Bacovich, coreografia divertente, vivace, come l’omonimo brano di Gershwin. A seguire Solo Echo di Crystal Pite che, attraverso le sonate per pianoforte e violoncello di Brahms, invoca l’inverno per esprimere qualcosa di essenziale sull’accettazione e la perdita. L’ultima coreografia Glory Hall è la nuova produzione firmata da Diego Tortelli, che regala alla compagnia e al pubblico un affresco di sensualità e travolgente vitalità.

Macbeth study
2026-02-23 18:00 - 19:00 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
Macbeth study – open rehearsal
Danza in Fonderia opens its doors to an open rehearsal of Macbeth Study, a new work by Monica Casadei with her company Compagnia Artemis Danza.

An immersion into the creative process that reinterprets William Shakespeare’s masterpiece through the body, rhythm, and the tension of inner time. Ambition, power, and destiny take shape in an intense, visceral choreographic writing, where movement becomes a space of conflict and transformation. A unique opportunity to witness the birth of a creation up close and the living dialogue between dance and dramaturgy.

Originally from Ferrara and graduating summa cum laude with a thesis on Plato and dance, Monica Casadei, after a competitive career in rhythmic gymnastics, devoted herself to the study of classical and modern dance—first in Italy, then in London, and finally in Paris. There she met choreographers Pierre Doussaint and Isabelle Doubouloz, as well as master André Cognard Hanshi So Shihan, with whom she still practices the martial art of Aikido.In France she founded Compagnia Artemis Danza, relocating to Italy in 1997 and initiating an intense production activity that to date includes over forty original creations. From 1998 to 2007, the company was artist-in-residence at Fondazione Teatro Due, and since 2014 it has held an artistic residency at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Artemis Danza has been invited to perform in major Italian theatres and festivals, as well as on numerous international tours and festival circuits.
Central to Monica Casadei’s artistic research are cross-pollination with different artistic, cultural, and geographical contexts, alongside the exploration of urban spaces that become stages for performative actions.
Alongside its production activity, Artemis Danza supports, produces, and promotes emerging artists and develops a wide range of audience development and educational initiatives.

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TICKETS€3 for all / free admission for children under 6

TICKET PURCHASE

Tickets can be purchased online at www.biglietteriafonderia39.it.

The on-site box office at Fonderia opens one hour before the start of the performance.

Tickets are unnumbered.

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Made in Italy 37.0
2026-02-26 20:30 - 21:30 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
The young talents of Agora Coaching Project take the stage at Danza in Fonderia.

The protagonists of the evening are the dancers of Agora Coaching Project, an advanced training programme promoted and supported by MM Contemporary Dance Company and A.S.D. Progetto Danza, under the artistic direction of Michele Merola and Enrico Morelli. Launched in 2010, the programme has gained full recognition within the European dance scene and boasts collaborations with internationally renowned teachers and choreographers.
For this new Made in Italy evening, Agora Coaching Project brings to the stage at Fonderia choreographies by Roberto Tedesco, formerly a dancer with Aterballetto and for several years now one of the most compelling emerging choreographic voices on the Italian scene.

AGORA COACHING PROJECT

Agora Coaching Project is a year-long advanced dance training programme based in Reggio Emilia, aimed at dancers aged between 18 and 22. Founded in 2010, it is directed by Michele Merola and Enrico Morelli, and is promoted and supported by MM Contemporary Dance Company and the Centro Permanente Danza.
The project aims to train artists who are ready to face the diversity of the international dance market with flexibility—artists capable of responding to a wide range of technical and stylistic demands emerging from today’s professional context. Agora offers a broad spectrum of stimuli, encompassing technical training, cultural enrichment, and opportunities for exchange between students and choreographers, each of whom comes from and operates within some of the most dynamic and interesting realities of the international dance scene.
Through encounters with established choreographers of different stylistic orientations, Agora exposes young dancers to a plurality of artistic visions. Over the years, the project has welcomed many distinguished names. Alongside Michele Merola and Enrico Morelli, a number of highly experienced and qualified teachers collaborate in the realisation of the programme, each bringing recognised expertise within the field.

PERFORMERS AGORA COACHING PROJECT

Riccardo Basile, Sara Bianchi, Tommaso Brintazzoli, Alisa Businaro, Anita Campanini, Simone Casella, Giovanni Cennamo, Giulia Chiletti, Margherita Ciardi, Alessandra Fusco, Giulia Giannini, Samuele Iannacchero, Louis Franck Kamta, Marica Lisco, Elena Manfredini, Nicolò Marroccu, Linda Massai, Sofia Oliva, Alessia Romeo, Paula Salinas Alvarez, Alice Scarangelli, Loris Schirinzi, Gabriel Sprovieri, Chiara Tonussi, Claudio Tornesi, Carolina Torrini, Michelle Tuani, Eva Vannini, Camilla Veronesi

INFO AND TICKETS

TICKETSFull price: €10Reduced price (under 30, dance schools, Liceo Coreutico Matilde di Canossa, over 65, CRAL Comune di Reggio Emilia members): €6Reduced price (under 8): €3
TICKET PURCHASE
Tickets can be purchased online at www.biglietteriafonderia39.it.
The box office opens one hour before the start of the performance.
Tickets are unnumbered.
CONTACTS
Mobile & WhatsApp: +39 334 102 3554Email: biglietteria@aterballetto.it

Body Sweats
2026-03-01 18:00 - 19:00 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
Girls just wanna have… PLEASURE
Giorgia Lolli’s open rehearsal kicks off Dance Week, celebrating female creativity.

Can pleasure be a driving force in creation? Giorgia Lolli’s new project is a tribute to Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, a feminist artist and the “mother” of Dadaism.

CREDITS

By Giorgia LolliWith Vittoria Caneva, Elena Grappi, Maria Chiara Vitti, Giorgia LolliCostumes Eva-Liis Lidenburg, Sara Lando (tiger)Sound Sebastian KurténDramaturgy Piero Ramella
Production: Nexus Factorywith the contribution of the Ministero della Cultura, Regione Emilia-Romagna, Comune di Bologna
with the support of supportER – Rete Anticorpi Emilia-Romagna, Nouveau Grand Tour 2024 (Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Parigi and Le Gymnase CNDC), Ira Institute, Operaestate / CSC Centro di Residenza del Veneto – Vene.Re, Piemonte dal Vivo within the Residenze Coreografiche Lavanderie a Vapore project, I Teatri di Reggio Emilia, Dance Gallery Perugia (HOME 2025), City of Espoo Culture Committee, Graner (Barcelona)
within LANDING, a project supported by the Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale and produced by Santarcangelo Festival, in collaboration with and supported by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Oslo
artistic residency presented within the R.O.M. – Residencies On the Move network for the Reykjavik Dance Festival, by invitation of Santarcangelo Festival, in partnership with La Balsamine (Belgium), le joli collectif – Théâtre l’Aire Libre (France), Théâtre Prospero and Théâtre Periscope (Canada)
the R.O.M. network is supported by the European Union through the Creative Europe programme, the Conseil des arts de Montréal, and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.

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BODY SWEATS is a tribute to Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven (1874–1927), poet and avant-garde artist, pioneer of the Dada movement. The title is drawn from her collection of poems of the same name—an erotic and proto-punk manifesto.
Dance, lecture performance, poetry reading, workout: sweat becomes a pathway to explore the intertwining of effort and pleasure, the binding force of a heterogeneous collage of danced and textual materials. Love letters between friends and lovers. Waterless gymnastics in tiger-print leotards. A poem for the Baroness. A split dedicated to her. Dada(umpa).

My interest in her writings—bold and long overlooked—stems from their ability to weave subtexts into her poetry, particularly around female eroticism. A proto-punk, neurotic, kleptomaniac, and man-hunter, the Baroness left behind a legacy that paved the way for the eccentric divas of the 21st century (from Courtney Love to Lady Gaga).
Borrowing the title of her only poetry collection, BODY SWEATS, I imagine a choreography that seeps from bodily materiality. From this perspective, sweat becomes both a trace and a stimulus for investigating the interweaving of effort, pleasure, and empowerment. The project explores our relationship with systems of discipline—especially rich in subtext when viewed through the backgrounds of dancers, ranging from ballet to aqua gym and fitness culture. In the studio, the work revisits these familiar movement languages from a feminist “I,” reflecting on how their meaning can be rewritten through practice itself.

Giorgia Lolli

GIORGIA LOLLI

Giorgia Lolli (Reggio Emilia, 1996) earned a Master’s degree in Choreography from University of the Arts Helsinki (Uniarts) in 2025 and, over the past three years, has worked between Italy and Finland. Since 2022, she has been teaching Dance Well – Movement Research for Parkinson’s within the European project coordinated by Operaestate.
Her choreographic work has been presented on several national and international platforms, including Anghiari Dance Hub (2020), Vetrina della Giovane Danza d’Autore (2021), SIAE Per Chi Crea (2023), Nuovo Forno del Pane (2023), and MAMbo – Museo di Arte Moderna di Bologna.
With EAT ME, winner of DNAppunti Coreografici, she made her debut at the Romaeuropa Festival in 2024.

INFO & TICKETS

TICKETS€3 for all / free admission for children under 6
TICKET PURCHASE
Tickets can be purchased online at www.biglietteriafonderia39.it.
The box office at Fonderia opens one hour before the start of the performance.
Tickets are unnumbered.
CONTACTS
Mobile & WhatsApp: +39 334 102 3554

Rhapsody in blue
2026-03-02 20:30 - 21:30 | Teatro Ambra Jovinelli, Via Guglielmo Pepe, 45, Roma, Italy
CCN/Aterballetto performs in Rome as part of the ORBITA | Spellbound Dance Season 2026.

On Monday 2 March 2026, Aterballetto presents Rhapsody in Blue by Iratxe Ansa and Igor Bacovich at the Teatro Ambra Jovinelli.The evening is completed by Holy Shift, choreographed by Mauro Astolfi and performed by Spellbound Contemporary Ballet.

Sabotage
2026-03-03 20:30 - 21:30 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
Girls just wanna have… FREEDOM
The Italian premiere of Sabotage by Sara Angius and Johanna Ehlert takes place in Reggio Emilia, as part of Dance Week, celebrating female creativity.
Through an ironic yet profound play of movement, dancers and puppets manipulate one another within a living web of control, freedom, and poetic rebellion.

“Sabotage, as a guest performance in Halle, brings puppets to life and turns people into marionettes. Magnificent.”
— Anja Falgowski, 3 November 2024

https://vimeo.com/1060841213?fl=tl&fe=ec
CREDITS

Concept, choreography, production: Sara AngiusConcept, staging, set design, figures: Johanna EhlertPerformers: Sara Angius, Vittoria Franchina, Joshua Haines, Stefano RovedaLighting design: Tommaso Contu
Co-production and support: Kulturhaus Steinfurth (DE), Eisfabrik Hannover (DE), Blick Théâtre (FR), Puppentheater Halle (DE), MWK Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur (DE), Stiftung Niedersachsen (DE), SBK Stiftung Braunschweigischer Kulturbesitz (DE), Kulturbüro der Landeshauptstadt Hannover (DE), Kulturbüro der Stadt Braunschweig (DE), Die Braunschweigische Stiftung (DE), Lessingtheater Wolfenbüttel (DE), Jahrmarkttheater Bostelwiebek (DE)
With the support of: TANZKOOP Braunschweig (DE), Landesverband Freie Darstellende Künste in Niedersachsen (DE), Theater Fadenschein (DE), Festival Danse Élargie (FR)

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It has always been this way, and it always will be. It traps those who reject it, because it is part of our nature: the desire for freedom and power. There are those who live under the illusion of their own autonomy, without trying to escape the dance. And there are those who keep fighting—naively, selfishly, trustingly, stubbornly, blindly—unable to see through all the veils of our man-made world. Groping in the darkness of our hierarchical existence, at any cost. And what if this were the very meaning of being alive?

SABOTAGE speaks literally about manipulation, about pulling the strings. What is reality?What becomes of our free will in an era in which we have all the means to be the most advanced generation in human history? We take refuge in illusory digital worlds, allow algorithms to guide our actions, let fake news shape our perception of reality, present ourselves through filters in order to better adapt to this unreal world.

SABOTAGE casts a humorous and dramatic gaze on human nature. How much of our free will is real, and how much is just another illusion—another carefully constructed part of the system?Without words, using only virtuosic movement, it builds a metaphor of interdependence, power, and the human struggle with reality and illusion: who is manipulating whom?
An original form of puppet theatre in which reality and appearance merge into a single dance—poetic, sensitive, raw, profound, absurd, shocking, jarring.Human.A work that belongs to no box.

SARA ANGIUS

Sara Angius is an Italian contemporary dancer and choreographer based in Braunschweig, Germany. Her artistic research deeply explores the existential and inner dimensions of the human being, investigating emotional states that lie beneath the surface and the boundaries between reality, imagination, and perception. Her work develops through an interdisciplinary language that blends contemporary dance, puppet theatre, object animation, physical theatre, and illusionism, with the aim of stimulating the audience’s imagination and transcending traditional rules of stage perception.
She received her professional training at the DanceHaus Academy in Milan and also completed a degree in Communication Sciences for the Performing Arts at the University of Milan. Angius began her career as a performer in international companies and projects, including the Staatstheater Braunschweig, and through collaborations with artists such as James Thierrée for Frôlons at the Opéra Garnier in Paris.
As a choreographer, she has gained recognition at international festivals: she was awarded at the Stuttgart International Solo-Tanz-Theater Festival, and her duo The Fish Bowl won first prize at the Certamen Internacional de Coreografía Burgos–New York.
In recent years, she has expanded her practice to include film production, creating INCOGNITUM, her first dance film, which has been presented and awarded at international festivals. She also works as a teacher and guest choreographer in European institutions and dance festivals. Since 2024, she has collaborated with the Institute of Dance Arts at the Anton Bruckner Private University, and since 2022 she has been an active member of the artistic cooperative TANZKOOP, supporting the independent dance scene.

INFO & TICKETS

TICKETSFull price: €10Reduced price (under 30, dance schools, Liceo Coreutico Matilde di Canossa, over 65, CRAL Comune di Reggio Emilia members): €6Reduced price (under 8): €3
TICKET PURCHASE
Tickets can be purchased online at www.biglietteriafonderia39.it.
The box office at Fonderia opens one hour before the start of the performance.
Tickets are unnumbered.
CONTACTS
Mobile & WhatsApp: +39 334 102 3554

K.I.nd of Human
2026-03-04 20:30 - 21:30 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
Girls just wanna have… HUMANITY
With K.I.nd of Human by Roberta Pisu / Arcis_collective, Dance Week celebrating female creativity comes with the sound of the sax!

Can AI create art? Four dancers and four saxophones reclaim art as a profoundly human act, starting from a reflection on the immense potential of artificial intelligence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSmhB06d4so
CREDITS

Artistic direction and choreography: Roberta PisuComposition: Leonhard KuhnMusic: Arcis Saxophon QuartettDancers: Edoardo Cino, Fabio Calvisi, Vittoria Franchina, Sofia CaspriniCostume curation: Bregje van BalenTailoring: Lucia ZettlChoreography assistant: Francesca PoglieFilming: Florian Leuschner, Georg StirnweißVideo editing: Alfonso Fernández SánchezPhotos: Martin Misere, Georg Stirnweiß, Robert Fischer, Luca Di BartoloProduction: arcis_collective

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K.I.nd of Human is a 60-minute performance featuring four dancers and four musicians, exploring the ever-evolving relationship between humanity and artificial intelligence.

Premiered in 2022 in Munich, the work investigates the immense potential of AI while also addressing its inherent limitations—the most evident being its inability to experience mortality. With an original score by Leonhard Kuhn, composed in collaboration with artificial intelligence, the music gradually shifts from electronic to acoustic, reflecting a journey from the artificial to the human.

The performance opens with musicians playing saxophones submerged underwater, their sounds interwoven with electronic compositions—metaphorically evoking the birth of humanoids. As the piece unfolds, both music and movement progressively shed layers of artificiality, culminating in a fully acoustic finale that celebrates the fleeting beauty of human existence.

In an era in which artificial intelligence is increasingly embedded in our lives, K.I.nd of Human raises profound questions: what truly defines us as human beings? The work focuses on three fundamental qualities—physicality, transience, and uniqueness. Human consciousness is inseparable from the body; every experience is singular and finite, shaped by the inevitability of life and death, which give depth and meaning to our existence. AI, while intelligent, lacks this physical and emotional temporality. Rather than merely critiquing technology, the production enters into dialogue with it, challenging widespread fears surrounding the rise of AI and inviting audiences to explore its unknown possibilities.
Can AI create art? Art requires self-awareness, intention, and a unique perspective—traits that artificial intelligence, despite its advances, may never fully possess. During rehearsals, AI acted as a creative partner, suggesting choreographic and musical ideas. However, it was the human artists who shaped and interpreted these inputs, revealing that the essence of art may remain an intrinsically human mystery—one that AI, no matter how advanced, is not yet able to replicate. And yet, as technology continues to evolve, the boundaries between the artificial and the organic remain uncertain, prompting us to question how much of ourselves we are willing to surrender to the machine.

Roberta Pisu / Arcis_collective

Roberta Pisu (Cagliari, 1984) is an Italian dancer and choreographer. After training in France at the Académie de Danse Classique Princesse Grace and completing a Bachelor’s degree in Contemporary Dance at the Accademia Nazionale di Danza, she developed an international career, collaborating with leading choreographers such as William Forsythe, Wayne McGregor, Jacopo Godani, Marco Goecke, Emanuel Gat, and Ismael Ivo. From 2012 to 2023 she was a soloist at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich, where she also launched an intensive choreographic practice, creating numerous works for the theatre.
In 2020, she co-founded arcis_collective in Munich together with the Arcis Saxophon Quartett, serving as its Artistic Director. The collective was created with the aim of merging chamber music and contemporary dance into a unified performative experience, in which musicians and dancers fully share the stage. Inspired by the intimacy and emotional depth of chamber music, arcis_collective addresses social and cultural themes through a contemporary language, fostering a strong interaction between sound, body, and stage presence.
With arcis_collective, Roberta Pisu has created numerous works presented in theatres, festivals, and non-conventional spaces in Germany and Italy, including HEIMAT, 2xGETANZT, K.I.nd of Human, Quirky Night Club Chronicles, Live.Love.Arcis, LUX, and WHITE. Alongside her creative work, since 2024 she has been teaching choreographic composition at the Iwanson International School of Contemporary Dance, continuing her research into the dialogue between music and movement and the redefinition of the boundaries of the performing arts.

INFO & TICKETS

TICKETSFull price: €10Reduced price (under 30, dance schools, Liceo Coreutico Matilde di Canossa, over 65, CRAL Comune di Reggio Emilia members): €6Reduced price (under 8): €3
TICKET PURCHASE
Tickets can be purchased online at www.biglietteriafonderia39.it.
The box office at Fonderia opens one hour before the start of the performance.
Tickets are unnumbered.
CONTACTS
Mobile & WhatsApp: +39 334 102 3554
