Centro Coreografico Nazionale / Aterballetto

Ballade
2024-11-21 20:30 - 22:30, 2024-11-22 20:30 - 22:30 (Europe/Rome) | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
Under the title BALLADE, the MM Contemporary Dance Company, directed by Michele Merola, presents a new show featuring two original choreographies by two Italian creators, Mauro Bigonzetti and Enrico Morelli. The pieces, performed by the MMCDC dancers, will take the audience on a journey through different generations: BALLADE by Bigonzetti is a comprehensive portrait of the 1980s, a decade that has lost its temporal boundaries to become a symbol of an era, while ELEGIA by Morelli is set in and tells the story of our current age, a time that, more than ever, brings vertigo and confusion, but also the renewed hope for a new beginning.

World Premiere: Theatre Comunale di Modena – Saturday, November 19, 2022
Production: MM Contemporary Dance Company
Co-production: Teatro Comunale di Modena
With the support of ATER Fondazione, Municipality of Correggio / Centro di Documentazione Pier Vittorio Tondelli – Correggio
Ministry of Culture / Emilia-Romagna Region / Municipality of Reggio Emilia / Centro Permanente Danza – Reggio Emilia
The performance BALLADE won the Danza & Danza 2022 Award for Best Italian Production.
ELEGIA
Choreography: Enrico Morelli
Music: Frédéric Chopin, Giuseppe Villarosa
Lighting Design: Carlo Cerri
Costumes: Nuvia Valestri
Narrating Voice: Isidora Balberini
Choreographic Assistant: Paolo Lauri
Dancers: Lorenzo Fiorito, Mario Genovese, Matilde Gherardi, Fabiana Lonardo, Alice Ruspaggiari, Nicola Stasi, Giuseppe Villarosa
Duration: 35 minutes

People searching for their own path and identity, united by the same inclusion in a historical period, in an era like the present one, which brings vertigo and confusion. Individuals tracing new trajectories and seeking new paths to regain their direction, in a moment of exile from normality. A story of lost moments and relationships, along with a search in one’s memory for familiar and comforting images and landscapes. A dreamlike journey to rediscover one’s lost self. A collective dance that immerses us in a vortex of lines and trajectories that intersect and intertwine, in an apparent primordial chaos until the return of calm, which carries the choice to surrender to newfound hope, looking forward to a new rebirth. A tribute to care and attention to others, amplified by words from the poetry of Mariangela Gualtieri.
BALLADE
Choreography and Direction: Mauro Bigonzetti
Music: Nick Cave, CCCP – Fedeli alla linea, Leonard Cohen, Arvo Pärt, Prince, Nina Simone, Frank Zappa
Lighting Design: Carlo Cerri
Costumes: Silvia Califano
Choreographic Assistant: Roberto Zamorano
Repetiteurs: Paolo Lauri, Enrico Morelli
Dancers: Lorenzo Fiorito, Mario Genovese, Matilde Gherardi, Fabiana Lonardo, Alice Ruspaggiari, Rossana Samele, Nicola Stasi, Giuseppe Villarosa, Leonardo Zannella
Duration: 50 minutes

Mauro Bigonzetti’s new creation for the MM Contemporary Dance Company aims to be a tribute, a collective narrative, a comprehensive portrait of the 1980s, a decade that has lost its temporal boundaries to become a symbol of an era.
A musical image narrative that recovers the sensations of a generation, its erased euphoria, collective absurdities, “dreams cast away,” but at the same time also reclaims the lifestyle of those years, the scents of vitality, and the dense experimental artistic creativity that characterized a rapidly evolving society, transforming in step with the impulses of sharing and the anxiety of change.
A work staged without artifices, performed by the MMCDC dancers, and tailored to a musical dramaturgy structured around the tensions and visions of those years, drawing from various authors who were prominent during that period, from Prince to the anarchic genius of Frank Zappa, to the profound poetry of Leonard Cohen, and the punk and existential aesthetic of CCCP.

The choreography is also inspired by one of the most significant literary voices of the time: it aims to pay homage to the writer Pier Vittorio Tondelli, who in those years created and produced his major masterpieces. Through an abstract narrative, the choreographic score brings to life a space of memory and feeling where man, shedding his shell and armor, rediscovers his living and vulnerable body. A journey that leads us to uncover pain, love, abandonment, and rebirth. A symbolic journey in the incessant search for a new collective rebirth where beauty enriches and guides our path.
MM CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY
The MM Contemporary Dance Company is a contemporary dance company directed by choreographer Michele Merola. It was founded in 1999 as a center for producing events and performances and as a promoter of festivals and workshops with the goal of fostering exchanges and alliances between Italian and international artists, witnesses and spokespersons of contemporary culture.
The company, based in Reggio Emilia, has a rich and varied repertoire, thanks to the works of Michele Merola and creations by European and Italian choreographers such as Maguy Marin, Mats Ek, Mauro Bigonzetti, Thomas Noone, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, Karl Alfred Schreiner, Eugenio Scigliano, Emanuele Soavi, Enrico Morelli, Daniele Ninarello, Ginevra Panzetti, Enrico Ticconi, Camilla Monga, and Roberto Tedesco.
In 2010, the MM Contemporary Dance Company won the prestigious Danza&Danza Award as the Best Emerging Company, and today, it is, in all respects, an excellence in Italian dance, with a well-established activity of performances throughout the national territory. In recent years, it has conquered an international market with performances in European and non-European countries (South Korea, Colombia, Canada, Germany, Russia, Morocco, Belgium, Spain, Slovenia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Sweden, France, Finland, Serbia…). In 2017, the MM Contemporary Dance Company won the Europaindanza 2017 Award – Merit Award for Choreography for the performance Bolero by Michele Merola.
Since 2018, the MM Contemporary Dance Company has been an associated company of the InDanza Circuit of Trentino Alto Adige.
The MMCDC is supported by the Ministry of Culture, Emilia-Romagna Region, Municipality of Reggio Emilia, National Dance Foundation/Aterballetto, Permanent Dance Center/Reggio Emilia.
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Full price: 10 euros
Discounted under 30, dance schools, Matilde di Canossa High School, over 65, CRAL members of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia: 6 euros
Discounted under 8: 3 euros
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NOTTE MORRICONE
2024-11-23 19:30 - 21:00 | Großer Saal, Kulturbezirk 2, St. Pölten, 3100, Austria
The National Choreographic Center/Aterballetto pays tribute to Ennio Morricone with a new production by Spanish choreographer Marcos Morau.
The Spanish artist, with his visionary power and ability to transform musical universes, presents a unique creation that intertwines the music of Academy Award winner Ennio Morricone with dance, visual arts, and cinematic inspirations.
Marcos Morau, the youngest choreographer to date to receive the National Dance Award, Spain’s highest honor in dance, constructs imaginary worlds and landscapes where image, text, movement, music, and space form a unique universe constantly nurtured by cinema, photography, and literature. Now, for his first collaboration with the CCN/Aterballetto, he has chosen to draw from iconic compositions of the cinematic landscape of the last seventy years: those of Academy Award winner Ennio Morricone.
The director says: “With classical training and an avant-garde vocation, Morricone has always been beyond the trends of his time. His music spans an entire century and has revived the works of many great masters. For this evening, I aim to build a universe based on his sensitivity, confirming that his legacy is more alive than ever, and, as he himself would say, ‘My music has a life of its own, which can live beyond the films for which it was created.'”
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Duration 90′

Pierino e il Lupo
2024-11-26 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-11-27 11:00 - 12:00 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
SHOW FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Peter and the Wolf is a simple yet emotionally rich tale. As the story unfolds, the protagonist will meet friends and foes who will experience fear, friendship, joy, and sorrow alongside him. In an original and fun way, the audience will try to recognize, together with the characters, the orchestra’s instruments, their movements, and their emotions. What do they sound like? How do they move?
In the introduction, the audience will be involved in creating the movements that the dancers will perform in the second part of the show. The children themselves will make Peter and the Wolf an interactive performance, always different and easy to understand even for the youngest viewers.
A perfect show to make children aged 6 and up fall in love with theater.
CREDITS
Direction and script: KanterStrasse
Choreography: Beatrice Ciattini and Niccolò Poggini
Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Narrator: Alessio Martinoli
Dancers: 7 dancers
Duration: 55 minutes
Production: Nuovo Balletto di Toscana
First performance 2/12/2023 MET RAGAZZI, Fabbricone Prato (PO)
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The language used is contemporary dance, with particular attention to the exploration of movements that evoke clear yet non-descriptive imagery. The choreographers guide young spectators through a vision marked by narrative clarity, which, however, does not rely on the pantomime of classical ballet. Instead, through a play of forms and dynamics, they allow the audience to follow the plot’s development.

Prokofiev’s music supports the directorial approach, which, while preserving the original and highly descriptive score, allows the work to be completely understandable and accessible to the audience. The performance plays on the parallelism between music and movement; it recreates repeated movements over time that characterize the characters, just as the musical score does.
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VISIONI DEL CORPO: IL CORPO GRANDE
2024-11-29 20:30 - 21:30 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
The final event of Visions of the Body: understanding contemporary art through signature dance.
A “dancing encyclopedia” that speaks about the world through dance, placing the body at the center of the human experience. A series of six cultural dissemination events that connect the arts, movement, and current issues, addressing themes such as psychological well-being, the relationship with the city, the future, and ecology, through an experimental cultural medium.
Nicolas Ballario, journalist, curator, and educator, introduces the theme of the debate, which, moving between dance and contemporary arts, reflects on the body from a different perspective each time. Each event is divided into six segments, dedicated to the works of six artists chosen to explore the central theme: well-known faces of the contemporary art world, familiar to the general public. Each event will be interpreted by a choreographer from the contemporary scene, who will translate the inspirations of the featured works into dance through an original performance, created specifically for the project.

Sixth appointment: Friday 29 November h 20.30 at Fonderia

Il corpo grande (The big body)
Talk with Nicolas Ballario and Roberta Ferrara
Choreographies by Roberta Ferrara
Focus on Fausto Delle Chiaie, Damien Hirst, JR, Ron Mueck, Niki de Saint Phalle, Claes Oldenburg

On November 29th, the series of events concludes with The Big Body: Roberta Ferrara brings to Fonderia details and impactful disproportions, from glamour to urban art, from Fausto Delle Chiaie to Damien Hirst.
The audience will have the opportunity to experience Fernando Melo’s Never Odd or Even through Oculus headsets: a work where proportion is pushed to the extreme, entirely based on the real size of the two dancers, who always tower over the viewer.

Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002), Dancing Nana (Rouge d’Orient – Bloum), 1995, polyethylene resin, fiberglass, steel, paint, 1,024 x 768 cm. François Odermatt Collection, in collaboration with the McGill University Visual Arts Collection. © 2017 Niki Charitable Art Foundation / ADAGP
Roberta Ferrara
Roberta Ferrara (1988) has been the artistic director of Equilibrio Dinamico DANCE company and the international training program ED ENSEMBLE since 2011. Since 2020, she has also been an associate artistic director for Odyssey Dance Theatre in Singapore, one of Asia’s leading professional dance arts organizations, founded by Dr. Danny Tan.
She holds a degree in Modern Literature with a focus on Theater Culture, with an experimental thesis on the value of instinctive movement as a therapeutic gift for dancers and non-dancers alike. Alongside her research, she has engaged in immersive studies with various artists on techniques and languages of international contemporary dance. As a performer, she has worked with choreographer Emanuel Gat in projects promoted by the Venice Biennale and the Ravello Festival. She has been a guest artist for various national and international entities such as Staatstheater Ballet Augsburg, Teatrul De Balet Sibiu, English National Ballet School, Korea Ballet House, Conservatorio Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sánchez, Morikawa Dance Academy, Ateneo della Danza, Elan Ballet, Mosa Ballet School, Balletto di Siena, ODT, Experimental Film Virginia, Eko Dance Project, and has been supported in her work by the Italian Cultural Institutes of Cologne, New York, Mexico City, Zagreb, San Francisco, Ankara, São Paulo.
Her creations have been selected and hosted in various international festivals including MASDANZA, FIDCMX, Cortoindanza, Network Danza Urbana XL, Festival Ammutinamenti Anticorpi XL, ZED Festival, Puglia Showcase, DanzInc, BallettGala Staatstheater Bremerhaven, Prospettiva Danza Teatro, Festival delle 100 Scale, Danza in Rete Festival, Lucky Trimmer, Fuoriformato Festival, VIVADANCA, SoloCoreografico USA, Solo Contemporary Dance Festival Ankara, Sid Festival Seattle, Interdans, Split Summer Festival, and Solo Tanz Theater, where she received the Best Choreographer Award and a residency prize from R. Fernando, the director and chief choreographer of Staatstheater Augsburg. She was also invited as a guest choreographer for the Stara Zagora State Opera by director S. Tomova and received the InDivenire Award for Best Dance Project, presented by étoile L. Savignano.

Nicolas Ballario
Nicolas Ballario, born in 1984, specializes in contemporary art applied to media. After completing his studies at the photography academy, he joined Oliviero Toscani’s factory ‘La Sterpaia’, where he later became the cultural manager. He has collaborated with major art institutions and numerous publications, and in 2016, he became the youngest ever to win the Bassani Prize, one of the most prestigious awards for journalists who have excelled in cultural and environmental fields. Currently, he is the author and host of contemporary art programs on Radio Uno Rai and collaborates with L’Espresso (where he has a weekly column), Living del Corriere della Sera, il Post, and Il Giornale dell’Arte. In 2019, he hosted the photography format “Camera Oscura” on LA7, and since 2020, he has been the host on Sky Arte for the programs “Io ti vedo, tu mi senti?”, “Italia Contemporanea,” and “The Square.” He directs the newly established exhibition production company “Piuma” and is the founder and president of Cucù, a communication studio dedicated to culture. He also curates exhibitions and catalogs. The magazine Artribune included him in its ‘Best of’ list of art world excellence for two consecutive years: in 2019 for radio and in 2020 for television projects.

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via della Costituzione 39, Reggio Emilia

Stravaganze in sol minore
2024-11-30 16:00 - 17:00 | PARC, Piazzale delle Cascine 4/5/7, Firenze, 50144
FND/Aterballetto-Stravaganze in Sol Minore
Stravaganze in Sol Minore by Francesca Lattuada arrives in Florence as the closing show of the Komorebi project, curated by Stazione Utopia for the Autunno Fiorentino 2024.
The magical virtuosity of Toti Scialoja (1914–1998), a master not only of images but also of words, forms the foundation of this new creation for children and young audiences by Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto.
The almost magical vibrations emanating from Scialoja’s poetry are like the endless ripples created on the surface of water when a stone is thrown: evocative of surreal or hyperreal images, carrying a musicality that blends poetry and nursery rhyme, and uniting the extraordinary and the eerie.
Sotto un cespo di rose scarlatte
Offre il rospo tè caldo con latte
Sotto un cespo di rose paonazze
Tocca al rospo sciacquare le tazze.
(Toti Scialoja, La mela di Amleto, 1984)
CREDITS
Direction and Choreography: Francesca Lattuada
Texts: Toti Scialoja (from The Apple of Hamlet)
Music: The Klezmorin, Gustav Mahler, Dean Martin, Clara Rockmore
Masks and Props: Natali Fortier
Performers: Vittoria Franchina, Rocco Ancarola
Coproduction: Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto and Centro Teatrale Bresciano
In coproduction with Centro Servizi Culturali Santa Chiara

Stravaganze in sol minore
2024-12-01 16:30 - 17:30 | Teatro del Parco, Via Sergio Gori, 11, Mestre, VE
FND/Aterballetto-Stravaganze in Sol Minore
Stravaganze in Sol Minore by Francesca Lattuada arrives in Mestre, near Venice.
The magical virtuosity of Toti Scialoja (1914–1998), a master not only of images but also of words, forms the foundation of this new creation for children and young audiences by Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto.
The almost magical vibrations emanating from Scialoja’s poetry are like the endless ripples created on the surface of water when a stone is thrown: evocative of surreal or hyperreal images, carrying a musicality that blends poetry and nursery rhyme, and uniting the extraordinary and the eerie.
Sotto un cespo di rose scarlatte
Offre il rospo tè caldo con latte
Sotto un cespo di rose paonazze
Tocca al rospo sciacquare le tazze.
(Toti Scialoja, La mela di Amleto, 1984)
CREDITS
Regia e coreografia: Francesca Lattuada
Testi: Toti Scialoja (tratti da La mela di Amleto)
Musica: The Klezmorin, Gustav Mahler, Dean Martin, Clara Rockmore
Maschere e oggetti: Natali Fortier
Interpreti: Vittoria Franchina, Rocco Ancarola

Coproduzione: Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto e Centro Teatrale Bresciano
In coproduzione con Centro Servizi Culturali Santa Chiara

La Bottega dei Giocattoli
2024-12-01 18:00 - 19:00 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
La bottega dei giocattoli (The Toy Shop) is the perfect show to experience the magic of Christmas.
The great book of fairy tales opens, bringing to life a story of toys with voices and souls, of enchanted nights where a young shop assistant is allowed to cross the thresholds of the impossible and become the champion of a universe threatened by a dark, faceless master.
Recommended age: 3 years and up
CREDITS
Text and direction: Sandra Novellino and Delia De Marco
With Savino Maria Italiano, Sara Pagliaro, Andrea Romanazzi/Delia De Marco
Recorded voices by Anna Ferruzzo and Giovanni Guarino
Set, costumes, and lighting design by Maria Pascale
Original music by Mirko Lodedo
Stage technician Vito Marra / Walter Mirabile
Special thanks to Chiara Calò
Production by Crest
Recommended age: 3 years and up | Technique: actor theater and dance | Duration: 55 minutes
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Stories about toys that come to life have always inhabited the fantasies of children, who naturally play by giving a soul to objects.
Our story takes place in a toy shop, and aren’t toy shops like little cities where toys live like people? Or perhaps, aren’t cities like toy shops where people live like toys? There’s always a more beautiful doll and an envious doll, a teddy bear that falls in love and a jealous toy soldier, a bad mother and a good fairy, carousels and toy cars that never tire of spinning. A parallel world that helps children experience emotions, learning not to “lose their way,” moving from joy to disappointment, from melancholy to cheerfulness, from love to resentment. A city usually alive at night, because it dwells deep within emotions. Not just childhood ones.

Aimed at younger children, the production is the result of years of work by Crest’s team, even in preschools, exploring the most effective theatrical language for such a unique and challenging audience. The goal is to test languages and techniques that naturally leave little room for words, favoring images, music, and… play.

The show also comes to life through the original music of Mirko Lodedo, a true soundscape for the actions, dance, and storytelling that bring the toys to life. Or perhaps it’s the toys that bring the actors to life? You’ll only find out by visiting our shop.

Crest
Born in Taranto in 1977, Crest—an acronym for “Collettivo di Ricerche Espressive e Sperimentazione Teatrale” (Collective for Expressive Research and Theatrical Experimentation)—was initially led by Gianni Solazzo, Mauro Maggioni, and Gaetano Colella, and later by Clara Cottino, Giovanni Guarino, and Sandra Novellino. The company has maintained a coherent and innovative theatrical discourse in a challenging environment—both socially and culturally—by telling stories of complicated lives, stubborn dreams, and encounters between different cultures and conditions. Crest strives to blend traditional theatrical languages with contemporary research.
Since 1992, Crest has been listed by the Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers among the “…companies that perform at a high and qualified level in the field of theater for children and youth.” The company has chosen children, adolescents, and young people as its primary audience, aiming to create a strong cultural and professional reference point. Crest’s goal has always been to bridge the gap between different audiences. Its productions are presented in evening programs, school events, research schedules, and drama seasons, as well as in specialized festivals.
Notably, Crest was a finalist for the ETI-Stregagatto Prize with the plays “La neve era bianca” in 1999, “La mattanza” in 2000, and “Cane nero” in 2001. The company also produced the winning play of the 2005 Premio Scenario, “Il deficiente.” Crest won three editions of the “L’uccellino azzurro” Award (at the “Ti fiabo e ti racconto” festival in Molfetta) with the plays “La storia di Hansel e Gretel” (2009 and 2015) and “Sposa sirena” (2013). Additionally, the company received the Eolo Award in 2018 and the 2017 Padova Prize – Friends of Emanuele Luzzati (XXXVI National Festival of Theater for Children) with the play “Biancaneve, la vera storia.”
In 2023, Crest won the National Association of Theater Critics Award “for its significant commitment to working in an environmentally critical area.”
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OPEN REHEARSAL - SOLO ECHO
2024-12-09 18:00 - 19:00 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
FND Aterballetto – rehearsals – ph. Christophe Bernard (18)
Monday, December 9, at 6:00 PM, the audience at the Fonderia will have the opportunity to witness the preparation of Solo Echo, a creation by the multi-award-winning Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite, which will premiere in February at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna.
Open rehearsals are unique moments where you can watch the creation of a performance, engage with the artists, and be captivated by the art of dance: a special occasion that allows the audience to step into the daily routines of dancers and choreographers.

Stravaganze in sol minore
2024-12-11 10:00 - 11:30, 2024-12-12 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-12-13 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-12-14 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-12-15 11:30 - 12:30, 2024-12-17 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-12-18 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-12-19 10:00 - 11:00 and 3 more dates | Teatro Biondo, Via Roma 258, Palermo, 90133, Italia
FND/Aterballetto-Stravaganze in Sol Minore
Stravaganze in Sol Minore by Francesca Lattuada arrives in Palermo with a new staging, thanks to the coproduction with Teatro Biondo.
From December 11 to 22, 2024
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday at 10:00 AM
Saturday at 5:00 PM
Sunday at 11:30 AM
The magical virtuosity of Toti Scialoja (1914–1998), a master not only of images but also of words, forms the foundation of this new creation for children and young audiences by Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto.
The almost magical vibrations emanating from Scialoja’s poetry are like the endless ripples created on the surface of water when a stone is thrown: evocative of surreal or hyperreal images, carrying a musicality that blends poetry and nursery rhyme, and uniting the extraordinary and the eerie.
Sotto un cespo di rose scarlatte
Offre il rospo tè caldo con latte
Sotto un cespo di rose paonazze
Tocca al rospo sciacquare le tazze.
(Toti Scialoja, La mela di Amleto, 1984)
CREDITS
Direction and Choreography: Francesca Lattuada
Texts: Toti Scialoja (from The Apple of Hamlet)
Music: The Klezmorin, Gustav Mahler, Dean Martin, Clara Rockmore
Masks and Props: Natali Fortier
Performers: Vittoria Franchina, Rocco Ancarola
Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto
In coproduction with Teatro Biondo di Palermo, Centro Servizi Culturali Santa Chiara, Centro Teatrale Bresciano

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Open rehearsal - Artemis Next Generation
2024-12-11 18:00 - 19:00 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
A night dedicated to emerging choreographers under 35.
The new creation by Davide Tagliavini, That’s all, is followed by OPERA DRAMA_EXCERPT by Monica Casadei. The evening concludes with Akmé by La casa oscura, a young emerging company directed by Sabino Barbieri and Núria Argilés.
Wednesday, December 11 at 18:00 open rehearsal
Wednesday, December 11 at 20:30 performance
Akmé
Direction and choreography: Sabino Barbieri and Núria Argilés
Performers: Sabino Barbieri and Núria Argilés
Dramaturgy: Sabino Barbieri
Music composition and editing: Leonardo Carletti
Photography: Dimitrios Klingopoulos
Translation: Sophie Smith
Co-production: Compagnia Artemis Danza, Festival Internazionale di Danza Acqui in Palcoscenico BEinSIDE
Akmé is a piece of contemporary dance performed by two dancers who convey sensations close to the limit. They use their bodies to create images open to the viewer’s interpretation.
An inspiring choreography that immerses you in the world of relationships, both the one you share with another person and the one you have with yourself.
The original word Akmé, which comes from Greek, signifies the point of greatest intensity, of highest splendor.
Can you recall a situation in which you experienced the highest intensity?
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That's all
Choreography, concept, and performance by Davide Tagliavini
Sound design by Emanuele Nanni
Artistic consultancy by Anna Albertarelli, Monica Barone, Rosa Maria Rizzi
Produced by Compagnia Artemis Danza
Co-produced by Artisti Associati – Centro di Produzione Teatrale
With the support of Ministry of Culture, Emilia-Romagna Region – Department of Culture
Duration: 25 minutes
That’s all: it’s everything.
It could be a surrender, a farewell, or the beginning of a new act about to start. In a wunderkammer full of gestures and dances, we find wonder and irony, body and voice, sounds, and characters that appear only to dissolve. Here, a series of events emerge and vanish, making space for one another. Starting from themes such as meditation and the emergence of unconscious parts, the performer articulates the action, following a flow and rhythmic crescendo that leads him through a small odyssey filled with unexpected situations. Physicality, changes in state and color, ignite a play of sparks and invitations, open to transformation and unpredictability.
“One thing is certain: time is long, in these conditions, and it drives us to fill it with movements that may seem reasonable at first glance, but to which we are accustomed. You will tell me that it is to prevent our reason from sinking. Agreed. But isn’t it already soaring in the absolute night of the great abysses, that’s what I sometimes wonder. Are you following me?”
“Waiting for Godot” by Samuel Beckett
OPERA DRAMA_ESTRATTO
Choreography, direction, set design, lighting, and costumes Monica Casadei
Original music and musical arrangements Fabio Fiandrini
Performers Michelle Atoe, Chiara Falzone, Costanza Leporatti, Minami Michiwaki
Production Compagnia Artemis Danza
Duration 7 minutes
ARTISTS
Sabino Barbieri, born in Caracas (January 15, 1997) and residing in Modena, has a background as a theater director from UNEARTE in Venezuela. He studied music at the Simón Bolívar Conservatory. He trained at Modena Danza and Art Factory International in Italy. He has worked with the contemporary dance company of the Teresa Carreño Theater, DRAMO, Artemis Danza, and others. He won the Miradas Festival (2017) for new directors in Caracas and international dance competitions in the cities of Rieti and Spoleto. At the same time, he is a yoga instructor at AIYY. He is the founder of the dance company La Casa Oscura.
Núria Argilés, born in Spain (October 30, 1997) and residing in Bologna, graduated in Motor Sciences and Physical Activity from INEF. She trained in contemporary dance at Art Factory International in Italy. She has classical dance training, achieving up to Advanced 1 from the RAD.
She has worked with the urban dance group MovementiCS, the duet Akrúa, the Austrian company Connecting Arts, and others. She is a founder of the dance company La Casa Oscura. Simultaneously, she works as a personal trainer and fitness trainer and is developing a study on physical preparation for professional dancers.
Davide Tagliavini, a dancer, performer, and choreographer, trained in Italy and Brussels. In 2024, he choreographed the operas L’elisir d’amore for the Teatro Regio di Parma and Tristan und Isolde for the Teatro Massimo di Palermo, both directed by Daniele Menghini. As a performer and dancer, he has worked with Marina Abramović, Monica Casadei / Artemis Danza, Luna Cenere, Gruppo Nanou, Fabio Cherstich, Filippo Andreatta / OHT, among others. Co-author and performer of dance performances for young audiences, he is a teacher at the Studio XL training program based in Reggio Emilia. For several years, he has been conducting dance workshops for people with disabilities, collaborating with institutions such as CCN/Aterballetto.

Artemis Next Generation
2024-12-11 20:30 - 22:00 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
A night dedicated to emerging choreographers under 35.
The new creation by Davide Tagliavini, That’s all, is followed by OPERA DRAMA_EXCERPT by Monica Casadei. The evening concludes with Akmé by La casa oscura, a young emerging company directed by Sabino Barbieri and Núria Argilés.
Wednesday, December 11 at 18:00 open rehearsal
Wednesday, December 11 at 20:30 performance
Akmé
Direction and choreography: Sabino Barbieri and Núria Argilés
Performers: Sabino Barbieri and Núria Argilés
Dramaturgy: Sabino Barbieri
Music composition and editing: Leonardo Carletti
Photography: Dimitrios Klingopoulos
Translation: Sophie Smith
Co-production: Compagnia Artemis Danza, Festival Internazionale di Danza Acqui in Palcoscenico BEinSIDE
Akmé is a piece of contemporary dance performed by two dancers who convey sensations close to the limit. They use their bodies to create images open to the viewer’s interpretation.
An inspiring choreography that immerses you in the world of relationships, both the one you share with another person and the one you have with yourself.
The original word Akmé, which comes from Greek, signifies the point of greatest intensity, of highest splendor.
Can you recall a situation in which you experienced the highest intensity?
https://youtu.be/gFb2j7F84UY?feature=shared
That's all
Choreography, concept, and performance by Davide Tagliavini
Sound design by Emanuele Nanni
Artistic consultancy by Anna Albertarelli, Monica Barone, Rosa Maria Rizzi
Produced by Compagnia Artemis Danza
Co-produced by Artisti Associati – Centro di Produzione Teatrale
With the support of Ministry of Culture, Emilia-Romagna Region – Department of Culture
Duration: 25 minutes
That’s all: it’s everything.
It could be a surrender, a farewell, or the beginning of a new act about to start. In a wunderkammer full of gestures and dances, we find wonder and irony, body and voice, sounds, and characters that appear only to dissolve. Here, a series of events emerge and vanish, making space for one another. Starting from themes such as meditation and the emergence of unconscious parts, the performer articulates the action, following a flow and rhythmic crescendo that leads him through a small odyssey filled with unexpected situations. Physicality, changes in state and color, ignite a play of sparks and invitations, open to transformation and unpredictability.
“One thing is certain: time is long, in these conditions, and it drives us to fill it with movements that may seem reasonable at first glance, but to which we are accustomed. You will tell me that it is to prevent our reason from sinking. Agreed. But isn’t it already soaring in the absolute night of the great abysses, that’s what I sometimes wonder. Are you following me?”
“Waiting for Godot” by Samuel Beckett
OPERA DRAMA_ESTRATTO
Choreography, direction, set design, lighting, and costumes Monica Casadei
Original music and musical arrangements Fabio Fiandrini
Performers Michelle Atoe, Chiara Falzone, Costanza Leporatti, Minami Michiwaki
Production Compagnia Artemis Danza
Duration 7 minutes
ARTISTS
Sabino Barbieri, born in Caracas (January 15, 1997) and residing in Modena, has a background as a theater director from UNEARTE in Venezuela. He studied music at the Simón Bolívar Conservatory. He trained at Modena Danza and Art Factory International in Italy. He has worked with the contemporary dance company of the Teresa Carreño Theater, DRAMO, Artemis Danza, and others. He won the Miradas Festival (2017) for new directors in Caracas and international dance competitions in the cities of Rieti and Spoleto. At the same time, he is a yoga instructor at AIYY. He is the founder of the dance company La Casa Oscura.
Núria Argilés, born in Spain (October 30, 1997) and residing in Bologna, graduated in Motor Sciences and Physical Activity from INEF. She trained in contemporary dance at Art Factory International in Italy. She has classical dance training, achieving up to Advanced 1 from the RAD.
She has worked with the urban dance group MovementiCS, the duet Akrúa, the Austrian company Connecting Arts, and others. She is a founder of the dance company La Casa Oscura. Simultaneously, she works as a personal trainer and fitness trainer and is developing a study on physical preparation for professional dancers.
Davide Tagliavini, a dancer, performer, and choreographer, trained in Italy and Brussels. In 2024, he choreographed the operas L’elisir d’amore for the Teatro Regio di Parma and Tristan und Isolde for the Teatro Massimo di Palermo, both directed by Daniele Menghini. As a performer and dancer, he has worked with Marina Abramović, Monica Casadei / Artemis Danza, Luna Cenere, Gruppo Nanou, Fabio Cherstich, Filippo Andreatta / OHT, among others. Co-author and performer of dance performances for young audiences, he is a teacher at the Studio XL training program based in Reggio Emilia. For several years, he has been conducting dance workshops for people with disabilities, collaborating with institutions such as CCN/Aterballetto.
Info&Tickets
TICKETS
Full price: 10 euros
Discounted for under 30s, dance schools, Liceo Coreutico Matilde di Canossa, over 65s, CRAL members of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia: 6 euros
Discounted for under 8s: 3 euros
TICKET PURCHASE

ONLINE: https://www.biglietteriafonderia39.it/home.aspx
Fonderia Box Office: the box office opens one hour before the start of the show (via della Costituzione 39, Reggio Emilia).

Tickets are not numbered.
CONTACT FOR RESERVATIONS
Phone and WhatsApp: 3341023554
Email: biglietteria@aterballetto.it

OPEN REHEARSAL - SOLO ECHO
2024-12-16 18:00 - 19:00 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
FND Aterballetto – rehearsals – ph. Christophe Bernard (18)
Monday, December 16, at 6:00 PM, the audience at the Fonderia will have the opportunity to witness the preparation of Solo Echo, a creation by the multi-award-winning Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite, which will premiere in February at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna.
Open rehearsals are unique moments where you can watch the creation of a performance, engage with the artists, and be captivated by the art of dance: a special occasion that allows the audience to step into the daily routines of dancers and choreographers.

Strangers in the Night - open rehearsal
2024-12-17 18:00 - 19:00 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
The choreographer Carlo Massari and his company C&C Company return to Fonderia with a new ironic and tragicomic choreography, Strangers in the Night.
Tuesday, December 17 at 6:00 PM open rehearsal
Tuesday, December 17 at 8:30 PM performance

Credits
Idea and project Carlo Massari
Co-created and performed by Jos Baker, Linus Jansner, Carlo Massari
In collaboration with Martina La Ragione, Chiara Osella
Music and sound composition Andreas Moulin
Script Jos Baker
Tech direction Francesco Massari
Costume design Chiara Defant
A production C&C Company
In co-production with Oriente Occidente, Fondazione Nazionale della Danza Aterballetto, Transart Festival
Supported by ERT Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione / Teatro Nazionale – focus CARNE
With the contribution of Assessorato alla Cultura – Regione Emilia Romagna e MIC – Ministero della Cultura
Discover more
“The old world is dying.
The new one is slow to appear.
And in this light-dark, monsters are born.”
Antonio Gramsci
A cross-disciplinary project inspired by Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, delving deeply and ironically into the subtle line between reality and fiction, honesty and role-playing, concrete action and pantomime. How to survive emptiness, oneself, loneliness?
Dreamlike and subversively political, Strangers in the Night aims to blend social realism with tragicomic writing, opposing sentimentality and inviting the audience to reflect on the present through dark and biting humor. A meta-theatrical exploration, breaking the fourth wall and involving the audience in an escalation of madness, violence, and irony…
Seriously ironic, the compositional poetics employs the language of defeat to speak of hope, decay awaiting rebirth, the fall preceding (perhaps) the desired ascent.
The new co-creation signed by Jos Baker, Linus Jansner and Carlo Massari is part of the research journey on Metamorphoses and marks an important step towards the affirmation of the C&C Company’s distinctive compositional style.

C&C Company
C&C, directed by Carlo Massari, identifies itself as a project dedicated to the creation and development of an evolving artistic language, aimed at a physical and dramaturgical investigation. It seeks to convey and share energy and creativity in the most direct, clear, and real manner possible, closely related to the pressing contemporary social issues. Characterized by constant and unembellished work, C&C focuses on the depth of interpersonal relationships with the goal of bringing truth to the stage through a deeply physical language that allows the audience to feel represented within its universality.
Founded in 2011, the Company has shown from the start a strong inclination towards hybridization and the transversality in the use of dance in relation to other contemporary performative codes, establishing and solidifying itself today as a “Amphibian” creative identity.
Among its numerous productions, the most recent include: Beast without Beauty, Les Miserables, A Peso Morto, RIGHT, Metamorphosis… which have received significant recognition and international tours. The company frequently creates works involving community engagement, establishing a dialogue that enhances the artistic project: a search for relational truth that characterizes the company’s poetics and is combined with a total imaginative openness capable of bringing the audience closer to the theatrical experience.
Info&Tickets
TICKETS
Full Price: 3 euros
Under 8: free
HOW TO PURCHASE TICKETS

ONLINE: https://www.biglietteriafonderia39.it/home.aspx
Box Office at Fonderia: the box office opens one hour before the start of the performance (via della Costituzione 39, Reggio Emilia).

Tickets are not numbered.
CONTACT FOR RESERVATIONS
Cell and WhatsApp 3341023554
Email biglietteria@aterballetto.it

Strangers in the Night
2024-12-17 20:30 - 21:30 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
The choreographer Carlo Massari and his company C&C Company return to Fonderia with a new ironic and tragicomic choreography, Strangers in the Night.
Tuesday, December 17 at 6:00 PM open rehearsal
Tuesday, December 17 at 8:30 PM performance

Credits
Idea and project Carlo Massari
Co-created and performed by Jos Baker, Linus Jansner, Carlo Massari
In collaboration with Martina La Ragione, Chiara Osella
Music and sound composition Andreas Moulin
Script Jos Baker
Tech direction Francesco Massari
Costume design Chiara Defant
A production C&C Company
In co-production with Oriente Occidente, Fondazione Nazionale della Danza Aterballetto, Transart Festival
Supported by ERT Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione / Teatro Nazionale – focus CARNE
With the contribution of Assessorato alla Cultura – Regione Emilia Romagna e MIC – Ministero della Cultura
Discover more
“The old world is dying.
The new one is slow to appear.
And in this light-dark, monsters are born.”
Antonio Gramsci
A cross-disciplinary project inspired by Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, delving deeply and ironically into the subtle line between reality and fiction, honesty and role-playing, concrete action and pantomime. How to survive emptiness, oneself, loneliness?
Dreamlike and subversively political, Strangers in the Night aims to blend social realism with tragicomic writing, opposing sentimentality and inviting the audience to reflect on the present through dark and biting humor. A meta-theatrical exploration, breaking the fourth wall and involving the audience in an escalation of madness, violence, and irony…
Seriously ironic, the compositional poetics employs the language of defeat to speak of hope, decay awaiting rebirth, the fall preceding (perhaps) the desired ascent.
The new co-creation signed by Jos Baker, Linus Jansner and Carlo Massari is part of the research journey on Metamorphoses and marks an important step towards the affirmation of the C&C Company’s distinctive compositional style.

C&C Company
C&C, directed by Carlo Massari, identifies itself as a project dedicated to the creation and development of an evolving artistic language, aimed at a physical and dramaturgical investigation. It seeks to convey and share energy and creativity in the most direct, clear, and real manner possible, closely related to the pressing contemporary social issues. Characterized by constant and unembellished work, C&C focuses on the depth of interpersonal relationships with the goal of bringing truth to the stage through a deeply physical language that allows the audience to feel represented within its universality.
Founded in 2011, the Company has shown from the start a strong inclination towards hybridization and the transversality in the use of dance in relation to other contemporary performative codes, establishing and solidifying itself today as a “Amphibian” creative identity.
Among its numerous productions, the most recent include: Beast without Beauty, Les Miserables, A Peso Morto, RIGHT, Metamorphosis… which have received significant recognition and international tours. The company frequently creates works involving community engagement, establishing a dialogue that enhances the artistic project: a search for relational truth that characterizes the company’s poetics and is combined with a total imaginative openness capable of bringing the audience closer to the theatrical experience.
Info&Tickets
TICKETS
Full Price: 10 euros
Discounted under 30, dance schools, Liceo Coreutico Matilde di Canossa, over 65, CRAL members of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia: 6 euros
Discounted under 8: 3 euros
HOW TO PURCHASE TICKETS

ONLINE: https://www.biglietteriafonderia39.it/home.aspx
Box Office at Fonderia: the box office opens one hour before the start of the performance (via della Costituzione 39, Reggio Emilia).

Tickets are not numbered.
CONTACT FOR RESERVATIONS
Cell and WhatsApp 3341023554
Email biglietteria@aterballetto.it

Made in Italy 33.0
2024-12-20 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-12-20 21:00 - 22:30 | Fonderia, via della Costituzione, 39, Reggio Emilia, 42124, Italy
Double performance:
Friday, December 20 – 6:00 PM
Friday, December 20 – 9:00 PM
The protagonists of the evening are the dancers of Agora Coaching Project, a high-level training program promoted and supported by the MM Contemporary Dance Company and the A.S.D Progetto Danza of Reggio Emilia, under the artistic direction of Michele Merola and Enrico Morelli. Launched in 2010, the course is gaining full recognition in the European dance world and boasts collaborations with internationally renowned teachers and choreographers.
The evening includes FOE by Emanuele Soavi, inspired by Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, and the choreography of Michele Merola Vivaldi Umane Passioni. The performance concludes the Danza in Fonderia 2024 season and is the perfect moment to wish you Happy Holidays.

AGORA COACHING PROJECT
Agora Coaching Project is an annual dance training program aimed at dancers between the ages of 18 and 22, based in Reggio Emilia. Established in 2010, it is directed by Michele Merola and Enrico Morelli, and is promoted and supported by the MM Contemporary Dance Company and the Centro Permanente Danza of Reggio Emilia. The project aims to train artists who are flexible enough to face the variety of the international dance market, artists capable of responding to requests of a technical/stylistic nature that come from the same market. The project seeks to offer a wide range of stimuli, both technical and cultural, as well as opportunities for exchange between students and choreographers, each coming from different and interesting realities in the international dance scene. Agora allows students to meet established choreographers from various stylistic backgrounds and has seen the participation of many illustrious names over the years: alongside Michele Merola and Enrico Morelli, several teachers with proven and qualified experience in the field collaborate on the project.
CREDITS
FOE
Choreography: Emanuele Soavi
Choreographic Assistant: Lorenzo Molinaro
Music: Various Authors
Costumes: Nuvia Valestri
Lighting: Gessica Germini
Performers: Agora Coaching Project
Duration: 30 min.
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VIVALDI UMANE PASSIONI
Choreography: Michele Merola
Music: Antonio Vivaldi
Lighting Design: Gessica Germini
Rehearsal Director: Nicola Stasi
Costumes: Nuvia Valestri
Performers: Agora Coaching Project
Duration: 30 min.
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PERFORMERS 18:00
Abbati Matilde, Begici Jasmine, Berlinschi Laura, Boccarossa Giulia, Bocconi Elisa, Bondor Màlna, Borriello Giovanni Karol, Briganti Arianna, Capuzzelli Lucrezia, Dal Maso Anna, Dorsich Hanna, Giacalone Claudia, Lale Murix Jasmine, Marchi Luca, Oliva Sofia, Palmieri Andrea, Schiavon Maxime.
PERFORMERS 21:00
Bertino Facile Angelica, Bruno Salvatore, Esposito Chiara, Ferentino Sara, Giannini Giulia, Grossi Arianna, Grosso Paolo Giovanni, Intermite Rebecca, Làszlóffy Emòke, Maggiore Lucrezia, Manfredini Elena, Manzini Sara, Procacci Martina, Scarcia Gabriele, Spagnuolo Clara, Szabó Csenge, Todisco Gennaro.

INFO AND TICKETS
TICKETS
Full price: 10 euros
Reduced under 30, dance schools, Liceo Coreutico Matilde di Canossa, over 65, CRAL members of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia: 6 euros
Reduced under 8: 3 euros
TICKET PURCHASE
Tickets can be purchased online at www.biglietteriafonderia39.it
The box office opens one hour before the show starts
Tickets are not numbered
CONTACTS
Cell and WhatsApp: 3341023554
Email: biglietteria@aterballetto.it

NOTTE MORRICONE
2024-12-21 19:00 - 20:30, 2024-12-22 17:00 - 18:30 | Forum am Schlosspark, Stuttgarter Straße 33, Ludwigsburg, 71638, Germania
