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

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

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

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