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Agora Coaching Project – foto Nicola Stasi<\/p><\/div>\n

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On December 6, the young talents of Agora Coaching Project perform for Danza in Fonderia in Reggio Emilia.<\/h1>\n

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Double performance on Saturday, December 6:<\/strong><\/p>\n

6:00 PM<\/strong>
8:30 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n

The protagonists of the evening are the dancers of Agora Coaching Project<\/strong>, an advanced training program promoted and supported by the MM Contemporary Dance Company<\/strong> and A.S.D. Progetto Danza<\/strong> of Reggio Emilia, under the artistic direction of Michele Merola<\/strong> and Enrico Morelli<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Founded in 2010, the program is gaining wide recognition within the European dance community and boasts collaborations with internationally renowned teachers and choreographers.<\/p>\n

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MOVETOPIA<\/em>
\nCoreography by Massimo Gerardi<\/h3>\n

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Choreography: Massimo Gerardi<\/strong>
Music: Jan Satler<\/strong>, Franz Liszt<\/strong> (performed by Mikhail Pletnev<\/strong>)
Performers: Agora Coaching Project<\/strong><\/p>\n

Duration: 20 minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Like many utopias set on islands or within isolated communities, MOVETOPIA<\/em> expresses the desire to distance oneself from the complex and often problematic reality of the world. This can be interpreted as a metaphor for the attempt to create ideal conditions in which people can live in harmony, free from the interference and conflicts that arise in larger societies.<\/p>\n

MOVETOPIA<\/em> represents a journey toward a new society and a distant place. The different \u201cstations\u201d are characterized by specific moods, conveyed both through the modus operandi of the dance and through the musical context. These two elements influence one another and strive to reach a state of harmony.
Within this dynamic interaction between dance and music, a creative narrative unfolds, guiding the audience through a path of emotional discovery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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DI TANTI ROMEI, DI TANTE GIULIETTE
\n<\/em>Coreography by Michele Merola<\/h3>\n

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Choreography: Michele Merola<\/strong>
Music: Apparat<\/strong>, S. Prokofiev<\/strong>
Live music and vocals: Natalia Abbasci\u00e0<\/strong>
Lighting: Gessica Germini<\/strong>
Performers: Agora Coaching Project<\/strong><\/p>\n

Duration: 40 minutes<\/p>\n

Di tanti Romei e di tante Giuliette<\/em> celebrates youth and its ability to be absolute in everything \u2014 in love and friendship \u2014 pure and untamable, with passions lived without defenses, powerful dreams that are total and temporarily eternal. The young dancers involved in the performance embody and reveal this passion and, through an intertwining of paths, stories, and bodies, they tell us about themselves but also about us as spectators.<\/p>\n

Our task is to guide these young people through a tragic, powerful, endless story that still today speaks of passion and freedom. A story told for centuries in theatre and cinema, rewritten, interpreted, and adapted countless times \u2014 yet, in every version, it never loses its timeless beauty.<\/p>\n

Speaking of love in the era of virtual communication, of fast consumption of everything \u2014 in an age where a simple text message could start or end a relationship \u2014 means restoring dignity and strength to Love<\/strong>. Today, much is said about violence, hatred, betrayal, and love that turns violent and often kills, but far less is said about the poetry of love<\/strong>, its delicacy made of gestures, tenderness, glances, and words.<\/p>\n

Equally relevant today is the generational clash: the world of young people, made not only of love but also of hatred, violence, friendship, joy, and celebration, and the adult world, driven by greed and prejudice \u2014 a world the young inherit, continuing it like Tybalt, or breaking it like Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare\u2019s young characters are youths who suffer: Juliet suffers from not being heard by parents unable to show her love; Benvolio suffers in his loneliness, taking refuge in friendship; and a multitude of young people wander the city, fighting against a world that has no space for them. Written centuries ago, these young people do not seem far from those of today.<\/p>\n

The choreography created by Michele Merola<\/strong> for the young dancers of the training project thus gives shape to a powerful message: love, take part, lose yourselves, fight, and defend your beauty.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

<\/i><\/i><\/span>AGORA COACHING PROJECT<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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AGORA COACHING PROJECT<\/strong> is a one-year advanced dance training program for dancers aged 18 to 22<\/strong>, based in Reggio Emilia<\/strong>. Founded in 2010<\/strong>, it is directed by Michele Merola<\/strong> and Enrico Morelli<\/strong>, and is promoted and supported by the MM Contemporary Dance Company<\/strong> and the Centro Permanente Danza<\/strong> of Reggio Emilia.<\/p>\n

Its aim is to train artists who are ready to face, with flexibility, the wide-ranging demands of the international dance market \u2014 artists capable of responding to the diverse technical and stylistic requirements that this very market presents.<\/p>\n

The project offers a broad spectrum of stimuli \u2014 technical, cultural, and based on exchange \u2014 between students and choreographers, each coming from and working within some of the most interesting contexts of the international dance scene. Agora brings young dancers into contact with renowned choreographers of different stylistic orientations and, over the years, has welcomed many distinguished names.<\/p>\n

Alongside Michele Merola<\/strong> and Enrico Morelli<\/strong>, numerous teachers contribute to the program, each with proven and highly qualified experience in the field.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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<\/i><\/i><\/span>MASSIMO GERARDI<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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Massimo Gerardi<\/strong> is a dancer, choreographer, and pedagogue known for integrating contemporary dance with classical technique, shaping a choreographic style marked by emotional depth and interdisciplinary openness. Since 2024<\/strong>, he has been Director of Dance<\/strong> at the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater<\/strong> in G\u00f6rlitz-Zittau, where he oversees artistic and organizational direction and creates contemporary productions, often in collaboration with international artists.<\/p>\n

He trained initially in Udine<\/strong> and Reggio Emilia<\/strong>, later earning a Master of Arts in Dance Pedagogy<\/strong> from the Palucca Dance University of Dresden<\/strong>. He danced in prestigious companies and theaters, including Balletto Comunale di Firenze<\/strong>, Teatro La Fenice<\/strong>, ATERballetto<\/strong>, Staatstheater N\u00fcrnberg<\/strong>, Ballett Dortmund<\/strong>, Stadttheater Augsburg<\/strong>, and Landestheater Linz<\/strong>, developing a personal synthesis of classical technique and contemporary language.<\/p>\n

Alongside his performance career, he undertook an extensive path as a choreographer, presenting works in numerous theaters in Germany and abroad (Theater Kiel<\/em>, Staatstheater Oldenburg<\/em>, Theater Vorpommern<\/em>, Stadttheater Gie\u00dfen<\/em>, Theater Aachen<\/em>, Landesb\u00fchnen Sachsen<\/em>, Odeon Theatre Bucharest<\/em>) and participating in international festivals and projects such as the Lucerne Music Festival<\/strong>, Palucca Hochschule Dresden<\/strong>, National Conservatory of Prague<\/strong>, and the Agor\u00e1 Coaching Project<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As a teacher, he has taught at institutions including the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik und Tanz K\u00f6ln<\/strong>, Palucca Hochschule Dresden<\/strong>, Korean National University of Arts<\/strong>, Vienna State Opera Ballet Academy<\/strong>, and SEAD Salzburg<\/strong>, in addition to leading workshops at various European schools and universities.<\/p>\n

He has received numerous choreographic awards (Hannover, D\u00fcsseldorf, Treviso, Florence, K\u00f6lner Tanztheaterpreis 2008 and 2011<\/strong>) and important scholarships (Kunststiftung NRW, DAAD, ICR\/American Dance Festival), enabling research periods with companies such as G\u00f6teborgsOperan<\/strong>, Iceland Dance Company<\/strong>, and Nederlands Dans Theater<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Also active on the independent scene, his works have been supported by several cultural institutions and presented at international festivals including Bolzano Danza<\/strong>, Schrittmacher Festival Aachen<\/strong>, eXplore Festival Bucharest<\/strong>, Scenario Pubblico Catania<\/strong>, SAT Barcelona<\/strong>, Zawirowania Warsaw<\/strong>, and the Journ\u00e9es Chor\u00e9ographiques de Carthage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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<\/i><\/i><\/span>MICHELE MEROLA<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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Michele Merola<\/strong> is the artistic director of the MM Contemporary Dance Company<\/strong>, the contemporary dance ensemble he founded in 1999<\/strong> in Reggio Emilia. With this company, Merola has brought to the stage\u2014both in Italy and abroad\u2014many of his works, including La met\u00e0 dell’ombra<\/em>, winner of the Anita Bucchi Prize<\/strong> in 2010, and Bolero<\/em>, recipient of the Europaindanza 2017 Award for Choreographic Merit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Since 2000, he has created numerous works for other companies, including Aterballetto<\/strong>, the Teatro San Carlo<\/strong> in Naples, the Dominic Walsh Dance Theater<\/strong>, the Teatro Massimo<\/strong> in Palermo, the Junior Balletto di Toscana<\/strong>, the National Theatre of Belgrade<\/strong>, the Tanzcompagnie Landesb\u00fchnen Sachsen<\/strong> in Dresden, and the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In 2003 he won the International Choreographic Competition of Hannover<\/strong>, in 2008 the Positano Leonide Massine Award for the Art of Dance<\/strong>, in 2016 the Giornale della Danza Award<\/strong> as Best Italian Choreographer, in 2018 the Basilicata ArteDanza Award<\/strong>, and in 2019 the Metti le ali al Talento Award<\/strong> for his career and the artistic direction of MMCDC.<\/p>\n

Since 2010, Merola has been, together with Enrico Morelli<\/strong>, the artistic director of Agora Coaching Project<\/strong>, a professional training program for dancers based in Reggio Emilia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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<\/i><\/i><\/span>PERFORMERS AGORA COACHING PROJECT<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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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, Nicol\u00f2 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<\/p>\n

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<\/i><\/i><\/span>INFO AND TICKETS<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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TICKETS<\/strong>
Full price:<\/strong> \u20ac10
Reduced (\u20ac6):<\/strong> under 30, dance schools, Liceo Coreutico Matilde di Canossa, over 65, CRAL Comune di Reggio Emilia members
Reduced (\u20ac3):<\/strong> under 8<\/p>\n

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TICKET PURCHASE<\/strong>
Tickets can be purchased online<\/strong> at:
www.biglietteriafonderia39.it<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The box office opens one hour before the performance<\/strong>.
Tickets are unreserved<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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CONTACTS<\/strong>
\ud83d\udcde Cell & WhatsApp: 334 1023554<\/strong>
\u2709\ufe0f Email: biglietteria@aterballetto.it<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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