Teatro Alighieri | 08 March 2025 | at 11:00 AM
Presentation of the program 2025
XXXVI edition
Presentation “Romagna in fiore”
Una iniziativa di Ravenna Festival per e nei territori alluvionati
Palazzo della Proviancia Forlì-Cesena | 12 March 2024 | at 12:00 PM
Presentation of the program 2024
XXXIV edition
Teatro Alighieri | 24 February 2024 | at 11:00 AM
Soirée di musica e danza per Rachmaninov
curated by Daniele Cipriani
Palazzo Mauro De André | from 7 July to 6 August 2023
On the 150th anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninov’s birth (1873-1943)
Soirée di musica e danza per Rachmaninov
curated by Daniele Cipriani
Beatrice Rana and Massimo Spada piano
Ludovica Rana violoncello
music Sergei Rachmaninov
Ettore Volontieri narrator
music consultant Gastón Fournier-Facio
“Sonata”
set to the Andante from the Sonata in G minor for cello and piano, Op. 19
“Trio”
set to the Andantino, from the Suite no. 2 for two pianos, Op. 17
choreography Uwe Scholz
performers Rachele Buriassi (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens), Esnel Ramos (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, formerly Ballet Nacional de Cuba), Oleksii Potiomkin (formerly Ballet of the National Opera of Ukraine)
“Alla fine del mondo”
choreography Simone Repele and Sasha Riva, premiere of the work set to the Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
costume design Anna Biagiotti
props Michele della Cioppa
lighting design Alessandro Caso
performers Yumi Aizawa, Luca Curreli, Riccardo Ciarpella, Francesco Curatolo, Chiara Dal Borgo, Giulia Pizzuto, Chiara Ranca, Simone Repele, Sasha Riva, Parvaneh Scharafali
After the 50thanniversary of Igor Stravinsky, this tribute to Sergei Rachmaninov on the 150thanniversary of his birth renews the magical thread that links music and dance. At the piano will be Beatrice Rana—who first began to ‘due’ with dance steps here in Ravenna—and Massimo Spada. They will alternate between the Preludes and the Études-Tableaux, or in dialogue with the dancers on stage. Like Stravinsky, the Russian-born Rachmaninov later settled in America, but unlike him, he did not devote so much attention to ballet. However, it is because of the gentle nature of his compositions, the fluidity of the notes, and the butterfly lightness of his melodies that choreographers often ‘steal’ from his works. The programme features Uwe Scholz’s Sonata, choreographed to the Andante from Rachmaninov’s Sonata in G Minor op. 19, as well asthe world premiere of a choreography by Sacha Riva and Simone Repele on the Symphonic Dances, op. 45.
Canto per un poeta innamorato.
Dedicato a Micha
Teatro Alighieri | Available to 31 December 2022
Tribute to Micha van Hoecke
Canto per un poeta innamorato. Dedicated to Micha
Miki Matsuse van Hoecke concept and direction
choreographies by Micha van Hoecke re-staged by Miki Matsuse
with the participation of Luciana Savignano and Manuel Paruccini
performers Rimi Cerloj, Viola Cecchini, Yoko Wakabayashi, Chiara Nicastro, Giorgia Massaro, Francesca De Lorenzi, Martina Cicognani, Marta Capaccioli, Gloria Dorliguzzo, Miki Matsuse.
in collaboration with Armunia and Comune di Rosignano Marittimo
Canto per un poeta innamorato (Song for a Poet in Love), a segment of the project Tre baci per Micha (Three Kisses for Micha), stages a homage to van Hoecke, the international artist and polyglot of the scene that passed away on 7 August last. The Russian-Belgian choreographer was deeply in love with Italy—and reciprocated. So much so that he made it another homeland, with Ravenna as his second home. Three kisses on the cheeks were his usual greeting, which are said to express a desire to be remembered. And so it will be in this fresco of the visions and places of his art, created by Micha’s loving work and life partner, Miki Matsuse, with the support of his many friends and collaborators. In it, fragments from his famous creations, like La dernière danseor Le Voyage, will be combined with performances in his eclectic style, veiled with melancholic poetry.
Compagnia Artemis Danza
Inferno – Terra del fuoco
Teatro Alighieri | Available to 31 December 2022
Compagnia Artemis Danza/Monica Casadei
Inferno – Terra del fuoco
choreographies, lighting and costume design Monica Casadei
original music Luca Vianini
direction and visual effects of the virtual set design Fabio Fiandrini
direction “Ombre” Alessandro Ceci
voice Agostino Rocca
musical dramaturgy Davide Tagliavini
live painting Giuliano del Sorbo
dancers Samuele Arisci, Michelle Atoe, Monica Castorina, Serena Bottet, Silvia Di Stazio, Alfonso Donnarumma, Chiara Falzone, Costanza Leporatti, Enrico Luly, Mattia Molini, Teresa Morisano, Christian Pellino, Salvatore Sciancalepore
performer Sabino Barbieri, Davide Tagliavini
with the participation of Gruppo Folk Italiano “alla Casadei” dance school Malpassi
texts selection Cristina Basoni
production assistant Mattia Molini
costume design assistant Michelle Atoe
thanks for the costume making Elena Nunziata
production Artemis Danza
in collaboration with Ravenna Festival, Comune di Ravenna, Istituti Italiani di Cultura di Jakarta, Lima, Mumbai, Praga, Tunisi, Washington; images by courtesy of the Ministero della Cultura, Direzione regionale Musei dell’Emilia-Romagna
with the contribution of Ministero della Cultura, Regione Emilia-Romagna, Comune di Parma
premiere
A harsh, wild landscape, seething with mud and fire, is the backdrop to Monica Casadei’s Inferno. With her company, Artemis, the Ferrara-born choreographer interprets selected tercets from Dante’s first Cantica in an allegorical work blending the sacred with the profane. Inferno – La Terra del Fuoco is a daring exploration in nine acts, where scene shifting happens in full sight with the contribution of several Italian artists, in Casadei’s typical tradition of linguistic métissage. A primordial dance made of spasms and drives, where the bestial balances the divine on a score that combines Dante’s words with the passionate music of Astor Piazzolla and the solemn dignity of Verdi’s Requiem. A chimerical, shuddering hell, till we come forth to rebehold the stars.
