Romaeuropa Festival 2025

For his first collaboration with the Ballet Nacional de España, Marcos Morau presents Afanador, the opening performance of the 40th Romaeuropa Festival, celebrating 160...

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, a fervid and rigorous Belgian innovator in the field of choreography since the early 1980s, and Rabih Mroué, an author...

Considered one of the most important choreographers of the late 20th century, William Forsythe led the Ballett Frankfurt from 1984 to 2004 and The...

With his writing, performances, and ability to foster dialogue between artists and disciplines, Alessandro Baricco represents an integral part of the history of the...

Energetic and poetic, balancing tradition and innovation, Sword of Wisdom by the Taiwanese company U-Theatre merges the powerful tradition of percussion with dance and...

The opening of ULTRA REF inaugurates the festival’s musical itineraries at the Mattatoio. On the lineup is Lyra Pramuk with her futurist folk, mixing...

Set in the heart of a prestigious jazz school in New York, this story unfolds with relentless ambition and uncompromising challenges. Damien Chazelle’s masterpiece...

The work, conceived and created by Pascolo Abusivo (a collective formed by the students of the Master’s degree in Multimedia Arts and Design at...

Gaining international recognition for her choreographic approach that merges dance, visual arts, theater, and performance, Miet Warlop makes her debut at REF with INHALE,...

Selected by a prestigious international jury, five of the ten winners of raster.call soundtrack europe 20-25—Ireen Amnes & Merlin Ettore, Amit Dagim, Maarja Nuut,...

Winner of the Targa Tenco Award for Best Debut Album with Mi piace, and quickly established as a new leading voice in Italian songwriting,...

The first event of the ULTRA CLUB week is dedicated to two voices redefining italian female singer-songwriting. For the first time in Rome, Gaia...

Cassiel Gaube is building his artistic practice as a leap toward the vocabulary of House Dance. Inspired by the works of Bruno Beltrao and...

Populous, aka Andrea Mangia — one of the most innovative producers, DJs, and sound designers on the Italian and international electronic scene — returns...

The dialogue between Italy and Spain continues at ULTRA CLUB in an evening suspended between ancestral and electronic sounds. On the line-up: Tarta Relena,...

FLAMMENWERFER is the latest music theatre production by Hotel Pro Forma, directed by Kirsten Dehlholm and Marie Dahl, featuring original music and text by...

For its fourth edition, the Re:humanism Art Prize renews its collaboration with the Romaeuropa Festival, awarding two special prizes dedicated to the performing arts.This...

Friday night at ULTRA CLUB unfolds along radical sonic coordinates, traversing electronic music, club culture, and experimental practices that question the body, voice, and...

ULTRA CLUB returns with a special showcase dedicated to one of the most influential and innovative realities in the Italian independent music scene: Dischi...

ULTRA CLUB continues with a night that brings together two projects rewriting the rules of sound across club culture, bedroom pop, and electronic experimentation....

A full day dedicated to Graphic Design at the Romaeuropa Festival, curated by Stefano Cipolla and Studio Mistaker, with coordination by David Aprea: a...

Workshop curated by Microstamperia Quarticciolo Silk-screen printing is a traditional printing technique which, through the use of a frame, allows for the serial reproduction...

During the Design Talks day, it will be possible to book and choose between two types of workshops curated by UTOL Ceramiche and dedicated...

Lithuanian band MEROPE has gained international attention for its minimalist folk music interwoven with subtle harmonies and electronic landscapes. Composed of Lithuanian singer and...

From collaborations with Madonna to high-energy dance scenes and reflections on technology, the (LA)HORDE collective, composed of Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer, and Arthur Harel,...

Sports Group brings the dynamism of sports into music, turning the stage into a sonic laboratory where movement and sound merge. The idea was...

Inspired by Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem, Jonas Mekas’ Requiem is a work that explores the theme of death and memory through a poetic and intimate...

Referring to the music of Luciano Berio in any way is, in itself, a complex task. His artistic journey incorporated references and practices open...

An original initiative that pays tribute to the great composer by exploring the relationship between his music and different forms of expression. On one...

Generative artificial intelligence creates speculative images that, while not based on real events, remain plausible, constructing realities that have yet to unfold. Situated more...

For over twenty years, Dutch artist Geert Jan Jansen deceived critics, gallerists, and collectors, claiming to own a collection of more than 1,600 works...

The ONCEIM ensemble presents a program dedicated to contemporary music, combining composers from diverse backgrounds and artistic sensibilities. Founded to explore the relationship between...

Hairy is a dance for four bodies and their hair, created by Lithuanian choreographer Dovydas Strimaitis. It plays with the balance between order and...

The music by the movie San Damiano (Rome Film Fest 2024), performed live by Pietro Pompei and accompanied by unseen images by Gregorio Sassoli,...

The field of Lithuanian drama has undergone significant changes in recent decades. While 20th century drama was dominated by male names and the search...

Miroirs Étendus brings together the visions of Steve Reich, the master of minimalism, and Christophe Chassol, an explorer of sounds ranging from jazz to...

The Kor’sia Collective presents Simulacro, a choreographic creation that explores the fragile line between real and virtual, truth and lies, immersed in a world...

During the pandemic, Marina Carr wove poetic fragments, memories, and reflections into iGirl, a kaleidoscopic work in 21 scenes that transcends time and space....

The collaboration between Romaeuropa Festival and Milo Rau continues with his new creation: LA LETTRE. Commissioned by the 2025 Festival d’Avignon as part of...

Speaking Cables [EXPANDED] debuts in its extended version, inclusive and accessible to the blind and visually impaired community. In an atmosphere suspended between ritual...

The Brazilian choreographer Lia Rodrigues has always interwoven tradition and innovation, creating a dance where ancestral rituals merge with the new forms of urban...

After Re:INCARNATION, Nigerian choreographer Qudus Onikeku returns to the Romaeuropa Festival with TERRAPOLIS, the final part of his trilogy. The piece combines dance, music,...

Buchettino returns to the Romaeuropa Festival—an iconic production originally created in 1995 by Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio (now simply Societas), which soon became a cult...

Mercedes máis eu is a work born from the collaboration between artist Janet Novás and composer Mercedes Peón, focusing on the relationship between dance...

Shiraz is a choreography for seven dancers, an intricate weave of movement and energy that meet and transform on stage. A dance of rhythms,...

An iconic figure in Canadian contemporary dance, principal dancer with the La La La Human Steps company, and collaborator with David Bowie, Louise Lecavalier...

Caroline Guiela Nguyen, artistic director of the Théâtre National de Strasbourg and previous guest at the Romaeuropa Festival with her unforgettable Saigon, presents her...

Ermira Goro’s new dance performance Sirens invites the audience on a sensual and mysterious journey into the world of desire and its social expression....

On stage, a body immersed in a constant stream of information. On stage, a radical exposure to hyperstimulation. On stage – and in reality...

Aristide Rontini moves through the space between memory and perception, between matter and vision. His dialogue with the legacy of Pier Paolo Pasolini unfolds...

In a watch factory in Switzerland, Agota Kristof works in silence, immersed in the obsessive rhythm of the machines that mark time. In the...

SUPERSTELLA questions what it means to be a creator in the current context of contemporary dance. How does one navigate the market demands and...

Matteo Sedda, winner of DNAppunti Coreografici 2024, presents FUCK ME BLIND, a duet in which the performers are bound by a shared center of movement....

La futura classe dirigente by Caterina Marino is a performance that gives a voice to children, aged between 6 and 13, inviting them to...

Several Love’s Requests is a performative investigation into men’s erotic and romantic desires, born out of the intersection of online video chats. These sites,...

Alice Sinigaglia tackles Rabelais’ Gargantua and Pantagruel in a theatrical project between a psychedelic journey and a PhD. A gigantic show invites us into...

The Italian company Motus presents for the first time together the two chapters of its project dedicated to the figure of Frankenstein: A History...

La Diva del Bataclan is a musical that delves into the dark folds of a society obsessed with fame and redemption. Created by Gabriele...

Nearly thirty years ago, La Haine (Hate) by Mathieu Kassovitz shook French cinema with its raw portrayal of the Parisian banlieue. A manifesto film,...

No Funny Stuff is an unconventional band featuring an American, two musicians from Molise, and an Italian, all equipped with an array of quirky,...

Guillem Albà’s new show is a journey to the roots of his creative world, where images, poetry, and craftsmanshipintertwine. Through puppetry and comedy, he...

Federico Albanese, a highly versatile musician, composer, and multi-instrumentalist, brings his new album Blackbirds and the Sun of October to the Romaeuropa Festival. This...

Four moving musicians (violin, saxophone, cello, and percussion) and a dancer invite babies and families to join a warm and engaging tribute to the...

In 2025, La RusticaXBand will celebrate 25 years of uninterrupted activity. This is an important milestone for a musical and social project that has,...

German choreographer Moritz Ostruschnjak (born 1979) explores the boundaries between fandom, politics, and protest in NON + ULTRAS, a performance for eight dancers and...

Do you remember those old trunks that, when opened, reveal treasures from the past so full of memories that just catching a glimpse of...

Ginevra Panzetti and Enrico Ticconi return to REF with their new creation, All’Arme, in collaboration with the Croatian company Studio Contemporary Dance Company. Full...

For his new production, Thikra: Night of Remembering, Akram Khan brings together an international cast of Bharatanatyam and Western contemporary dancers, renewing the cultural,...

In 1972, during the famous meeting between Richard Nixon and Mao Tse-tung, the work Nixon in China by John Adams was born and premiered...

Jack and the Beanstalk (A Story Between Earth and Sky) is the show by La Luna nel Letto, inspired by the traditional English folk...

Guillem Albà’s new show is a journey to the roots of his creative world, where images, poetry, and craftsmanshipintertwine. Through puppetry and comedy, he...

Mystica is a ritual that gives voice to eight mystical women who lived between the 8th and 16th century. The surviving texts of Hildegard...

Marceline is the latest creation by La Petita Malumaluga, featuring a dancer, a soprano, and a live string quartet to tell the extraordinary story...

Michelangelo Campanale and Compagnia La Luna nel Letto bring to the stage the second episode of the trilogy dedicated to little Jack, inspired by...

On the occasion of his return to the Romaeuropa Festival, Mohamed El Khatib brought the show to the stage with which he came to...

Two leading artists of the international contemporary scene come together on stage to weave their life and artistic journeys into a dialogue that bridges...

With Oltre, Fabiana Iacozzilli returns to the Romaeuropa Festival to tell a story of survival and transformation. Written by Linda Dalisi, the play is...

When the correspondence with German philosopher Günther Anders begins, Claude Eatherly is a man who has destroyed his own life. On the morning of...

Teresa of Avila’s work The Interior Castle (Il Castello interiore), published during the Inquisition, describes a soul’s transmigration through seven so-called “inner apartments.” The...

Three strangers live on a lonely island, but there is no sand, sun, or sea. Hi! I am One. Hey, I am the Other....

Guillem Albà’s new show is a journey to the roots of his creative world, where images, poetry, and craftsmanshipintertwine. Through puppetry and comedy, he...

The REF has followed the growth of Greek choreographer Christos Papadopoulos since his debut on the European stage, presenting his creations year after year,...

MONKEYBIZ is the new show by Fossick Project, an ironic journey inspired by the 16th-century Chinese classic Journey to the West by Wu Ch’êng-ên....

Notes on the Memory of Notes is a sonic encounter that explores memory and the present moment, where the alto saxophone, cello, and electronics...

With Music for Strings, Ryoji Ikeda returns to the REF, continuing his exploration of acoustic music. After gaining international recognition with his kaleidoscopic sound...

With Ultratronics, Ryoji Ikeda pushes even further his exploration of the relationship between sound, technology, and sensory perception. This work dives into the realms...

For the grand finale of REF2025, on November 16th, Kruder & Dorfmeister will perform in Rome at the Sala Santa Cecilia in the Auditorium...