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to be possessed

Chara Kotsali’s 2023 dance solo is a rehearsal of demonic rituals. It premiered in March 2023 during Onassis Dance Days. In “to be possessed”,…

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La Grande Nymphe

Inspired by Nijinski’s famous interpretation of Debussy’s “Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune,” choreographer and dancer Lara Barsacq rediscovers the image of the nymph and…

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Eat Me

Inspired by the Italian common expression “eating with the eyes,” “Eat Me” is a reflection on the making of the observed body. The soft…

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Mycelium / Biped

The thirty-ninth edition of the Romaeuropa Festival inaugurates its journey in partnership with the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. The protagonist of the Festival’s opening…

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Outsider

After his hypnotic Möbius, choreographer Rachid Ouramdane returns to the Romaeuropa Festival with his new creation for the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève….

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Mos

Two performers enter into discourse with a disparate series of images, and seek to impart their own transcripNon in space. The body and (micro-)movements…

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age (2024)

Girls and boys coming of age enter the stage without knowing what awaits them. Every evening they talk about themselves and their community. What…

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Dear Son

Choreographers and dancers Simone Repele and Sasha Riva build a story of love, hope and memory.The loss of a child suddenly changes the perception of…

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Voice Noise

Disruptive physical energy and attention to detail coexist with screams, whispers and songs: for his return to the REF, Jan Martens constructs a choreographic…

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Hors du monde

Taoufiq Izeddiou, who is a point of reference for contemporary dance in Morocco- where he founded the On Marche festival- combines tradition and contemporary…

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30 apparences out of darkness

Regardless of what we associate with it, darkness can be disorienting, and even threatening: the unknown, the obscure, the void. But there is not…

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aCORdo

Created in 2017, shortly after the Olympic Games and the Football World Cup in Rio, aCORdo by Alice Ripoll is an investigation into the…

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Hominal / Hominal

Two authors united by the title of a show that seems to merge them by letting the very notion of author dissolve. These names…

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Zona Franca

Alice Ripoll continues with her chronicle of Brazil and its favelas. She gives life to a party with a mix of Passinho, Contact Dance,…