Marianela Nunez and Roberto Bolle in Onegin with choreography by John Cranko.
ROME ACCADEMIA FILARMONICA ROMANA MIGUEL ANGEL ZOTTO TE SIENTO 15-27 Oct
DANCE MILAN TEATRO ALLA SCALA
In Te Siento Migeul Angel Zotto, one of today’s top tango dancers, dances out the story told in his book of the same title about his rise from a Buenos Aires barrio to the top stages of the world. The performance forms part of the Giornate della Danza organised by the Accademia Filarmonica Romana in conjunction with Teatro Olimpico. Teatro Olimpico, Piazza Gentile da Fabiano 17, www.teatroolimpico.it.
ONEGIN
24 Oct-10 Nov
La Scala audiences will be able to see Roberto Bolle, who resigned as the principal dancer of the American Theatre Ballet in June after more than 10 years with the company. He returns to dance at La Scala alongside Marianela Nunez on 24, 26, 29 Oct and 10 Nov. Onegin by John Cranko is revived by Agneta and Victor Valcu and conducted by Felix Korobov. This same production with the same dancers and also conducted by Korobov was staged in Milan two years ago. Teatro alla Scala, Via Filodrammatici 2, www.teatroallascala.org.
BALANCHINE, KYLIÁN, BEJART 16-30 Nov
Balanchine’s Symphony in C to music by Bizet, Kylián’s Petite Mort to music by Mozart and Bejart’s Boleró to music by Bizet, performed by the La Scala ballet company and orchestra conducted by Felix Korobov and with Roberto Bolle. Teatro alla Scala, Via Filodrammatici 2, www.teatroallascala.org.
40 | October 2019 • Wanted in Rome
ROMAEUROPA FESTIVAL 17 Sept-24 Nov
As usual the Romaeuropa festival offers a feast for dance enthusiasts. October is packed with new works, many of which examine the relationship between humans, technology and robots. On 4 Oct it is the world premiere of Humane Methods by Marco Donnarumma and Margherita Pevere, which is a dialogue between humans, robots and synthetic substances on the theme of violence in its many forms. Spirit x Roma by Mara Oscar Cassiani (4 Oct) is a journey from ancient to contemporary Sardinian rituals. Sonic Arms (5-6 Oct) is a dance by the creative studio Ultravioletto of mechanical arms, light and images in which a robot and sounds are linked to explore the possibilities of relationships between humans and technology. Hiroaki Umeda (5-6 Oct) performs Median + Intentional Particle, a fusion of dance, music and video in which space and the body of the dancer break up and are reunited in performance between the real and
the virtual. Nicola Jaar and Stephanie Janaina (5 Oct) improvise during this performance of ¡miércoles! in which a short central show-specific text acts as a footnote to the performance but is also central to it. Franz Rosati (6 Oct) in Hyletics, a work about matter, energy, music, movement and distortion. Complessita, a human at the mercy of an algorithm by Enrica Beccalli and Roula Gholmieh (6 Oct). The Way you sound tonight by Arno Schuitmaker (8-9 Oct) is an Italian premiere at Teatro Vascello and examines the relationship between stage and audience, choreography and perception. Hamdi Dridi in I Listen (you) See (9, 11 Oct) is another Italian premiere is which the movement of Tunisian manual labourers is transformed into dance. In Standstill you ever moving sphere of heaven (9 Oct) two dancers dialogue in a special language in which understanding is constantly blurred and yet sometimes familiar. Sylvain Bouillet and Lucien Reynes perform Des gestes blancs, a duet for father and son (11 Oct) is about paternal identity and the charcteristics of the body at different ages. Hamdi Dridi returns with Tu Meur(s) De Terre to dance a solo about his father (11 Oct). Kim-Jomi Fischer and Marta Alstadsaeter, a dancer and a circus acrobat perform Engel (12 Oct) about physical dialogue, movement and decision-making. Most performances are at the Mattatoio but see www. romaeuropa.net for more details about times on places.
TEATRO DELL’OPERA DI ROMA DON QUIXOTE 15-20 Oct
This production is based on the version choreographed by Mikhail Baryshnikov for the American Theatre Ballet. The dancers are almost exclusively up-and-coming Italians. Evgenia Obraztsov, Rebecca Bianchi and Susanna Salvi will dance the role of Kitri and Isaac Hernandez, Davide Dato and Alessio Rezza take the part of Basilio. The conductor is David Garforth. Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Piazza Beniamino Gigli 1, www.operaroma.it.