The annual MilanOltre Festival of contemporary dance at Milan’s Teatro Elfo Puccini, which has three performance spaces, has presented some of the best dance seen in this city over the past decade, … [Read more...] about [Review] Seen in Milan: the very best and absolute worst of contemporary dance
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[Review] Pithecanthropus erectus: A celebration of nakedness and freedom
TitlePithecanthropus erectusCompanyCompagnia Abbondanza/BertoniVenueTeatro Elfo Puccini, Milan [Festival MilanOltre]Date30 September 2022ReviewerGraham Spicer Four naked male dancers; a … [Read more...] about [Review] Pithecanthropus erectus: A celebration of nakedness and freedom
Zappalà Danza’s exquisite 30th Anniversary show: Redoing Bach
The Compagnia Zappalà Danza has presented more than eighty dance pieces in its three decades of activity, and for its 30th anniversary, choreographer Roberto Zappalà wished to create a new work with … [Read more...] about Zappalà Danza’s exquisite 30th Anniversary show: Redoing Bach
Silvia Gribaudi’s Graces – I just didn’t get it
The lights are on both in the theatre and on the stage when the four performers of Graces enter one by one, the men wearing black cycling shorts and black socks, and then the ‘choreographer’ and only … [Read more...] about Silvia Gribaudi’s Graces – I just didn’t get it
The Hervé Koubi company in Milan: touching, theatrical and important
The French-Algerian choreographer Hervé Koubi returned to the annual MILANoLTRE contemporary dance festival with three works after last year’s acclaimed Les Nuits Barbares ou les Premiers Matins du … [Read more...] about The Hervé Koubi company in Milan: touching, theatrical and important
DANZA&DANZA names the winners of its 2020 Awards
Italy's DANZA&DANZA magazine has announced its prize winners for 2020 with artists and productions from Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Teatro dell'Opera in Rome, Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Opéra … [Read more...] about DANZA&DANZA names the winners of its 2020 Awards
[Review] In difficult times, the MilanOltre Contemporary Dance Festival completes a month of shows
It is a minor miracle that the MilanOltre contemporary dance festival managed to present its 34th edition this year. The organisers made many changes to the original programme – the company from China … [Read more...] about [Review] In difficult times, the MilanOltre Contemporary Dance Festival completes a month of shows
Three new works from MILANoLTRE Festival by Susanna Beltrami, Diego Tortelli and Richard Siegal
MILANoLTRE, Milan’s festival of contemporary dance, now in its 33rd edition, presented 24 works at Teatro Elfo Puccini this year, and 19 were by Italian companies. I saw three productions of … [Read more...] about Three new works from MILANoLTRE Festival by Susanna Beltrami, Diego Tortelli and Richard Siegal
