Four from Florence at Fabbrica Europa 2026
Fabbrica Europa has become noted for presenting new artistic languages in dance. This year’s month-long event, certainly lives up to its aims.
Veronica Posth
Staatsballett Berlin: Symphony in C, Fearful Symmetries
The formal beauty, purity and technical virtuosity of Balanchine, and the constant state of flux and harmonious chaos of Christian Spuck’s new creation
Ahoi: an evening of swing, acrobatics and 1930s glamour
Ahoi is built around the concept of being on a cruise and takes the audience on an immersive journey aboard a luxury liner of the 1930s
L’Animale by Chiara Bersani
Curiosity and awe arise while observing this being who appears to be suffering in its own stillness, struggling to get out from an invisible restriction
Staatsballett Berlin: Gods and Dogs, Angels’ Atlas
The Staatsballett Berlin dancers were beautifully precise and neat in all the complex combinations, the movement looking fresh and innovative
Nederlands Dans Theater: Figures in Extinction
A triptych that speaks about real, urgent, worrying and dramatic themes, realised through a combination of danced poetry and beauty
Staatsballett Berlin: Edward Clug’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Whimsical, intricate and playful… an evening where dream and reality merge, and the boundaries between love and deception blur.
Florence Dance Festival 2024
An extraordinarily wide-ranging programme of work… in the highly atmospheric Grand Cloister of the Santa Maria Novella.
Staatsballett Berlin celebrates 20 years with a sparkling gala
The varied programme of mostly excerpts from longer pieces delighted the enthusiastic audience on a summery Sunday evening
Staatsballett Berlin: Giselle
This performance of Patrice Bart’s Giselle was special in that it saw Ksenia Ovsyanick dance the lead role for the last time
A beautiful confession: Alessandro Marzotto Levy’s Irene
Dedicated to a dear departed friend, the work developed out of the loss and dismay he went through after her death