Dreamers

Choreography Iratxe Ansa and Igor Bacovich
Music George Gershwin, Bessie Jones
Set design and costumes Fabio Cherstich
Lighting design Eric Soyer

Created in February 2024 – Duration 25 min

Rhapsody in Blue draws inspiration from Gershwin’s masterpiece and the unique experiences of the choreographers. The production takes the original work out of its New York context and its historical setting, giving it a more universal dimension through a poetic approach to movement and staging.

“Ansa and Bacovich’s style [is] fluid and expressive, highly musical, with flashes of athletic virtuosity. It is captivating in the ensemble’s undulating movements, which occasionally give way to dazzling portraits of solo dancers.”

Valentina Bonelli, Vogue Italia

Choreography Crystal Pite
Music Johannes Brahms
Set design Jay Gower Taylor
Costumes Crystal Pite & Joke Visser
Lighting design Tom Visser
Stage design Eric Beauchesne

Recreated for Aterballetto in February 2025 – Duration 20 min

Inspired by Mark Strand’s poem «Lines for Winter,» Solo Echo combines two sonatas for cello and piano by Johannes Brahms, the winter season, and the movement of the body to explore themes of love, acceptance, and loss.

Choreography Diego Tortelli
Music Godspeed You ! Black Emperor ; Oneohtrix Point Never
Costumes Sportmax
Lighting design Matthias Singer
Choreography assistant Hélias Tur-Dorvault

Created in 2025 – Duration 30min

Glory Hall is the new creation by Diego Tortelli for Aterballetto’s 16 dancers, a sensorial and rebellious journey in an in-between space, suspended between light and darkness. Set in a black but never truly dark space, the choreography unfolds as an ecstatic rite where sensuality and profane spirituality intertwine. The dance, defying narrative, constantly regenerates itself, allowing fleeting emotions to explode. In Glory Hall, anything is possible: the music leads in a crescendo of harmony and transgression, for an ecstasy without boundaries, blending rock sounds and symphonic melodies.

“The dancers from the Reggio Emilia-based company once again demonstrate their versatility and their technical and interpretative skills. And, as always, the audience is left impressed, not only by the quality of their movement, but also by their group chemistry, the way they move as one, and the energy they convey to the audience.”

Federica Pezzoli, Estense.com