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Mediterranea

Maya Zbib, Lee Serle, Ben Frost & Zoukak Collective – Three Verses of Solitude

April 15th, 2026 FOG Festival, Milan
60 minutes

Alone, but Together

© Zoukak

Three Verses of Solitude is an immersive performance that explores solitude as both a personal refuge and a collective condition, especially in the aftermath of war. Drawing inspiration from the contemplative stillness of the Rothko Chapel, the work is a quiet call for mourning, reflection, and reconnection.

It traces the emotional spectrum from solitude to loneliness, where peace gives way to ache, and isolation meets the longing for connection. Through this lens, the work invites viewers to reflect on their own relationship with solitude, while participating in a collective effort to find solace in our shared humanity and the beauty found in quiet moments.

The piece gestures toward solitude not only as absence, but as possibility, as a creative practice of boldness and joy. In stillness, new worlds can be imagined. In silence, something vibrant can begin.
It asks: In the wake of loss, how can we be alone, together?

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Mediterranea

Marco Berrettini – Jiddu

70 minutes

From Folk Dance to?

© *Melk Prod.

Jiddu is the story of a Bavarian folk dance troupe. Lacking success, they decide to diversify and go global. Little by little, the troupe begins to borrow, or even steal, dance steps from other countries and different cultures. But this artistic change, ethically speaking, is not well received by all the dancers. Their problems of conscience are expressed and quickly turn into a dispute. In the middle of the biggest argument the troupe has ever experienced, a brass band suddenly arrives on stage and plays a few songs, before disappearing. Will our Bavarians pick up where they left off? Or is it time to make peace and restart their dance ?

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Benelux DACH region

Ballet BC – Frontier / SWAY / BOLERO X

January 17th – 18th, 2026 Forum am Schlosspark, Ludwigsburg
January 22nd – 23rd, 2026 Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
January 27th, 2026 Graf Zeppelin House, Friedrichshafen
January 30th – 31st, 2026 Pfalzbau Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen
February 5th, 2026 Theater Bonn, Bonn
70 minutes & 2 intermissions

Ballet BC’s Return to EU

© Michael Slobodian

Ballet BC always presents a diverse repertoire and is deeply committed to fostering creation and collaboration. The Canadian powerhouse of contemporary dance returns to Europe with a programme featuring three choreographic works that showcase its trademark blend of physical prowess and emotional depth.

Crystal Pite’s Frontier is a mesmerising exploration of the unknown, drawing parallels between dark matter in the universe and the mysteries of human consciousness. Ballet BC’s artistic director, Medhi Walerski, presents SWAY, an intimate ode to resilience and collective hope, inspired by Emily Dickinson’s poetry. Finally, Shahar Binyamini’s BOLERO X offers a fresh interpretation of Ravel’s iconic composition, where twenty dancers celebrate the power of dance through compelling repetition and collective energy.

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Archive

Adam Seid Tahir – Dawn

December 10th – 11th, 2025 Dansstationen, Malmö
50 minutes

A Never-Ending Dawn

At times jittery and rapid, but then again lunging and feline, Tahir explores every shadowed corner to a soundtrack of galloping horses. Just as in any ritual, the time here is suspended if not abolished altogether.

Evgeny Borisenko
© José Figueroa

Dawn is exploring and reinterpreting Norse mythology through an Afro-nordic lens. In this piece Adam Seid Tahir is exploring and reflecting over the power contained within the symbols of day and night, light and dark? A binary that has been taken “hostage” through historical uses of the symbolic moral meanings of “good” and “bad”.

This work is a reflection upon the magical potential of both, the cyclical forces of light and dark and the shades in between. Foremost a continuation of the tradition of storytelling of myths and magical creatures and as a political gesture inserting a black body, a queer representation into Norse mythology.

Dawn is the first work in a series that re-interpret the runic alphabet of the Elder Futhark through a queer Afro-Nordic lens. This piece departs from the rune Dagaz, a rune symbolizing: day, dawn, awakening. Like all runes of the Elder Futhark, Dagaz carries many myths. Through these stories Dawn forms re-interpretations and alternate associations.

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@home

HOKUSAI MANGA BUTOH – Ten Sui Streaming Edition

Till December 21st, 2025 23:59 (GMT +9:00) ONLINE Streaming
75 minutes

Butoh × Pro Wrestling

© Hiroyasu Daido, Makoto Motomiya

Butoh × Pro Wrestling — a volatile mix. Is this fusion or an explosion? Experience the Butoh performance Ten Sui anytime, anywhere. The streaming edition delivers the raw intensity of the stage, capturing every subtle gesture and expression in electrifying detail. Step into the frenzied world of Hokusai Manga — and its descent into the underworld!

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France

Mickaël Le Mer – ENSO – Bolero

November 30th, 2025 Festival de Danse Cannes, Cannes
December 5th, 2025 Théâtre de Villefranche-sur-Saône
December 9th – 10th, 2025 Les Quinconces L’Espal, Le Mans
December 17th – 18th, 2025 Le Grand R, La Roche-sur-Yon
January 9th, Théâtre Pierre Barouh, Les Herbiers
January 17th, L’Olympia, Arcachon

Duration: unknown

Boléro & Hip-Hop

© Thomas Badreau

As a child, Mickaël Le Mer played the film Les Uns et les Autres by Claude Lelouch (1981) on repeat. The scene from Ravel’s Bolero has influenced him ever since. The circle then took up space and would become the marker of this new creation.

Widely present in the world of hip-hop, the circle is the essence of breakdancing and freestyle. It materializes in space, it participates in choreographic constructions. The circle is also present in the body, in the movements of the pelvis. It also figures in societal questions: what is the circle in a group? How does it allow us to identify, to assimilate into a group? And how can it also be a danger for our society?

What does the circle tell us when it is open? What does it tell us when it is closed? What happens when a piece is missing from the circle? What is visible? What is invisible? What does it convey about the spiritual order? What place does it have in rituals?

From the full to the semicircle, from the loop to the ellipse, this new creation, in which dance, scenography, light, and music will be all-encompassing, aspires to capture the essence of this symbolic form.

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Mediterranea Americas

Marina Otero – AYOUB

  • November 14th – 15th, 2025 Festival de Otoño, Madrid
  • November 22nd, 2025 Temporada Alta, Girona
  • December 15th/16th/20th/21st, 2025 Arthaus Central, Buenos Aires
  • January 23rd – 24th, SANTIAGOOFF Santiago
  • January 30th, AUTÓCTONXS Festival, Malaga
  • February 20th – March 1st, Réplika Theatre, Madrid

65 minutes

Ayoub, Colonialism
and Palestine

© Andrés Manrique

Aiub. Ioug. Ayub. Ainou. Aiou. I had the same difficulty pronouncing her Arabic name as I had understanding that our love wasn’t possible in an impossible world.

This name came to destroy, in some way, my West.

Initially, this project was intended to save a man in a vulnerable situation, and for that man to save me from loneliness. I traveled to Tangier (Morocco) to find him, marry him, give him my Europeanized South American papers, and then create a new work based on that.

But Ayoub appeared, and the project collapsed. His name (“the returnee” or “the repentant”) is very popular in Islamic countries: 615 children of that name were murdered by the Zionist state of Israel in the Gaza Strip.

For those dead, I name this work after you, about colonialism, about Palestine.

And everything I want to kill inside me.

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DACH region

Emanuel Gat – Abschied

  • October 23rd – November 2nd, 2025 Bockenheimer Depot, Frankfurt
  • December 12th – 21st, 2025 Hellerau, Dresden

Duration: unknown

Emanuel Gat with DFDC

© De-Da Productions

Maybe you can’t and shouldn’t try to explain a choreographic work. When asked, “what is the work about?”, the accurate answer would be: “well, I have no idea, we have to wait and see”. The only thing pre-determined when it comes to choreography, the way Emanuel Gat sees and practices it, is the HOW. The WHAT, the WHY, the WHEREOF, are all elements which emerge from the thing as it is happening.

Emanuel Gat’s work with the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company will engage with two of the Lieder from Gustav Mahler’s song cycle Das Lied von der Erde. Two parts, with Der Einsame im Herbst and the last Lied of the cycle, Der Abschied, frame a third central part that is without music. Completely different every time it is being performed, the work follows principles in which the choreographic future cannot be designed, but has to be discovered by the dancers each time they engage with the work. Welcome, enjoy the experience!

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Americas

Martha Graham Dance Company – GRAHAM100

Martha Graham
  • October 22 – 26, 2025 Le Colisée, Roubaix
  • October 29 – November 2, 2025 La Bourse du Travail, Lyon
  • November 5 – 14, 2025 Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris
  • November 20 – 23, 2025 Megaron Concert Hall, Athens
  • January 16 – 18, 2026 Power Center for the Performing Arts, Ann Arbor
  • January 24, 2026 The Auditorium Theatre, Chicago
  • January 28, 2026 The Byham Theater, Pittsburgh
  • January 31, 2026 KeyBank State Theatre, Cleveland
  • February 3, 2026 Majestic Theater, Gettysburg
  • February 7, 2026 Cyrus Northrop Memorial Auditorium, Minneapolis
  • February 11, 2026 Musco Center for the Arts, Orange
  • February 14 – 15, 2026 Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
  • February 27 – March 2, 2026 Florida State University Theater, Sarasota
  • March 14, 2026 The Performing Arts Center, Purchase
  • March 25, 2026 Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill
  • April 2 – 4, 2026 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington
  • April 8 – 12, 2026 New York City Center, New York
  • May 6 – 10, 2026 Teatro La Fenice, Venice
  • May 12, 2026 Teatro Comunale Pavarotti Freni, Modena
  • May 29 – 30, 2026 Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia

The Legendary Martha Graham Dance Company 

© Melissa Sherwood

One of the greatest artists of the 20th century, American genius Martha Graham forever altered the fabric of dance by creating an entirely new style of expression through movement. Today, the Martha Graham Dance Company keeps her spirit of ingenuity alive by showcasing Graham masterpieces beside stunning new dances inspired by her legacy.

Celebrating the phenomenal milestone of its 100th year, Martha Graham Dance Company is touring acclaimed new works and the signature Graham classics.

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NAWAL AÏT BENALLA – CE QUI NOUS TRAVERSE

October 15th – 18th, 2025 Théâtre Silvia Monfort, Paris
November 6th – 7th, 2025 Châteauvallon-Liberté, Toulon
December 16th – 17th, 2025 Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
60 minutes

The Raw Power

© Julie Cherki

In an era dominated by technological advancement and artificial intelligence, Nawal Aït Benalla’s new creation, Ce qui nous traverse, presents a powerful return to human connection through movement.

Five dancers with distinct physiques explore the raw power of the human body as a universal language within an intimate setting, engaging in metronomic, repetitive movements that evolve into a controlled, trance-like state.

Through elaborate choreography and striking contrasts – sudden accelerations, decelerations, and moments of near stillness – Benalla questions our relationship with our bodies and physical connection in shared space. The piece aims to highlight our corporeal forms as powerful instruments, capable of connecting us all and transcending divisions of class, culture, and education.

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