LEOPARDO is a snapshot of pure atmospheric potential created by the body in motion. Brief, adrift without any dramatic structure, it awaits a precarious pleasure, far from a framework of meaning. It values body climate, immediate articulation of anatomical turmoil, environmental intention and intuition.
The people summoned to activate this arrhythmia in the festival’s chronology remain solitary, because they evoke all the other bodies and act where they see fit, within the architecture of the Palazzo dei Congressi. Spotted.
On September 13 LEOPARDO will be activated by Antonella Bertoni, Jari Boldrini, Laura Claudia Scarpini.
On September 14 LEOPARDO will be activated by Fabrizio Favale, Cristina Kristal Rizzo.
Fabrizio Favale was awarded a full scholarship from the American Dance Festival at Duke University (USA) in 1990 and a scholarship for choreographers in Reggio Emilia in 1991. Favale specialised in American modern and postmodern dance techniques (specifically Cunningham, Limón, Nikolais and Trisha Brown). He danced with the Naples Ballet from 1987 to 1991. From 1991 to 2001, he danced for the Compagnia Virgilio Sieni. He was considered one of the best Italian dancers throughout the 1990s. At the age of 19, he received the “Nati per la danza” award from the Teatro Romolo Valli in Reggio Emilia. At 26, he was nominated best Italian dancer of 1996 by the Gino Tani Award. Since 1999, he has created over 30 choreographies and has been invited by numerous festivals and theatres, including Théâtre National de la Danse Chaillot Paris, Biennale de la Danse de Lyon, La Biennale di Venezia, Varna International Festival and many others. In 2024, he choreographed The nothing garden, commissioned by the National Academy of Dance in Rome. He was an associated artist of MILANoLTRE from 2022 to 2024.
Cristina Kristal Rizzo is a dancemaker and artist based in Florence who has been active since the 1990s. She co-founded the historical Kinkaleri collective, with which she has shared numerous international tours and received major awards, including the UBU Award. Since 2008, she has set out on an independent choreographic path that combines body research and theoretical investigation. A central figure in contemporary Italian dance, her work encompasses performance, writing, mentoring and teaching. She is interested in choreography as an expanded field, explored through experimental practices and diverse formats. Rizzo’s work crosses dynamic intersections between thought and shape, fostering a rich dialogue between the body and its multiple ecologies. In 2020, she received the Danza&Danza Award for best contemporary choreographic production with the ensemble piece TOCCARE the white dance.
with the support of Teatro dell’Opera di Roma