Bolzano Danza...

...is an all-embracing festival with a course and a performance part which are organised by two institutions which are independent of each other: the Bolzano City Theatre (Teatro Comunale di Bolzano) is responsible for the performances and the Südtiroler Kulturinstitut runs the courses. In the past year we have been able to establish closer collaboration which is most beneficial because the courses also cover (primarily) disciplines of stage dancing.

Teachers/choreographers Natalia Viñas Roig, with a modern performance, and Brigitta Luisa Merki, with a Flamenco performance, both in the studio of the Bolzano City Theatre have proved that it is possible to achieve great results over the two-week duration of our courses. The DanceWorks series will again take place with Flamenco under the direction of Brigitta Luisa Merki and with Jazz with Anne-Marie Porras and the working results of the DanceWorks courses will again be performed in the Theatre.

A further aspect will be the choreographic workshop of the Fleur Darkin Company which will integrate the course participants of their residence into their evening performance show “DisGo”. A “look behind the scenes” and a direct experience with the work of an on-the-road touring company are guaranteed.

We are also pleased to welcome the many new and also the very popular and well-known teachers and musicians and especially our students which will again turn the town of Bolzano into a City of Dance for an entire fortnight.

A lively summer full of movement awaits us!

Edith M. Wolf Perez M.A.
Artistic Director

Verena Hafner
Organiser – Südtiroler Kulturinstitut