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THIS IS A PREMIERE

Cristiana Morganti + Emanuele Soavi (Wuppertal / Pistoia / Cologne)

Co-Production | German | ages 12 and up

Martin Rottenkolber
Das Bild zeigt die beiden Choreograf:innen Cristiana Morganti und Emanuele Soavi. Beide sind mitten in derBewegung, sie beugen sich vor, beide Arme gehen nach hinten. Das Licht in dem Foto ist sehr warm und wirkt gelb, der Ort wirkt industriell.

This unusual collaboration brings together two strong personalities of the international dance world for the first time. Cristiana Morganti and Emanuele Soavi share the stage: the long-standing protagonist of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, now a freelance choreographer, and the choreographer influenced by William Forsythe and Jiří Kylián, who has been directing his company Emanuele Soavi incompany in Cologne for thirteen years. As performers and authors, they explore their understanding of art and theatre in an interplay of words, gestures and dance – and at the same time question their origins. They are an Italian woman from Rome and an Italian man from Ferrara, who have lived and worked mainly in Germany for over twenty years.

THIS IS A PREMIERE is a choreographic space for memories. A play with found objects, a reassembly of experiences. Scenes from earlier pieces and personal experiences condense into physical reflections, giving rise to new ideas, associations and images.

The result is a pointed portrait of two artistic life paths - and a critical discussion of the current codes of the dance world: fashions and trends, unspoken expectations and clear restrictions, as well as increasingly stringent production requirements. Cristiana Morganti and Emanuele Soavi stage themselves – and do it with so much wit and self-irony that the supposed narcissism turns into a wonderfully playful commentary on art.

Crredits

Idea + Choreography + Performance Cristiana Morganti, Emanuele Soavi Lighting Design Simone Mancini Costüme Chiara Venturini Outside Eye Achim Conrad, Kenji Takagi Choreographic Assistence Elena Copelli, Federico Casadei Sound Editing Federico Casadei Technical Director Roman Srok Project Management + Outreach Miriam Leysner Editing + PR Anne-Kathrin Reif Production Management Achim Conrad

Production Emanuele Soavi incompany + Cristiana Morganti Co-Production euro-scene Leipzig, Pina-Bausch-Zentrum – Wuppertal, Centro Servizi Culturali Santa Chiara – Trento, TanzFaktur – Köln Funding Kulturamt der Stadt Köln, Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen Support Teatri di Pistoia Centro di Produzione Teatrale – Pistoia, Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, NATIONALE PERFORMANCE NETZ Co-production funding for dance, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media

Audiodescription Beatrix Hermens, Matthias Huber, Cathi Matthies, Jana Rath – supported by Aktion Mensch

Kreation TanzFaktur, Cologne, 24 October 2025

Main Supporters

euro-scene leipzig is institutionally supported by the City of Leipzig and the Saxon State Ministry for Higher Education, Culture and Tourism. Co-financed by tax revenue on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon State Parliament.