Every year as part of the Dance Meeting Lucca rewards an artist who has distinguished himself in his career.
After Carla Fracci, Giuseppe Picone, Silvie Guillem in 2022 the important recognition was attributed to Luciana Savignano
Ètoile of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan and of Maurice Béjart’s Ballet du XXe siècle
The prize will be awarded in the opening Gala of the Dance Meeting on Friday 6 May 2022 at the Teatro del Giglio in Lucca
photo Paolo Bonciani
Gala “The stars of today and tomorrow”
Lucca Rewards the dance this year is awarded to Luciana Savignano
Étoile of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan and of the Ballet du XXe siècle by Maurice Béjart
The award ceremony will be preceded by a classical and contemporary dance show with budding talents and professional dancers.
The program includes a neoclassical choreography by Demis Volpi interpreted by two stars of the Ballett am Rhein in Düsseldorf, the Japanese Futaba Ishizaki and the Brazilian Gustavo Carvalho
Again in the neoclassical genre “Ambigous Content” by Craig Davidson with the dancers Jihan Jung, Jonathon Carmichael, Amaury Zanete Pérez and Marti Gutiérrez Rubi
BTB Ballettschule Theater in Basel. while Sachiya Takata will play a great role in the repertoire, the variation Grand pas classique.
For contemporary dance The BA Contemporary Dance ZHdK Zurich proposes “Zoetic” by Jérôme Meyer and Isabelle Chaffaud with Lorenzo Capecci, Tommy Heeffer and “Cry baby cry” by Joost Vrouenraets with Giovanna Doria, Sara Pigatto, Veronica Scanferla
The proposal of the Codarts of Rotterdam with Lament / Lamentationes by Keith-Derrick Randolph with Michele Simi and Thomas Tardieu and a solo by Neel Verdoorn
“Once More” interpreted by Valentina Messieri
The program “Quartet” closes, choreography by Valentina Di Pippo
to music by Chopin for the DIP Dance Intensive Program dancers: Olga Arigoni, Agnese Fornara, Geremia Cappagli, Gianluca Rodenghi
OPENING GALA OF THE DANCE MEETING 2022
“THE STARS OF TODAY AND TOMORROW”
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