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From the Press: "Fantasy, folly and fancy footwork: cosmic dance comes to Manchester" by The Guardian
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Invisible Cities part of Manchester international festival. © Tristram Kenton i
"Performed in a cavernous former railway depot, Invisible Cities features actors, dancers, digital animations and amazing stage designs.In adapting Italo Calvino’s novel of the same name, it aims for sweeping themes such as imagination, power, belonging, morality and mortality. “The question of whether this was one of my best ideas or an act of pure folly remains open,” writes director Leo Warner in the programme. My answer is that it’s both."
To read The Guardian's full review, click here.
Invisible Cities is the winner of the FEDORA - VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Prize for Ballet 2019.
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Platform-K
Update on the FEDORA Education Prize's Winner 2021
21 January 2022
Ghent / Belgium
On 20 January, the FEDORA Team attended a performance of the Goldberg Variations in Bruges, a piece choreographed by Michiel Vandevelde which stars Oskar Stalpaert a dancer of the programme "Dance training for people with a disability" led by Platform-K, winner of the FEDORA Education Prize 2021.
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Recognising Impact Beyond the Stage: Dr Thomas Moors Awarded the Van Lawrence Prize
20 January 2026
FEDORA is proud to celebrate a remarkable achievement connected to one of its prize-winning projects. Dr Thomas Moors, member of the artistic team behind The Sound Voice Project, winner of the FEDORA Digital Prize 2023, has been awarded the Van Lawrence Prize by the British Voice Association.
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Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Work Featured at the Paris National Opera’s Ballet Season Opening Gala
23 September 2025
Paris / France
The Opéra national de Paris opens its new dance season with its traditional gala at the Palais Garnier on 27 September, beginning with the celebrated Défilé du Ballet. This year, the evening features the repertoire debut of Requiem for a Rose by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa.
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