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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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Northern Ballet
“Gentleman Jack” Premieres in Leeds: Reimagining History Through Dance and Storytelling
26 February 2026
Leeds / United Kingdom
Gentleman Jack, the groundbreaking new ballet from Northern Ballet and winner of the FEDORA – VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Dance Prize 2025, will have its highly anticipated world premiere at Leeds Grand Theatre on 7 March 2026.
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Opéra de Lille
Premiere of the FEDORA Opera Prize's Winner 2021
21 January 2022
Lille / France
On 21 January the winner of the FEDORA Opera Prize 2021, Like flesh, reached the stage. This new poetic and inspiring creation, which was led by Opéra de Lille, is the first opera of the Composer Sivan Eldar and the Librettist Cordelia Lynn.
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Opera Philadelphia
From the Press "Unconventional new opera Denis & Katya challenges the ear, the eye, and the soul"
20 September 2019
Philadelphia / United States
Following Denis & Katya's Opening night last Wednesday, September 18th, 2019, we've heard amazing feedback from the audience, creative artists and industry professionals.
Here is what the press is saying.
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