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Invisible Cities © Jason Bell i
From the Press: "Fantasy, folly and fancy footwork: cosmic dance comes to Manchester" by The Guardian
Winners, FEDORA Prizes
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.
Industry News, Winners
28 January 2026
Paris / France
French choreographer Christian Rizzo, awarded the FEDORA – VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Prize for Ballet 2016 for his work Le Syndrome Ian, is captivating audiences once again as part of the EDF Foundation’s Dans(e) la lumière programme, a unique cultural initiative highlighting dance and visual installations, running until January 31, 2026.
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Platform-K
08 March 2023
Ghent / Belgium
"Change of Plans" is a new dance piece in which the idea of changeability is tested, danced, played, and exorcised. At the invitation of Platform-K, Femke Gyselinck (Choreographer at GRIP ensemble) is working for "Change of Plans" with dancers Zanne Boon and Oskar Stalpaert...
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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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