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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.
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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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New creations by our former FEDORA Prizes winners at the Opera Forward Festival
24 February 2025
Amsterdam / Netherlands
The Opera Forward Festival (OFF) will take place from 14 to 31 March at the Dutch Nationale Opera & Ballet in Amsterdam and will feature three of our former FEDORA Prizes winners.
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Ye Xian: A Story Untold, the New Creation of Composer Alex Ho
30 September 2025
Ye Xian: A Story Untold is the latest project from composer Alex Ho, winner of the FEDORA Opera Prize 2023 with Here and There – Untold.
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