And Now, Dance !

Presentation

Emilio Calcagno's first collaboration with the Maghreb dates back twenty years ago during the debut of his work "Les 4 Saisons ou le Mariage du Loup" at the inauguration of the Tunis Opera. Last year, recognizing a demand for choreographic training, Calcagno initiated an international cooperation project involving Algeria, Italy, and France, titled "And Now, Dance!" The project, spanning from 2024 to 2026, encompasses a year-long program focusing on training and artistic creation, culminating in presentations across all three countries.

Auditions were conducted on November 8th and 9th, 2023, at the French Institute in Algiers, selecting 30 apprentices dancers, primarily from self-taught or urban dance backgrounds.

The training program consists of ten modules in 2024, followed by sessions in 2025, concluding in March with the collaboration of 12 selected dancers on the creation of two 30-minute pieces. The first piece reinterprets the renowned Russian ballet "Les Noces," set to Stravinsky's music, while the second, "Soyez les bienvenus," delves into the dreams and aspirations of Algerian youth, featuring electronic music and a potential collaboration with an Algerian composer.

This program will be presented at the National Theater of Maubeuge, preceded by awareness-raising and community engagement activities.

Other participants restaging Sylvain Groud's "L'oubli" under the directorship of the director of the National Choreographic Center of Roubaix. Rehearsals will take place for 15 days in Algeria and another 15 days in Roubaix, with the outcome presented in autumn 2025 at the National Choreographic Center of Roubaix alongside the creative program at the National Stage of Maubeuge.

Additionally, the project includes dedicated time for the development of entrepreneurial skills among participants, aiming to empower Algerian dancers to develop their unique styles and projects within their own territory.

Artistic Team

Emilio Calcagno: In the field of creation which is at the heart of the company's project, Emilio Calcagno has signed a new creation in 2021-2022 offering an immersion in the world of the tale Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. In 2022, he also undertook the resumption of the two parts of the diptych on the Mediterranean, Catania Catania and Isola, to which he is attached because of their deep resonance with current events. There he explores the territories of the Mediterranean in a constant coming and going between France - his homeland - and his native Sicily. Serving a mandate as dance director at the Avignon Opera since 2021, he has recently devoted himself to the implementation of a multitude of initiatives relating to both creation and transmission. Rosada Letizia Zangri : Artist, dancer, and educator, Rosada Letizia Zangri trained at the National Dance Academy of Rome and then at the CND in Paris in 2022. In 2015, she joined Emilio Calcagno's company, as an performer for various plays such as Catania- Catania, L'Isola, and Pinocchio presented at venues including Tanz Bozen, Le temps d'aimer (Biarritz festival), Chalon sur Saon, Perpignan, and the Grrranit Theater in Belfort. In 2013, she won the « Young Choreographers » competition in Sicily with Sospiri. In 2018, she continued her journey alongside Emilio Calcagno as assistant choreographer in Tunis with Les quatres saisons by Vivaldi. That same year, she collaborated with Cie MF as a dancer for the play Farde-moi. In 2019, she presented her first creation at the Perfomare festival, Cori. She currently collaborates with the Regional Conservatory of Paris, allowing her to deepen her pedagogical experience in transmitting dance as an artistic form of technical language.

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