ELEGIA
MM CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY

Choreography by Enrico Morelli
Music by Frédéric Chopin, Giuseppe Villarosa
Lighting design by Carlo Cerri
Costumes by Nuvia Valestri
Narrator by Isidora Balberini
Performers: Filippo Begnozzi, Mario Genovese, Aurora Lattanzi, Fabiana Lonardo, Giorgia Raffetto, Alice Ruspaggiari, Nicola Stasi, Giuseppe Villarosa
Production by MM Contemporary Dance Company
Co-production by the Teatro Comunale di Modena
With the support of the ATER Foundation, the Municipality of Correggio / Pier Vittorio Tondelli Documentation Center - Correggio

BALLADE
MM CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY

Choreography and direction by Mauro Bigonzetti
Music by Nick Cave, CCCP - Fedeli alla linea, Leonard Cohen, Arvo Pärt, Prince, Nina Simone, Frank Zappa
Lighting design by Carlo Cerri
Costumes by Silvia Califano
Assistant choreographer Roberto Zamorano
Repetition master Enrico Morelli
Performers Filippo Begnozzi, Mario Genovese, Paolo Giovanni Grosso, Aurora Lattanzi, Fabiana Lonardo, Federico Musumeci, Giorgia Raffetto, Alice Ruspaggiari, Diletta Savini, Nicola Stasi, Giuseppe Villarosa
Production by MM Contemporary Dance Company
Co-production by Teatro Comunale di Modena
With the support of ATER Foundation, Municipality of Correggio / Pier Vittorio Tondelli Documentation Center - Correggio

ELEGIA

People searching for their identity in an era of vertigo and confusion. Individuals tracing new trajectories and attempting to find their way back to normality after being exiled from it. This is a tale of lost moments and relationships, of familiar images and landscapes sought in memory. It is a dreamlike journey to rediscover oneself, a choral dance of intertwining lines in primordial chaos until calm, hope, and the possibility of rebirth return, celebrating care and attention towards others, amplified by the poems of Mariangela Gualtieri.

BALLADE

Mauro Bigonzetti’s new creation for the MM Contemporary Dance Company is a collective tribute to the 1980s — a symbol of an era. It is a narrative told through musical imagery that recaptures lost sensations, euphoria, and dreams, celebrating a way of life, vitality, and artistic creativity. Performed by the MMCDC dancers, the choreography draws inspiration from Prince, Frank Zappa, Leonard Cohen, CCCP, and Pier Vittorio Tondelli, creating a space of memory and emotion. It is a journey through pain, love, abandonment, and rebirth in search of a renewed collective beauty.