Sisifo felice<\/strong> (Smiling Sisyphus) is a diptych by choreographers Philippe Kratz and Pablo Girolami created for the dancers of the Nuovo Balletto di Toscana<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two independent but connected works explore the absurdity of existence, inspired by the Theatre of the Absurd and Camus\u2019 famous remark \u201cOne must imagine Sisyphus happy\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The body, immersed in cycles of fatigue and rebirth, becomes landscape, gesture, resistance. Live music combines Girolami\u2019s DJ set with the organic and solemn sounds of Anna von Hausswolff and Maxime Denuc\u2019s organ, creating a space suspended between tension and abandon.\nEight dancers inhabit a world in which happiness is not the absence of effort, but a radical choice of presence. Calendar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n July 31 \u2013 August 1, 2025 | Biennale di Venezia \u2013 Teatro alle Tese, Venice<\/a> Sisifo felice (Smiling Sisyphus) is a diptych by choreographers Philippe Kratz and Pablo Girolami created for the dancers of the Nuovo Balletto di Toscana. Two independent but connected works explore the absurdity of existence, inspired by the Theatre of the Absurd and Camus\u2019 famous remark \u201cOne must imagine Sisyphus happy\u201d. The body, immersed in cycles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47314,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabbricaeuropa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabbricaeuropa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabbricaeuropa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabbricaeuropa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabbricaeuropa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46156"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/fabbricaeuropa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48770,"href":"https:\/\/fabbricaeuropa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46156\/revisions\/48770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabbricaeuropa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabbricaeuropa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabbricaeuropa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabbricaeuropa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/p>\n\n\n\nPhilippe Kratz<\/strong> was born in 1985 in Leverkusen and discovered dance through the German tanztheater, thanks to the pedagogue and choreographer Suheyla Ferwer. He studied classical dance at the \u00c9cole sup\u00e9rieure de ballet du Qu\u00e9bec in Montreal and later at the Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin. He joined the Italian company Aterballetto, where he worked with international choreographers and, thanks to the support of Cristina Bozzolini, began his choreographic journey. After some initial creations, he choreographed Phoenix<\/em> in 2017 built on improvisation and a strong conceptual structure, with original music by Borderline Order. At the heart of his work is a stable core that goes through processes of construction, destruction and rebirth. Rhythm, whether collective or individual is, for him, an instrument of urgency and truth. In 2018, he created O<\/em>, inspired by a conversation between humanoid robots, which won the International Choreography Competition Hannover and earned him a residency with the Australian Dance Theatre. With cloud|materia<\/em> (2019), influenced by the writings of Anni Albers, he explored physicality as a concrete experience of existence. In 2022 he debuted
After training at the Tanz Akademie Z\u00fcrich, Pablo Girolami<\/em> danced with the Hessisches Staatsballett and Spellbound Contemporary Ballet, where he performed in creations by choreographers such as Wayne McGregor, Hofesh Shechter, Richard Siegal and Marcos Morau. He is currently a freelance choreographer and Artistic Director of the company IVONA, of the HOUSE OF IVONA association. With IVONA, Girolami has obtained notable awards, including: first prize at the Jerusalem International Choreography Competition; Best Choreography at the Certamen Coreogr\u00e1fico del Distrito de Tetu\u00e1n, Madrid; Best Choreography at the International Choreographic Competition LINKAGE, Sofia; the TWAIN_direzioniAltre Award 2019 and 2022, Tuscania; and Audience Award at the Rotterdam International Duet Choreography Competition. In addition to his work with IVONA, he has created choreographies for companies including the Ballett Graz, Jerusalem Dance Theater, Club Guy & Roni, EgriBiancoDanza and Nuovo Balletto di Toscana. Since 2024, he has also been Artistic Director of the Fagagna Dance Festival.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Based in Florence, Nuovo Balletto di Toscana<\/strong> is one of the longest-running and most recognised contemporary dance companies in Italy. Founded by Cristina Bozzolini, the group stood out in the 1980s for the quality of its performers and for its openness to international choreographers such as Angelin Preljocaj, Christopher Bruce and Hans van Manen. In April 2024, after almost 40 years of activity, the company ran the risk of shutting down, but a joint effort has rekindled its future. Bozzolini has appointed Philippe Kratz as Artistic Director and Mario Setti, musicologist and historian, as General Manager. This new phase relaunches the vocation of Nuovo Balletto di Toscana: to be a living and dynamic laboratory for contemporary creation. Under this direction, the company will continue to commission and co-create new works, strengthening its presence on the Italian and international scene. The group, composed of versatile and proactive dancers, continues its research through collaborations with choreographers such as Michele Di Stefano, Cristina Kristal Rizzo, Mario Berm\u00fadez Gil and others.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
choreography: Philippe Kratz & Pablo Girolami
music: Anna von Hausswolff, Maxime Denuc e altri
lighting design: Orso Casprini
sound: Federico Bigonzetti
live music mix: Vermouth Gassosa
costume design: Patricia Villirillo, Santi Rinciari
rehearsal direction: Serena Vinzio & Manuela Spera
choreographic assistance for Pablo Girolami: Guilherme Leal
production coordination and assistance for Philippe Kratz: Adriana Malandrino
commissioned by La Biennale di Venezia
co-production: La Biennale di Venezia, Nuovo Balletto di Toscana, Fabbrica Europa, HOUSE OF IVONA
with the support of Bayer stArt Academy
sponsor: Bayer AG
winner of the Biennale Danza 2025 call-out for a new Italian choreographic creation<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
October 10, 2025 | Fabbrica Europa \u2013 Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
photo (detail): Andrea Avezz\u00f9 for Biennale Danza Venezia 2025<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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