Virgilio Sieni. Solo Goldberg Improvisation

Solo Goldberg Improvisation is a manifesto of Virgilio Sieni's choreographic art, an emblem of his research into the body and the language of dance: a dance solo accompanied on the piano by Andrea Rebaudengo performing J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations .

Virgilio Sieni was director of the Dance section of the Venice Biennale from 2013 to 2016 and is a Knight of Arts and Letters of France. A choreographer and dancer, he has been a leading figure in Italian and European dance since the 1980s.

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Music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Goldberg Variations

Virgilio Sieni ( dance) and Andrea Rebaudengo (piano)

Production Virgilio Sieni Company

Bach's music defines a metric and immaterial architecture, in which the dancer inscribes himself by continuously rethinking the body. Virgilio Sieni's work is not based solely on improvisation but on recognition and renewal, which are, of course, unpredictable.

In collaboration with Fondazione Teatro A. Ponchielli Cremona, Festival Oriente Occidente, and with the contribution of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities - Department of Performing Arts - Region of Tuscany, Municipality of Florence - Department of Culture, and Municipality of Siena - Department of Culture.

VIRGILIO SIENI

A choreographer and dancer, he has been a key figure in Italian contemporary dance since the early 1980s. Born in Florence, he trained in classical and contemporary dance in Amsterdam, New York, and Tokyo. His career includes studying visual arts, architecture, and martial arts.

In 1983, he founded the Compagnia Parco Butterfly and in 1992, the Virgilio Sieni Company, currently one of Italy's leading choreographic companies associated with the most important European theaters and festivals. As a guest choreographer, Sieni has created choreographies since the early 1990s for leading Italian organizations and institutions, such as La Scala in Milan and the Teatro Comunale in Florence.

For his creations, he has often collaborated with internationally renowned visual artists, musicians, designers, and composers such as Ennio Morricone and Miuccia Prada.

Since 2003, he has directed Cango in Florence, a space conceived by him and open to international research to bring the body, dance, and contemporary art languages into dialogue with the humanities and the territory. In 2007, he founded the Academy of Gesture Art, an innovative environment aimed at transmitting artistic practices and establishing a new relationship between training and production, aimed at professionals and a group of dance novices, from childhood to old age. From 2013 to 2016, he directed the Dance section of the Venice Biennale.

In 2013, he was awarded the title of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.