Last movement of hope / II Chapter: Organi

Adriano Bolognino  (Italy)

21.07 | 22:15 | “Mikis Theodorakis” theatre

Adriano Bolognino (Naples, 1995) is a freelance choreographer supported by Körper, Orsolina28 Art Foundation, and Teatro Comunale Vicenza/Festival DanzaInRete. In 2026 he choreographed for the Opening Ceremony of the Milano/Cortina Winter Olympic Games, he won the Danza&Danza Award 2022 as Emergent Choreographer and in the 2024 again with the creation “La Duse”; the project Ravel/Into Us–Bruciare was selected as finalist for the Fedora Dance Prize 2025. He collaborates with companies and theaters like Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, MM Contemporary Dance Company, Zfin Malta National Company; his work is presented at international festivals including Aerowaves, Venice Biennale, Torino Danza, Triennale Milano, Belgrade Dance Festival, Bolzano Danza, Dance Days Chania, and many others.

“Maybe you’re an organ
that lives inside my body
because I feel you so
strongly within me.”

The Last Movement of Hope project is a larger framework that brings together micro-dances, each of which can exist as a short, standalone piece or be combined with others to form a longer performance.

It was born from the desire to explore and express the human experience through dance, in all its complexity: our relationships with ourselves and others, our fears, our struggles, and above all, the hope that drives us forward.

I imagine this work as a book — a container of different stories — where each chapter represents a moment of creative exploration, an emotion, an encounter, or a reflection. Each chapter can exist independently or in dialogue with the others, like a journey that embraces past, present, and future in a continuous search for meaning and answers.

The second chapter of this book, titled Organi (Organs), fits into this context. With this chapter, I want to explore the intimacy of the human body — its fragility and its strength — symbolized by the organs that inhabit and define us, yet so often remain elusive.

Choreography: Adriano Bolognino
Assistant choreographer: Rosaria Di Maro
Dancers: Cristina Roggerini, Laura Dell’Agnese
Music: Peter Gregson, Giuseppe Villarosa
Production: Körper – National Dance Production Center
With the support of:
– Centro Coreográfico Canal (Madrid)
– Teatro Comunale Città di Vicenza
– Orsolina 28 Art Foundation
– Tuscany Residency Center (Armunia – CapoTrave/Kilowatt)
– Municipality of Sansepolcro
– Movin’Up Spettacolo – Performing Arts 2024/2025, promoted by MIC Italian Ministry of Culture (Directorate-General for Performing Arts) and GAI (Association for the Circuit of Young Italian Artists), together with the Puglia Region – Puglia Culture and GA/ER.

21 July | 22:15 | “Mikis Theodorakis” theatre

Adriano Bolognino – Last movement of hope / II Chapter: Organi

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