About

SOLOCOREOGRAFICO
Solo Dance Festival

 

SOLOCOREOGRAFICO is the solo dance festival and award, founded by choreographer Raffaele Irace in 2014, dedicated to the choreographic composition for solo dancers.

The festival is held annually in four editions hosted by different European and international venues, including Torino (Italy), Frankfurt, Friedrichshafen (Germany) and Lyon (France).

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Each year, SOLOCOREOGRAFICO presents a selection of outstanding artists in the field of choreographic composition and dance, chosen through an international call and by invitation.

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The festival offers an important opportunity to foster artistic exchange among choreographers, dancers, critics, professionals, and audiences.

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What is a solo choreography? The solo is a particular composition that in addition to improve the technical and interpretive quality of the dancer, challenges the choreographer's creativity on a specific work based on a single performer.​

The dancer during the solo may embody the human in front of itself, the individual in front of the society, the human who faces his personal challenge, a journey inward and transcendent at the same time.
 

During the festival the dancers and choreographers receive differetn artistic awards.​ A Jury of professionals in the field of dance and the audience will awards two prizes: Solocoreografico Award "Best Creation" and Solocoreografico Award "Best Performance". The audience will assign the  "Audience Award".​

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Starting 2022 the festival has developed two different areas together with the main program: the Solocoreografico YOUTH Dance Program, to support young dancers from the age of 12 to 18+ dance students, and the Solocoreografico DANCING SCREENS - Film Night dedicated to short dance films presentation.
Starting 2026 two new important sections will be included in the program, Solocoreografico CREATIVE, an intense one week choreographic research program, and Solocoreografico TALK - Panel Discussion.

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The festival has four editions during the year:

 

• SOLOCOREOGRAFICO - Torino, Italy
- since 2014 -

organised by
Associazione COORPI

supported by

Fondazione Compagnia di Sanpaolo

Fondazione Banca CRT

Comune di Torino

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• SOLOCOREOGRAFICO - Frankfurt, Germany
- since 2018 -

organised by
Freigetanzt e.V. - Frankfurt

in collaboration with
Gallus Theater - Frankfurt

supported by

Kulturamt Stadt Frankfurt am Main
Amt für multikulturelle Angelegenheiten Stadt Frankfurt am Main

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• SOLOCOREOGRAFICO - Friedrichshafen, Germany

- since 2022 -

organised by
Freigetanzt e.V. - Frankfurt

in collaboration with

Norddeutsche Konzertdirektion - Melsine Grevesmühl GmbHTheater Theater Bahnhof Fischbach

supported by

Kulturbüro Friedrichshafen

 

• SOLOCOREOGRAFICO - Lyon, France
- since 2024 -

organised by

Raffaele Irace / C.ie Hallet-Eghayan | Artistes Associés

in collaboration with

Théâtre-studio aux Échappées Belles

supported by

Raffaele Irace / C.ie Hallet-Eghayan | Artistes Associés​

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Founder | Artistic & Managing director: Raffale Irace
Production manager & Social Media: Valeria Palma
Production & Festival assistant: Davide Degano

Technic: Gallus Theater, Frankfurt | Teatro Café Müller, Torino | Théâtre-studio aux Échappées Belles, Lyon | Theater Bahnhof Fischbach, Friedrichshafen.

Funding coordination: Raffaele Irace, Thomas Seidel, Lucia De Rienzo

Festival operations: Lars Aulerich, Carla Wolff, Mariapaola Ventura, Franziska Klimas, Aleksandrs Baldiskins

Festival photographer: Maciej Rusinek, Andrea Macchia
Videographer: Sonja Sandvoss

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Festival partners are:
Fondazione blucinQue - Torino
Berlin - LUCKY TRIMMER
Jerusalem - MASH Dance Festival
Ankara - Solo Contemporary Dance Festival

Singapore - Odyssey Dance Theater International
Hannover - International Choreographic Competition

Festival Quinzena de Danca de Almada - Portugal

OPUS Festival for young dance creators - Slovenia
MASDanza Festival - Las Palmas
IAIP International Art Information Platform - Beijing
Mal Seh'n Kino movie theatre Frankfurt

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