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VeniceHeaven Is Ours / O Céu É Nosso — Baloeiros PerformanceWorld premiere

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Coverdale, Haino
Kara-Lis Coverdale; Sarah Davachi; Keiji Haino

VeniceHeaven Is Ours / O Céu É Nosso — Sound Installation

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Sissel Morell Dargis; Adriano Rosselli; Unknown
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WINNDance: Scirocco – a fitting finale to the Biennale Danza 2026

WINNDance Company in Death in Venice © Andrea Avezzù, Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia
WINNDance is an exciting and much-needed initiative, with ambitious plans for artistic collaboration and education, and a commitment to creating new possibilities for dancers at different stages of their careers.
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Invisible and Just Between Me and Jesus miss the point in Venice

Invisible by Andrea Salustri © Cosmin Cirstea
Two new works at Biennale Danza failed to ignite any real interest. A lack of any dance content or truly original ideas left a few gaping holes.
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Biennale Danza: Fampitaha, fampita, fampitàna and The Herd/Less

Fampitaha, fampita, fampitàna by Soa Ratsifandrihana © Harilay Rabenjamina
Two exceptional works, Fampitaha, fampita, fampitàna and The Herd/Less provide an explosive opening to this year's Biennale Danza in Venice.
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Back in the spotlight: Bru Zane gives women composers chance to shine

Augusta Holmès’ La Montagne noire at Oper Dortmund © Björn Hickmann (2024)
With significant works by Louise Farrenc, Augusta Holmès and Clémence de Grandval – including two grand operas – Palazzetto Bru Zane is pioneering rediscovery of French music of the 19th century. 

Teatro La Fenice cancels performance in protest over new director

Beatrice Venezi at a Frattelli d’Italia event in May 2022 © LaPresse (2022)
Musicians at the Venice opera house have erupted in protest over the allegedly politically motivated appointment of Beatrice Venezi, a former advisor to Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing government.

Death by omelette: uncovering the lost Bizet

Palazzetto Bru Zane’s staging of Carmen © Marion Kerno
Musicologist Alexandre Dratwicki talks about Palazzetto Bru Zane’s cycle of Georges Bizet performances, of rare works and historical stagings, continuing throughout this year across Europe and Asia.