Dear Son
Choreographers and dancers Simone Repele and Sasha Riva build a story of love, hope and memory.
- 26 mars 2026 Belgrade Dance Festival — Belgrade, SRB
- 30 juin 2026 Theaterverein — Fürstenfeldbruck, DE
- 16 juillet 2026 Staatstheater — Karlsruhe, DE
Using dance as a medium, this artistic experience invites the audience to reflect on the fragility of life. In a contemporary society marked by the persistence of war and its consequences, the aim is to create a space for reflection where love and memory transcend death. A piece that goes beyond words, showing the complexity of emotions related to both personal and universal experiences. The dancers illustrate the unconditional love that exists between a parent and their child, raising awareness about the impact of the realities of war on current and future generations.
Bio
Riva & Repele Balletto is an artistic association founded by Simone Repele and Sasha Riva in Geneva in 2020. Very quickly, they felt the need to express themselves in an original and creative way by collaborating together. Sasha and Simone's choreographic works are rooted in a strong, sensitive and poetic theatrical aspect; stylized images are bound together by a neoclassical, contemporary vocabulary and powerful gestures. In Italy they collaborate with the dance agency Daniele Cipriani Entertainment. Defined as the « Poets of Dance », they presented their first full-length ballet « Lili Elbe Show », performed in Switzerland, Spain and Italy in 2022/23. In 2021 they were the only foreign company selected by Centro Coreográfico Canal in Madrid, and were programmed by the Festival Madrid en Danza. In 2023 they did a residency at Orsolina 28 to create « Dear Son, ». They presented « La Jeune Fille et Les Morts » at the Noverre Gesellschaft 2022, the choreographic platform of the Stuttgart Ballet, which included their choreography in its repertoire for 2024/2025. Since 2022 they collaborate with director Damiano Michieletto, creating Bernstein's opera « Mass » for the Rome Opera. Their future projects include creations for the Ballet of Rome Opera, the Ballet of Teatro Massimo Palermo, the Stuttgart Ballet and the Augsburg Ballet.