What is love born from? What is performance born from? Where do images and sounds come from? What comes out of it? 

Undoubtedly surprises, and that's what we expect from contemporary dance.

What exists before light is born, before creation takes form?

What gives rise to the first glimmer that cuts through the unknown? Where do echoes, images and murmurs emerge from—shaping a world not yet seen?

What lies before the first spark? And what if the search for a source revealed not an end, but the beginning of many journeys—each discovery opening new paths?

And I keep wondering—where does wonder itself begin? Where do the unseen worlds take root?

SIMONE SANDRONI is an Italian choreographer and director. In 1987, he became a founding member of the Brussels-based company Ultima Vez, with which he collaborated until 1992. In 1993, he founded his own company Ernesto in Brussels. In 1996, together with Lenka Flory, he established the international dance group Déjà Donné in Prague, which regularly performs across Europe, North America, and Asia.

In addition to his own productions, Sandroni has created numerous works for festivals, independent artists, and schools in Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Slovenia (e.g., Bayerisches Staatsballett Munich, National Theatre Prague, Tanztheater Bielefeld, Festival de Beweeging Antwerp, Theater Varia Brussels, Sosta Palmizi Italy, Duncan Centre Conservatory Prague, VŠMU Bratislava, Four Chambers Dance Projects Toronto, Luzerntanz at Luzernertheater, En-Knap Group Ljubljana).

From 2015 to 2022, he was the principal choreographer and artistic director of the Bielefeld Theatre Dance Company in Germany. He also served as resident choreographer at the Bavarian State Opera from 2008 to 2016, and at the Luzernertheater in Switzerland from 1999 to 2002.

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