Leipzig

Both artists are young, both very talented — yet Leipzig’s ballet director Rémy Fichet takes a risk when he entrusts Sofia Nappi and Louis Stiens with an entire evening. The result, however, is convincing, because they each unpack completely different choreographic instruments. Nappi, who hasn't disappeared from the radar since her German debut with her own company at the Stuttgart Colours Festival in 2020, uses Clara Schumann's only piano concerto as the catalyst for a stormy dance ode: Duende unleashes creative chaos and shatters any relationship structure. Arms leap up like hurricane-force gusts of wind, only to immediately vanish into the darkness again. Legs are planted wide apart until a spin or leap takes over the entire body. Solos, duos and tutti reflect the human condition ...