Aria Tango…Bolero – Open rehearsal

Unforgettable and unforgettable artist, Micha van Hoecke would have turned 80 on July 22, 2024, but he passed away in 2021, leaving the dance world stunned and in shock. A towering personality in Italian dance, where he had been living for over thirty years, Micha van Hoecke is undoubtedly one of the figures who has left a mark. He is missed. Missed by the many friends. Missed by those who could appreciate his extraordinary human and artistic qualities. Missed by the audience who followed his works, rich in sensitivity, with passion and interest.
A generous artist, who loved theater and dance deeply, to whom the Balletto di Milano dedicates this tribute on this special birthday by bringing back to the stage the creation Aria Tango. Restaged by his beloved wife, the dancer Miki Matsuse, Aria Tango (2013) is set to music by Oscar-winning composer Luis Bacalov. Strongly autobiographical, the Choreographic Poem, as Micha van Hoecke used to say, is deeply rooted in the tango and gypsy culture so dear to the choreographer, who, without any didactic intent and in an atemporal, surreal atmosphere, tells of moods, fears, passions, and emotions.

In the second part of the evening, the emotions of Tango give way to those of Bolero, in the exclusive version by Balletto di Milano of Adriana Mortelliti on the famous score by Maurice Ravel, celebrating seduction. In the musical and choreographic crescendo, sinuous bodies intertwine in a dance that culminates in a surprising finale.