FOG Festival 2020 at Triennale Milano: 38 Events Across 14 Countries

festival-fair · 2026-04-27

The FOG performing arts festival at Triennale Milano is set to return in spring 2020, showcasing 38 events spanning nearly three months. This year's festival will feature contributions from 14 countries, including 10 world premieres, 10 national premieres, 5 productions, and 11 co-productions. Designed to be both 'strongly international and strongly Milanese,' the festival coincides with Milano Digital Week, miart, and MiArch Week. Collaborators include Teatro Franco Parenti and Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli. The program delves into topics such as democracy, totalitarianism, and the interplay between humanity and technology, with highlights like Laurie Anderson's VR installation 'To the Moon.' The festival will wrap up on June 4 with Radio Raheem performing at the Triennale Gardens.

Key facts

38 events over nearly three months in spring 2020
14 countries, 10 world premieres, 10 national premieres
5 productions and 11 co-productions
Opens during Milano Digital Week with Laurie Anderson and Hsin-Chien Huang's VR installation 'To the Moon'
Collaborations with Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Teatro Franco Parenti, ZONA K, AiEP, Combo, Instituto Cervantes, Nuovi Mecenati, Radio Raheem, Electropark
Themes include democracy, totalitarianism, gender, climate change, human-technology relations, legality
Trajal Harrell's 'Dancer of the year' presented for first time in Italy
Festival closes June 4 with Radio Raheem at Triennale Gardens

Entities

Artists

Laurie Anderson
Hsin-Chien Huang
Sara Leghissa
Ontroerend Goed
Trajal Harrell
Christodoulos Panayiotou
Barokthegreat
Igor&Moreno
Roberta Mosca
Canedicoda
Stefano Ghittoni
Tiberio Longoni
Michele di Stefano
Luigi De Angelis
Lorenzo Gleijeses
Stefan Kaegi
Romeo Castellucci
Éric Minh Cuong Castaing
Julian Hetzel
Ariella Vidach
Andrea Giomi
Martina Zena
Francesco Luzzana
Mara Oscar Cassiani
Sonia Brunelli
Rudol'f Nureev
Tatsumi Hijikata
Maria Paola Zedda
Stefano Boeri
Mammalian Diving Reflex
We Are Müesli
Collettivo Miami Safari
House of Oscar
Korper
CAMPO
Rimini Protokoll
Umberto Angelini
Yuri Ancarani
Alessandro Sciarroni
CollettivO CineticO
Deflorian/Tagliarini
Annamaria Ajmone
Camilla Monga
Chiara Bersani
Philippe Kratz
Virna Toppi
Boris Charmatz
Silvia Costa
Clèdat et Petitpierre
Trickster-p
Casino Royale
Vittorio Cosma
Flora Yin Wong
Daniel Veronese
David Foster Wallace
Paola Dubini
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Rudolf Nureyev
Panzetti/Ticconi
Industria Indipendente
madalena revesa
Marleen Scholten
Igor x Moreno
Marco d'Agostin
MINE
Carolina Bianchi
Pippa Bacca
Okwui Okpokwasili
Wayne McGregor
Marcos Morau
Gisèle Vienne
Marlene Monteiro Freitas
Ben Frost
Adriano Bolognino
Stefania Tansini
Alessandro Marzotto Levy
Marco Corsucci
Fabio Cherstich

Institutions

Triennale Milano
Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli
Teatro Franco Parenti
ZONA K
AiEP
Combo
Instituto Cervantes
Nuovi Mecenati
Radio Raheem
Electropark
Tanz Magazine
Artribune
Triennale Milano Teatro
Fondation Cartier
Fondazione Il Lazzaretto
Teatro Out Off
Spazio SERRA
La Biennale di Venezia
Dancehaus
FOG Triennale Milano Performing Arts
Palazzo dell'Arte
miart
Institut français Milano
Institut Cervantes
Fondazione Nuovi Mecenati
Casa degli Artisti
DiD Studio
PAC | Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea
Teatro Filodrammatici
Scomodo
PACTA dei Teatri
El Conde de Torrefiel
Agrupación Señor Serrano
(LA)HORDE
Ballet National di Marsiglia
Kor'sia
La Veronal
Dewey Dell
Kinkaleri
madalena reversa
Muta imago

Locations

Milan
Italy
Triennale Gardens
Syria
Chicago
Berlin
East Germany
Taiwan
Canada
Europe
Mars
United States
Argentina
France
Switzerland
Germany
Mali
Japan
United Kingdom
Iran
Cyprus
Spain
Austria
Parco Sempione
London
Palazzo dell'Arte
Giardino di Triennale
Brazil
Nigeria
Cape Verde
Catalonia
Marseille

Sources

Artribune — 2020-02-23
Artribune — 2021-05-12
Artribune — 2022-02-21
Artribune — 2024-01-27