Marcos Morau's Aterballetto Dances to Ennio Morricone at Romaeuropa Festival

Choreographer Marcos Morau, named Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture and Best Choreographer of 2023 by TANZ magazine, presents "Notte Morricone" with Aterballetto at the Romaeuropa Festival. The piece is danced entirely to the music of Ennio Morricone. Morau stated that Morricone's music makes "things that are not said, those that remain inside, sound" and that the composer would be happy to see his music emancipated from cinema to live in theater. The scene remains dark throughout, aiming not to surprise but to embrace the audience in shared memories. The set evokes a recording studio and a temporal journey. Dancers of Aterballetto, directed by Gigi Cristoforetti, had to abandon a physical body and become water, moving in a liquid, abstract dance that escapes categorization. The performance is described as the greatest homage to Morricone's music in dance history, with an international tour planned. The piece was performed at Teatro Argentina.