SMOKING ROOMS
di mk / Michele Di Stefano
Type events
Start date 28.08.2026 - 19:00
Days friday
The performance evokes the suspended atmosphere of places where bodies are summoned into a forced proximity: a waiting room, an antechamber, the backstage of a theater. What emerges is a complex and fragile environment, the result of layered agreements and symbioses, a kind of coral reef that resolves its own fragility moment by moment.
Event with two performances: 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM
Preview performance
The mk group, led by Michele Di Stefano, has been working in choreography and performance since 2000, revolving around a core of shared, cross-disciplinary projects. Di Stefano received the Silver Lion for innovation in dance at the Venice Biennale (2014) and the 2019 UBU Award for Bermudas_forever. His creations explore ever-changing performative formats and devices, from the rehearsal room to urban spaces.
With: Biagio Caravano, Sebastiano Geronimo, Luciano Ariel Lanza, Flora Orciari, Laura Scarpini, Francesca Ugolini
Choreography: Michele Di Stefano
Original music: Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch
Non-original music: from R. Strauss, Vier Letzte Lieder – Im Abendrot
Lighting design: Giulia Broggi
Management: Carlotta Garlanda with Silvia Parlani
Distribution: Jean François Mathieu
Media: Simona Tedeschini
Co-production: mk / KLm 2026, Torinodanza Festival / Teatro Stabile di Torino – Teatro Nazionale
With the support of: Bassano OperaEstate and Triennale Milano
With the support of: Centro di Residenza della Toscana (Armunia – CapoTrave/Kilowatt), Comune di Sansepolcro, Angelo Mai, A.T.C.L. Circuito multidisciplinare del Lazio, Centro Nazionale di produzione della danza Cango / Firenze
With the contribution of: Regione Lazio e Ministero della Cultura
Event with two performances: 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM
tickets*
full price €10,oo
reduced price €7,00
special ticket Smoking Rooms + Isaac Julien – Museum Dreams €16,00
*tickets on sale from 29/07
