Dancer and filmmaker Eman Hussein invites us to rethink the relationship with our bodies in relation to the spaces around us in a surprising attempt to communicate and find a connection with the city from a new point of view.

A groundbreaking and fascinating performance that combines different styles of hip-hop and contemporary dance, including choreography and improvisation.

Inscribed in the world of gaming, the performance On vous voit question the projection of stereotypes and their consequences for people whose identities are essentialized.

Fuga is a performance based on running, which becomes a metaphor for a paradoxical existential condition: that of those who move while remaining stationary, fleeing from themselves and their contingencies, in search of an ever elusive wellbeing.

Combining pre-and post-colonial Latin rhythms with avant-garde jazz, art punk, post-rock, cumbia, and electronics, creating an original and universal sound, Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti and Frank Rosaly present MESTIZX (International Anthem), their debut album, released in May 2024.

On the occasion of the eighth edition of FOG, the artists featured in the opening night will dialogue with Francesca Pedroni, dance critic and expert.

Swiss choreographer Cindy Van Acker’s fascinating new project is inspired by the works of Flemish painter Leon Spilliaert: a duet that reveals theater in its essence: the search for a sense of the ephemeral, which is the true strength of a live performance.

Choreographer Cindy Van Acker leads a workshop dedicated to the fundamental aspects of her artistic research.

A mysterious and surprising organ concert, an anatomical lesson subverted, an act of rebellion against the medicalization of female and marginalized bodies.

What does it mean to be a dancer when dancing is forbidden? Starting with these questions, Iranian playwright Nasim Ahmadpour and director Ali Asghar Dashti present a love letter to theater.

Director and playwright Nasim Ahmadpour leads a workshop dedicated to dramaturgy, based on work experiences in the Don Quixote group and other Iranian theater directors.

A triptych of works choreographed by Marcos Morau, Marne Van Opstal and Rachid Ouramdane: a journey that will transport us into a universe of passion and beauty shaped by the inventive language of movement.

The dance of death – the forefather of all raves – returns to make us question who we are and where we are going, in a euphoric and cathartic spiritualist seance that celebrates the fragility of life.

A tactile visit dedicated to the sets and a poetic audio description are scheduled for individuals with visual disabilities.

The music permeates three adjacent rooms of the GAM, which vary in size, color, and acoustic characteristics, following the spatial suggestions of each interior in a generative transformation.

The spaces of the Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea in Milan host a pure listening project by composer, sound designer, and musician Teho Teardo.

Songs for no one is a portrait of a hidden society and allows otherwise invisible stories to emerge: dialogues, poems, and songs are interwoven on stage in an evocative solo based on a series of telephone conversations with the children.

The performance goes back to the primary structure of Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, inviting us to reflect on the need and urgency for radical social, spiritual, and political acts to heal the crisis between humans and nature. 

Riccardo Giovinetto presents an audiovisual performance at FOG that overlays the sounds of polyphonic choirs with electronic music compositions, breaking down samples of Renaissance paintings into a stream of images that are transformed by sound.

A group of children reflect on family history, first love, and first encounters with death, desires for the future and fears related to the end of the world that we all share. A short history of theater and a school of life as cruel as it is poetic.

A journey that crosses boundaries, musical styles, aesthetics, and cultures, Inner Spaces embraces the sound spectrums of multiple sound languages. Abandonment and immersion are at the heart of this concert and the unique audience experience.

In the hallucinatory simultaneity of the lights, shadows, sounds and moving bodies of a rave party, the artist outlines a series of fascinating and deeply human portraits, focusing on the emotional experience—rather than the actual experience—of time.

Among the most groundbreaking artists of our time, Gisèle Vienne is in conversation with known worldwide director and set, lighting and costume designer Romeo Castellucci.

Waltz is the encounter between the joy of the classical waltz and the ritual gesture that sculpts space, combining gracefulness and discipline: a whirlwind of euphoria and freedom that pulses in a rigorous flow.

Weaving links between two seemingly distant cultures, Trajal Harrell breathes life into a journey through the history of contemporary dance that makes the body the center of collective memory.

One of the most interesting directors of the new generation, Lazić works on taboos, family relationships and understanding one’s sexual identity with delicacy and brilliant humor.

A workshop dedicated to the process of transforming a personal story into material for drama and theater.

What do you take with you when you migrate? A multimedia geographic map that traces a narrative and sensory journey through memories with a poetic vein of delicate beauty.

Turkish artist Begüm Erciyas investigates the transformations of our relationship with touch throughout history—from manual labor to digital, from the past to the future—in order to rethink and rediscover the sense of touch and contact.

A new collaboration featuring Pulitzer Prize and two Grammy Award-winning composer and musician extraordinaire Caroline Shaw, and dynamic multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Danni Lee Parpan. An intense and surprising concert in which the music explores the spaces between different genres, challenging their boundaries and languages.

RI TE stems from the encounter between two seemingly distant worlds, united by rhythm and the ability to combine tension with fiery expressiveness: a moment of pure joy and humor, using only body language, in the surprise of improvisation and mutual discovery.

On the occasion of the performance RI TE, Israel Galván leads a workshop aimed at professional dancers, beginners, or anyone simply curious about approaching dance.

In this work, the two artists question the distinction between dance and music, sound and body, exploring the creative possibilities that can arise from these two elements listening to each other.

Claudia Castellucci’s choreographic and philosophical research grapples with the dimension of the desert, where the extreme lack of materials and relationships pushes dance to consider only what one has: oneself, as the only—first and last—instrument.

A project that stems from the discovery of a word from ancient Greek and its etymology: Hasapikos, which literally means butchers’ dance.

Inspired by the common expression “to eat with the eyes,” Eat me began as a reflection on the representation of female bodies in the visual arts and on the consumption of images.

After twenty years Raffaella Giordano turned to young choreographer and author Stefania Tansini to re-interpret one of her most mysterious and elusive solos, Tu non mi perderai mai, inspired by the Hebrew text of the Song of Songs.

By hybridizing Western classical music and dance with traditional South African songs, the performance tells deeply personal stories that challenge racial prejudices and gender norms with joy, urgency, and great sensitivity.

On the occasion of the performance HATCHED ENSEMBLE, coreographer Mamela Nyamza leads a workshop aimed at exploring dynamic ways of communication, using simple physical movements to create sound through gesture.

Omar Rajeh, a leading figure on the contemporary dance scene in Lebanon and the Arab world, leads us into his autobiographical universe, making dance an act of aggregation and shared experience.

An intensive two-day workshop for performing arts professionals led by author and director Mario Banushi. In his works, on the border between theater and visual arts, pain and memory are intertwined with balkan traditions, through the intimacy of storytelling. 

FOG and Ariella Vidach, artistic director of the company AiEP, create a project specifically devised for public spaces, offering an opportunity to research the city’s landscape and its relationship with technology.

The eighth edition of FOG concludes with a concert by Pakistani singer, composer, and producer Arooj Aftab, winner in the Best Global Music Performance category with Mohabbat at the 2022 Grammy Awards.