The great dance festival conceived and commissioned by Etoile Roberto Bolle from 26 May to 2 June 2019 for the second year returns to Milano, turning it into a huge dance hall open to everyone: to fans, to those who want to experience this diverse world or to whom he simply wants to enjoy the show.
Four appointments at the Roberto Bolle and Friends Gala - with a parterre of the most brilliant talents on the international scene - at the Teatro degli Arcimboldi, where numerous classical and contemporary dance workshops are held by the young talents selected.
The Dance is the protagonist not only in the theatre but also in the squares and in the places of the city: shows, open class and contact improvisation, yoga, voguing, break dance and street dance with international masters, lessons at the bar and tango nightspots, smooth and swing.
Dances open with the Red Bull Dance Your Style at the Martesana Amphitheater, a Street dance competition where the public is the only judge.
The nights of OnDance light up at different rates and with various scenes. Among the 2019 novelties is the Liscio evening in the heart of the Barona with the Casadei Orchestra and the Swing evening in full prohibition style in the setting of the San Lorenzo Columns, where to launch into a wild Lindy Hop after the performance of professional dancers. After the incredible success of last season, Tango returns to the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, the most exclusive milonga in the city.
The free Final Show in Piazza Duomo closes OnDance 2019 with a great show of dance, music, unexpected guests: a gift that Roberto Bolle gives to the city that adopted it and launched as an international star.
"I have always dreamed of a big party of all the dances that spread from Milan to the whole country"
Roberto Bolle
For the complete programme or sign up for activities visit the official website.
Ticket information:
Free except for the show in theatres
Bolle's flagship - which is its protagonist and artistic director - performs together with the most brilliant talents of international dance in the four events of the Gala. From Wednesday 29 to Friday 31 May at 20:30, Saturday 1 June at 16:00.
The programme alternates pieces from the great classical tradition, steps to two and contemporary solos, to be appreciated both by enthusiasts and neophytes of the genre.
The unique format of challenge 1 vs 1, on the stage of the Anfiteatro Martesana will perform the best dancers in the various styles of Street Dance - Hip Hop, House, Locking, Popping, Vogueing and Waacking - improvising their performances on great pop hits, rock and funk selected by surprise by the deejay.
Presented by Philgood, B-Boy of the Bandits crew in Milano, the competition will have the public as its sole judge and the winner will be able to fly to Paris for the World Final.
At the end, music and dance will continue with a Block Party inside the Amphitheater.
On the night of May 30, the "living room of Milano" turns into the most exclusive and elegant milonga in the city for an evening of "baile social" which has now become cult, and which sees the professional Alice Gaini and Andrea Bassi among the hundreds of pairs of dancers.
The Columns of San Lorenzo under the stars in the style of the 30s at the Lindy Hop rhythm of the live music of the Hot Gravel Eskimos.
An exciting Swing evening anticipated by an open class to warm up or learn the basic steps.
Dress code: vintage 20s - 40s.
A calendar of lessons enriched with compared to the previous edition, with teachers all internationally accredited, to let the most people enjoy the beauty of outdoor dancing.
The choice of genres is vast, from 3 years upwards. White is a welcome dress code.
The free Final Show in Piazza Duomo closes OnDance 2019 with a great show of dance, music, unexpected guests: a gift that Roberto Bolle gives to the city that adopted it and launched as an international star.