Performance
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International co-production
Emio Greco | Pieter C. Scholten and Roberto Zappalà

L.A.V.A.

An intensely physical and sonic dance experience of friction, tension, and underground currents.

L.A.V.A. is an intensely physical and sonic journey through a landscape of tension, friction and underground currents. Two leading voices in European dance, Emio Greco and Pieter C. Scholten from Amsterdam and Roberto Zappalà from Catania, Sicily, bring their choreographic worlds together in an international co-production of contrasts and force. Not a double bill, not a fusion, but a confrontation — a field of tension where difference sparks new movement.

The dance moves like lava: layered and unpredictable. Bodies collide, pulse, harden and break open again. The music is an autonomous force: assertive and independent. A sonic field of rhythmic tension and seismic vibration that challenges, supports and counteracts the choreography. L.A.V.A. shows how intensity emerges from difference. Not through harmony, but through friction. Not through distance, but through proximity. The audience finds itself at the heart of this eruption of movement and sound.

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Credits
Choreography Emio Greco | Pieter C. Scholten and Roberto Zappalà
Dancers Cast of 8/12 dancers from both companies — ICK Dans Amsterdam: Victor Callens, Payton St.John, Ricardo Vasquez Allen, William Philbert, Fiona Yau and Emma Shelly — Compagnia Zappalà Danza: Samuele Arisci, Loïc Ayme, Faile Sol Bakker, Anna Forzutti, Silvia Rossi and Alessandra Verona
Katia & Maurice Krafft Emma Tshitenge and Dante Gonzalez
Lighting design Pieter C. Scholten and Ulysse Fontaine
Costume design Clifford Portier
Sound design Salvador Breed
Technical team Sammy Torrisi and Bas van Der Gun
Rehearsal directors ICK Dans Amsterdam: Victor Swank / Campagnia Zappalà Danza: Fernando Roldán Ferrer
Coproduction ICK Dans Amsterdam (NL) and Scenario Pubblico / Compagnia Zappalà Danza (IT) and Teatro Stabile della Città di Catania (IT)
In collaboration with Meervaart, Amsterdam (NL), Julidans Festival, Amsterdam (NL) and Teatro di Napoli – Teatro Nazionale (IT)
Under the patronage of INGV National Institut of Geophysics and Volcanology
Supported by MiC Italian Ministry of Culture, Regione Siciliana, Amsterdam Funds for the Arts (AFK) and Performing Arts Fund NL (FPK)
Avant premiere (Site-specific) June 26, 2026 — Teatro Grande, Pompeii (Theatrum Mundi – IT)
Premiere July 3, 2026 — Meervaart, Amsterdam (Julidans 2026 – NL)
Partner Physiotherapy WIJS Gym & Fysio, Amsterdam

Tour dates

Thu 1 Oct
20:15

L.A.V.A.

Emio Greco | Pieter C. Scholten and Roberto Zappalà
SPOT / Stadsschouwburg
— Groningen NL
Performance
International co-production
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Fri 2 Oct
20:30

L.A.V.A.

Emio Greco | Pieter C. Scholten and Roberto Zappalà
Parktheater
— Eindhoven NL
Performance
International co-production
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Sat 3 Oct
20:15

L.A.V.A.

Emio Greco | Pieter C. Scholten and Roberto Zappalà
Amare
— Den Haag NL
Performance
International co-production
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Tue 6 Oct
20:15

L.A.V.A.

Emio Greco | Pieter C. Scholten and Roberto Zappalà
Theater de Veste
— Delft NL
Performance
International co-production
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Sat 10 Oct
20:00

L.A.V.A.

Emio Greco | Pieter C. Scholten and Roberto Zappalà
Stadsschouwburg
— Haarlem NL
Performance
International co-production
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