Upcoming
14 August 2026
Soul Bites
Roode Bioscoop, Amsterdam
An evening of dance, music, poetry, text and gardening in instant-composed duets with Manuela Tessi, Renske Velthuis, Maria Mavridou, Alfredo Genovesi, Tiia Veneranta, Jonathan Nagel and Weijke Koopmans.
19:00 Garden bites 20:00 Performance
Part of the CASCO Carte Blanche Series 2.
Reservations: weijke@weijkekoopmans.nl
21–22 August 2026
Sublime Escapades
Ventilator Cinema, OT301, Amsterdam
A multidisciplinary real-time composition performance created during the Summer Course Amsterdam. Expect playfulness, experimentation, diversity and risk.
Friday 21 and Saturday 22
20:00 Tickets: €10
27 August 2026
Stirring Summer Embers
De Tanker, Amsterdam Noord
A real-time composed evening of music and dance.
Performers
Annarita Ricciardi • Omer Sigler • Alfredo Genovesi • Manuela Lucia Tessi • Yesica Diaz • Izabela Pacewicz • Assi Weitz • Maria Luisa Pizzighella
Doors: 20:00 Performance: 20:30 Entrance: €8–15 (sliding scale)
1 September 2026
An Evening of Improvised Music and Dance
Jazzcafé Zaal 100, Amsterdam
With Ada Rave, Annarita Ricciardi, Katerina Dietzova, Manuela Lucia Tessi and guest musicians.
27 September 2026
Koro Koro
TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht
A performance for babies (6–18 months).
Directed by Makiko Ito with Makiko Ito, Manuela Tessi, Alan Gunga Purves and Kristján Martinsson.
17 October 2026
Real-Time Composed Music & Dance Night
De Tanker, Amsterdam Noord
Featuring Vintani Nafassi and Manuela Lucia Tessi with guest artists.
Doors: 20:00 Performance: 20:30 Entrance: €8–15 (sliding scale)
18 October 2026
Flow and Fire
Teatro Munganga, Amsterdam
A music and dance performance for children and families by Vintani Nafassi and Manuela Lucia Tessi.
11:00
21 November – 5 December 2026
MusicDance Cape Town – 9th Edition
Theatre Arts, Observatory, Cape Town
An international performance residency co-directed by Coila-Leah Enderstein and Manuela Lucia Tessi, culminating in six public performances.
Past
12 March 2026
Shhh! The Touch of Sound — Première
Festival Visioni, Bologna
Official première of the performance for children (ages 2–5), created and performed by Ilaria Carlucci and Manuela Tessi.
12–15 March 2026
DDD – Delivering Distillations of Dissent
Nasca il Teatro, Lecce
Festival performances including a duo with Mauro Tre and a collective improvisation with festival artists.
22 March 2026
What the Cold Couldn’t Keep
De Tanker, Amsterdam
Real-time composed performance with Coila-Leah Enderstein, Tiia Veneranta, Maria Mavridou, Jonathan Nagel, Camille Verhaak, Maya Felixbrot and Manuela Lucia Tessi.
4 April 2026
The #30 Performance Series
K77 Studio, Berlin
An evening of improvised duos curated by Mariangela Tinelli.
10 April 2026
Chi Parte, Quando e Come
4bid Gallery, OT301, Amsterdam
Real-time composed music and dance performance.
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27–28 April 2026
Shhh! The Touch of Sound
Festival Little Ladies, Little Gentlemen, Ankara
Performance for children exploring the relationship between movement and sound.
13 May 2026
Improvised & Experimental No. 277
Hošek Contemporary, Berlin
Improvised performances with dancers and musicians.
14 May 2026
Musiktanznulldreissig Performance Night
Club der Polnischen Versager, Berlin
An evening of improvised music and dance.
27 May 2026
Singashore
OT301 Studios, Amsterdam
A performance by Collettivo Nebulæ.
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collettivo_nebulae/
26 June 2026
transFROMation
Conservatory of Schwerin
An ad hoc artists’ collective performance in the KON-takte series.
27 June 2026
ad hoc – Instant Compositions
Musikwerkstatt, Rostock
An evening of improvised music and dance.
30 June 2026
Movement Academy OT301 – Final Presentation
OT301, Amsterdam
End-of-season presentation celebrating a year of movement practice.
Manuela Lucia Tessi 