UPCOMING
14 August 2026
SOUL BITES
Roode Bioscoop, Haarlemmerplein 7, Amsterdam
19:00 – Doors open & garden bites
20:00 – Performance begins
An inspiring evening of dance, music, poetry, text and gardening in spicy, instant-composed duets.
With: Manuela Lucia Tessi, Renske Velthuis, Maria Mavridou, Alfredo Genovesi, Tiia Veneranta, Jonathan Nagel and Weijke Koopmans.
Part of CASCO Carte Blanche Series 2.
Tickets: Reserve by email: weijke@weijkekoopmans.nl
21–22 August 2026
Sublime Escapades
OT301 – Ventilator Cinema, Overtoom 301, Amsterdam
20:00
Tickets: €10
A multidisciplinary real-time composition performance created during the six-day Summer Course Amsterdam.
The performers embrace collaboration, unpredictability and experimentation, inviting audiences to engage with all their senses, histories and perspectives. Expect playfulness, diversity, curiosity and artistic risk.
27 August 2026
Stirring Summer Embers
De Tanker, Nieuwe Leeuwarderweg 15, 1022 BN Amsterdam
Doors: 20:00
Performance: 20:30
An evening of real-time composed music and dance.
Entrance: Sliding scale €8–15
With: Annarita Ricciardi (dance), Omer Sigler (electric guitar), Alfredo Genovesi (electric guitar & electronics), Manuela Lucia Tessi (dance), Yesica Diaz (dance), Izabela Pacewicz (dance), Assi Weitz (percussion & electronics), and Maria Luisa Pizzighella (percussion & electronics).
1 September 2026
An Evening of Improvised Music and Dance
Jazzcafé Zaal 100, Amsterdam
An evening dedicated to improvised music and dance.
With: Ada Rave (saxophone), Annarita Ricciardi (dance), Katerina Dietzova (dance), Manuela Lucia Tessi (dance), and musicians to be announced.
27 September 2026
Koro Koro
TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht
A performance for babies (6–18 months).
Directed by: Makiko Ito
Performed by: Makiko Ito and Manuela Lucia Tessi
Music: Alan “Gunga” Purves (percussion), Kristján Martinsson (accordion & vocals)
More information: https://www.tivolivredenburg.nl/agenda/79519866/koro-koro-05-27-09-2026
17 October 2026
Music & Dance – Real-Time Composition Night
De Tanker, Nieuwe Leeuwarderweg 15, 1022 BN Amsterdam
Doors: 20:00
Performance: 20:30
Entrance: Sliding scale €8–15
With: Vintani Nafassi (mbira, adungu, djembe, voice & dance), Manuela Lucia Tessi (dance), and guest artists to be announced.
18 October 2026
Flow and Fire
Teatro Munganga, Amsterdam
11:00
A music and dance performance for children and families.
With: Vintani Nafassi and Manuela Lucia Tessi.
More information: https://munganga.nl/programma/sun-18-oct-2026-1100-flow-and-fire-muziek-en-dansvoorstelling-door-vintani-nafassi-en-manuela-lucia-tessi
21 November – 5 December 2026
MusicDance Cape Town – 9th Edition
Theatre Arts, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa
An international performance residency culminating in six public performances.
Co-directed by: Coila-Leah Enderstein and Manuela Lucia Tessi.
With: lighting designer Frans Mandilakhe Zunguze, musicians Garth Erasmus and Matteo Ringas, performers Kayla van der Merwe and Gemma Paton, with additional artists to be announced.
More information: https://musicdance.net/cape-town/
Agenda
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