Elena Francalanci: Lento Violento – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin
Elena Francalanci:
Lento Violento
Lento Violento begins with liscio, the traditional Italian couple’s dance, using its swaying rhythms and sliding repetitions for exploring delay, tension and endurance. The lento waltz becomes a slowed-down study of suspension, where movement stretches toward its own breaking point.
Inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, the performance moves between darkness and light, impulse and restraint, revealing the emotional charge of what remains hidden – what can be sensed but not fully seen. Two performers navigate spirals, turns, unison, and solitude, building a physical dialogue of closeness and fatigue. The body becomes an instrument that sweats and trembles, suspended between pleasure and pain. The devil appears as icon and metaphor, a playful yet unsettling figure that destabilizes notions of good and evil, seduction and fear. Lento Violento reflects on endurance as a poetic state, a dance that resists resolution and lingers in desire.
The information on accessibility is still in progress and will be updated as soon as possible. If any questions remain unanswered until then, please feel free to contact the communication department at barrierefreiheit@sophiensaele.com or 030 27 89 00 35. Please note that details may change by the day of the event. Therefore, if you find out after you have purchased your ticket that the performance is no longer accessible to you, you can contact us for a ticket return at ticketing@sophiensaele.com or 030 27 89 00 45 until 5 business days after the event (Monday through Friday between 10am and 6pm).
Early boarding
If, for artistic reasons, the door to the auditorium does not open until very shortly before the performance begins, there is the option of early boarding.
Tickets
- Reservations can be made via the ticket telephone at 030 283 52 66, Monday to Friday from 4pm-6pm
- Via the online ticket shop
- At the box office
You can also find more information about accessibility at the house here.
Choreography, dance: Elena Francalanci
Dance: Ewa Dziarnowska
Music: Andrea Bambini
Set design: Andrea Belosi
Dramaturgical support: Polina Fenko
Outside eye: Virginia Valeri, Chiara Bartl-Salvi
A production by Elena Francalanci in co-production with Sophiensæle. The 35th Tanztage Berlin is a production of Sophiensæle. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. With the kind support of Tanzfabrik Berlin e.V., Theaterhaus Berlin and HZT Berlin. Media partners: Berlin Art Link, Missy Magazine, Rausgegangen, Siegessäule, taz.
Elena Francalanci is an Italian artist and choreographer based in Berlin. She studied classical ballet and modern dance in Balletto di Toscana in Florence and started her professional career in dance companies and theatre productions such as Balletto Teatro di Torino and others. Francalanci’s work is rooted in her background in classical ballet and postmodern dance, which she intertwines with the visual arts. She is interested in the emotional state of the body and in gestures tied to specific spaces and memories. Her approach starts from personal stories, which mirrors her performances combining classical and theatrical elements with present-day references, including nods to pop culture. Her work was shown in CRIPTA 747 (2025), Berlin Art Week (2025), Silent Green (2025), ACUD Galerie (2025), CTM-Vorspiel (2024), Atelier Gardens (2024), Art Biesenthal/Wehrmuehle (2024), Traklhaus Salzburg (2024), Schaubühne Leipzig (2023), Kleinehumboldtgalerie (2023), Garage Gallery Prague (2023) and other venues. From 2023 Elena is the co-founder and curator of the curatorial project MOLT, Berlin.
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