Made in Switzerland: St.Gallen Dance Company and Bern Ballett join forces and go on tour together. The programme includes two new dance pieces specially created for the two ensembles by up-and-coming choreographers who have found a new home in Switzerland.
In «Vanishing Point», Rachelle Anaïs Scott creates a choreographic echo to the question: ‘If you could do it all over again, would you...?’ The choreography plays with scraps of memory that seem to be woven into the dancers’ bodies. These become projection screens for repetitive moments: great emotions meet intimate experiences – fragile and intense at the same time.
Marioenrico D'Angelo’s play «Night Shining Clouds» focuses on the human need to belong: can we feel part of something bigger than ourselves or are we just looking for ways to fit in?
The choreography explores this elusive feeling in a poetic way, inviting the audience to experience each moment as it unfolds.
«Twi/light» is a unique opportunity to experience two Swiss dance companies in one evening. Behind this is the NEXT STEPS initiative: Migros Culture Percentage Dance Festival Steps, Bern Ballet and St.Gallen Dance Company support contemporary choreographic work in Switzerland with this funding initiative.
Simply put: St.Gallen Dance Company and Bern Ballett are on tour together. They are showing two new pieces. The choreographers live in Switzerland. The choreography by Marioenrico D'Angelo looks at the topic of transformation. The starting point for Rachelle Anaïs Scott is the question: ‘If you could do it all over again, would you...?’ It’s all about memories.
Info
Programm: «Vanishing Point» by St.Gallen Dance Company / «Night Shining Clouds» by Bern Ballett
«Vanishing Point»
Duration: 40 minutes
Spoken language: none
Age reccoendation: 12+
Content warning: none
World premiere: 19.9.2025, Lokremise St. Gallen
Further information: konzertundtheater.ch
«Night Shining Clouds»
Duration: 36 minutes
Spoken language: none
Age reccomendation: 12+
Content warning: none
World premiere: 26.4.2025, Stadttheater Bern
Further information: buehnenbern.ch
Break between the performances: 20 minutes
Credits
«Vanishing Point»
Choreography: Rachelle Anaïs Scott
Artistic direction: Frank Fannar Pedersen
Performers: Baptiste Berrin, Guang-Xuan Chen, Minghao Zhao, Mitch Harvey, Coko De Windt, Ifigenia Toumpeki
Stage design: Lukas Marian
Costume design: Mikaela Kelly
Lighting design: Lukas Marian
Music: Davidson Jaconello
Dramaturgy: Lisa Leopold
Rehearsal director: Sandra Klimek
Production: St.Gallen Dance Company
«Night Shining Clouds»
Choreography: Marioenrico D'Angelo
Artistic direction: Isabelle Bischof
Performers:
Cast Bern/Solothurn/Biel/Bellinzona: Andrey Alves, Indar Carmona Viñas, Mari Ishida, Alfredo Napoletano, Luccio Navarro, Marieke Monquil, Saskya Pauzé-Bégin
Cast Basel: Andrey Alves, Léonard Blondel, Indar Carmona Viñas, Alfredo Napoletano, Mari Ishida, Marieke Monquil, Saskya Pauzé-Bégin
Cast Steckborn/St.Gallen: Andrey Alves, Léonard Blondel, Edoardo Deodati, Lara Fransen, Sara de Greef, Toshitaka Nakamura, Alma Mandil
Stage design: Verena Hemmerlein
Costume design: Irina Shaposhnikova
Lighting design: Marco Policastro
Music: Sara Davachi, Leonard Bernstein, Dylan Henner, Laura Nyro, Federico Durand, Jan Miserre, Oren Ambarchi, Bette Middler, Gino Paoli
Dramaturgy: Isabelle Bischof, Bettina Fischer
Rehearsal director: Christine Ceconello
Production: Bern Ballett
Rachelle Anaïs Scott
Rachelle Anaïs Scott is one of the most exciting new choreographic voices in Switzerland. The French-American artist lives and works in Basel. Her work – influenced by movement, image and emotion – has been supported by renowned festivals, residencies and cultural institutions throughout Europe. In 2025/26 she will be creating for the first time for the St.Gallen Dance Company and Bern Ballet as part of NEXT STEPS. Picture © Christian Knörr
Marioenrico D'Angelo
Marioenrico D'Angelo is an up-and-coming choreographer with international appeal. Based in Bern, the Italian recently created pieces for the Daegu City Dance Company from South Korea and the MiR Dance Company in Gelsenkirchen, amongst others. In 2025, he opened the NEXT STEPS cycle with a production for Bern Ballet. In 2026/27, he will be a guest of the St.Gallen Dance Company for the first time. Picture © Yaiza Davilla Gomez
