Feb 11 2026 to Feb 11 2026 7:30 p.m.

Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

“The distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.” — Albert Einstein

A woman sits at a table. A lamp flickers. And between the two of them, an entire inner world comes alive.

Who manipulates whom?

What follows is a quiet, unsettling dance between light and shadow, memory and imagination. A dialogue played out without words between a performer and a lamp that refuses to stay in its place. One dominates. Then the other. The rules keep shifting, and the audience is never quite sure who is in control.

Through dance and puppetry, LONO offers a reflection on the stories we tell ourselves about who we are. What remains is not stillness but a restless balance: the soul caught somewhere between what was and what is yet to come.

Please note: Strictly no entry once the program has begun.

Presented by:
         
Perfomers

Sara Angius
Dancer & Choreographer
Sara Angius is a contemporary dancer and choreographer based in Braunschweig (DE) since 2013. She is part of the management team of TANZKOOP, a cooperative of dance artists founded in 2022 to sustainably stabilise the production and working structures of the independent dance scene in Braunschweig and Lower Saxony. After joining the permanent company of the Staatstheater Braunschweig, she danced in various companies in the international independent scene, including the Xie Xin Dance Theatre (Shanghai, China) and with James Thierrée, and developed her work by establishing herself in the independent scene and as a guest at various permanent theatres in Germany, including Stadttheater Gießen, Theater der Jungen Welt Leipzig, Theater Hameln, and Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf.

Sara Angius has received awards for her own short choreographies at various international competitions, including the 17th International Solo Dance_Theatre Festival Stuttgart 2013 and the International Choreography Competition Hanover.

Her research has developed in a multidisciplinary direction, incorporating puppetry, object manipulation, and illusion into her choreographic language.

Stefano Roveda
Dancer
After graduating in Media Studies at the University of Milan with a focus on live performance, Stefano Roveda was selected for the Arsenale della Danza training program of the Venice Biennale, where he studied with some of the most creative dancers and teachers from leading international dance companies. The project was directed by Ismael Ivo, with whom he later worked as dancer and assistant at the Venice Biennale, Impulstanz Vienna, Sesc São Paulo, Ravello Festival, and Napoli Teatro Festival.

In recent years, he has collaborated with choreographer Sara Angius as dancer and assistant, with the Swiss company Idem as dancer and assistant, as well as with Italian choreographers Marco D’Agostin, Cristina Kristal Rizzo, Camilla Monga, Carlo Massari – C&C Company, Ariella Vidach – AIEP, Fabrizio Favale – Le Supplici, Zerogrammi, Tanztheater, Antonello Tudisco – Interno5, Monica Casadei – Artemis Danza, Simone Sandroni – Déjà Donné, Fabula Saltica, Naturalis Labor, OpificioTrame, and in projects with choreographers Elisabetta Consonni, Roberto Castello, Roberto Zappalà, Giovanni Di Cicco, Johan Silverhunt.

He has also worked as a dancer for the Spazio Tadini Art Gallery in Milan and with theatre directors Alessandro Anderioni, Fabio Ceresa, Federico Grazzini, Michele Losi, Andrea Chiodi, Giorgio Gallione, and Charlie Owens. Since 2017, he has been a guest teacher at the Agora Coaching Project in Reggio Emilia.

Vittoria Franchina
Dancer
Vittoria Franchina, born in 1994 in Milan, began her professional training at the Susanna Beltrami/Dancehaus Academy, where she graduated in 2016. She has performed works by Susanna Beltrami, Matteo Bittante, Virginia Spallarossa, and Diego Tortelli.

Since 2020, she has also been an associate artist of DanceHauspiù, a national dance production center based in Milan, and co-founder of the project Franchina|Leone together with Giovanni Leone. Their first creation, Floating, was selected for numerous international festivals and competitions, including DanzaTTack Tenerife, Chania Festival in Greece, RIDCC, Masdanza, and Zawirowania Dance Festival.

Currently, she is a dancer with the company Déjà Donné and is a regular guest with the international dance company Aterballetto.