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Canelli in Teatro

Canelli's winter stage season at the Teatro Balbo, run by the Fondazione Egri dance centre. Contemporary dance, prose, music and shadow theatre play on single evenings from October to May, with a few family matinées.

Why it's special

It's a dance-led programme, rare for a small town: international companies (from France and North Macedonia in 2026/27) alongside EgriBiancoDanza's own productions, in a historic town theatre. A side strand, 'Le isole del gesto', takes performances into the deconsecrated Chiesa di San Rocco.

Programme · 2026

8 October 2026 – 27 May 2027 (season)

"Nuovi Sguardi", the 2026/27 season, presented by the Fondazione Egri (IPUNTIDANZA network) with Fondazione Piemonte dal Vivo's "Corto Circuito" project. At Teatro Balbo unless noted.

Thu 8 Oct, 21:00
Costard (dance), Compagnie Ruée des Arts, France
Fri 9 Oct, from 18:00
My Own Apocalypse (dance), EgriBiancoDanza, Chiesa di San Rocco
Sat 10 Oct, 18:00
Medea, 10 anni di strada, Teatro dei Borgia with Elena Cotugno, Chiesa di San Rocco
Sun 18 Oct, 18:00
Storie di un burattino (dance), EgriBiancoDanza, family show
Tue 24 Nov, 21:00
La danza è donna (dance), Compagnia Francesca Selva and Compagnia XE, for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Sat 12 Dec, 21:00
Pelegrinage (dance), BordelineDanza
Sun 17 Jan, 18:00
Lo Schiaccianoci (dance), EgriBiancoDanza, family show
Fri 29 Jan, 21:00
Non è la storia di un eroe (prose), by and with Mauro Pescio
Thu 25 Feb, 21:00
Little Something, un grande amore senza fine (prose and dance), TWAIN Physical Dance Theatre, family show
Fri 12 Mar, from 18:00
My Own Apocalypse (dance), EgriBiancoDanza, Chiesa di San Rocco
Sat 13 Mar, 21:00
Dad or Alive (music and prose), BumBumFritz
Wed 17 Mar, 21:00
Trending Apocalypse (dance), Skopje Dance Theater, North Macedonia
Sat 3 Apr, 21:00
Stella, Compagnia Naturalis Labor, Sala delle Stelle (Via Roma 37), part of "We speak dance"
Sat 10 Apr, 18:00
L'immagine imprevista, EgriBiancoDanza, Chiesa di San Rocco
Fri 16 Apr, 21:00
La futura classe dirigente (prose), Cranpi, 369gradi and La Corte Ospitale
Tue 20 Apr, 19:30
Gala for International Dance Day, EgriBiancoDanza with local dance schools
Tue 11 May, 21:00
Apparizioni (dance), EgriBiancoDanza
Sat 22 May, 18:00
L'immagine imprevista, EgriBiancoDanza, Chiesa di San Rocco
Thu 27 May, 21:00
Didone e Enea (shadow theatre and music), Compagnia Controluce
A tip
  • Teatro Balbo is at Via dei Partigiani 15.
  • Tickets are €20, €15 for under-14s and over-65s, €12 for university students, on ciaotickets or at the box office on show days.
  • Book through biglietteria@egridanza.com or +39 366 430 8040 (WhatsApp too).
  • Dance, prose and free-choice season passes are available.
  • The family shows (the Pinocchio and Nutcracker ballets, Little Something) are the easy way in with children.

Canelli in Teatro is the town's stage season at the Teatro Balbo, and it leans towards dance. The Fondazione Egri, a national dance centre, programmes it through its IPUNTIDANZA network with Fondazione Piemonte dal Vivo. That means touring companies from France or North Macedonia on one night and the resident EgriBiancoDanza on the next, with prose, music and shadow theatre in between.

Shows play one evening each, roughly monthly, from October through spring. The Sunday-afternoon family pieces (a Pinocchio, a Nutcracker) are an easy way in with children. A side strand, Le isole del gesto, moves smaller performances into the deconsecrated Chiesa di San Rocco and other spaces in town. In summer the season continues outdoors as Canelli in Teatro Summer.

Make an evening of it with dinner in Canelli before the show. Each season's full cartellone is listed above.