Pan-Adria fellow 2026/27 Pablo Girolami premieres the Rilke Project at Moste Open

Italian choreographer Pablo Girolami brings his Rilke Project: “Angels’ Orders” to Moste Open for its premiere, following its selection by the Pan-Adria network for the 2026/27 season. Girolami takes Rilke’s First Elegy and translates it into movement, breath, vibration and rhythm rather than words. Through shared listening, the dancers and DJ create an unpredictable, living organism that assembles itself anew before our eyes each time. Poetry steps off the page and into the world – into the park by Španski Borci.

Pan-Adria is a unique regional contemporary dance network initiated by En–Knap, bringing together seven dance institutions from Croatia, Slovenia and Italy. As the only network of its kind in the region, it provides selected dance artists with comprehensive support in the development and production of new works, while creating opportunities for collaboration and circulation across the region.

Pablo Girolami is an Italian-Spanish choreographer and former dancer trained at Tanz Akademie Zürich. He has worked with Hessisches Staatsballett and Spellbound Contemporary Ballet, collaborating with choreographers including Wayne McGregor, Hofesh Shechter and Marcos Morau. He is the artistic director of IVONA and, since 2024, of the Fagagna Dance Festival in Friuli Venezia Giulia.