The Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company was invited to this year's Lugano Dance Project with the new creation "Released".

Lugano Dance Project was born with the aim of producing every year new dance performances, created by established talents on the contemporary international scene, who take up the challenge to thoroughly develop a main theme, suggested by the territory hosting the festival.

After exploring the relationship that exists between art, body and movement, Lugano Dance Project has decided to further examine the relationship between the human body and architectural structures, by entrusting the creation of five totally new works to the same number of contemporary choreographers: Rhodnie Désir from Canada, Swiss/Belgian Cindy Van Acker, Ioannis Mandafounis, of Greek origin but based in Germany, the new artistic director of the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company, Christos Papadopoulos also from Greece, and Nicola Galli from Italy.