13 Feb-4 March 2005. This is a new festival of contemporary dance directed by the eclectic stage director Giorgio Barberio Corsetti. Although he is not a dancer he has always privileged a kind of theatre that focuses on the beauty and power of the body and on movement. Brazilian choreographer Bruno Beltrao, the inventor of a new style of hip-hop, presents his group Grupo de rua de Niteroi (15 Feb); then Belgian choreographer Wim Vandekeybuss excellent company performs its most recent work, Les porteuses de mauvaises nouvelles (18 Feb); Enzo Cosimi choreographed, directed, designed sets and costumes and made the video for the work I need more. A declaration of love in 2 acts dedicated to youth (25 Feb). A video-installation by the North American choreographer Bud Blumenthal in the foyer of the auditoriums Sala Petrassi runs throughout the festival.