Thomas Linden in Kölnische Rundschau
“… Shortly after its founding, the ensemble of the Ferrara-born Italian Emanuele Soavi was one of the pillars of Cologne’s independent dance scene. Nobody like him had ever been seen here. Productions with large stage sets were just as important as tiny scenes in hotel rooms. He exhibited his dancers naked as art objects in the opera and dealt with ancient gods as well as his own biography. No wonder that he continues to build a bridge between classical ballet and modern dance. Nowhere in Cologne you can see such professional dancers as in Emanuele Soavi’s productions …”