van Hoecke: from Cocciante to Barbi Marinetti, the last farewell in the Church of the Artists

Last farewell to Rome, in the Church of the Artists, for Micha van Hoecke, the great Belgian choreographer and director who died last Saturday of an incurable disease at the hospital in Massa. Despite the torrid heat of the capital, friends of many artistic adventures came from all over Europe to pay him a moving homage. Alongside his wife, the Japanese dancer Miki Matsuse, Riccardo Cocciante with his wife Katie, arrived from Paris, many of the dancers of the Ensemble, his company, his family, within which the major productions of the company were born (Marzia Falcon, Michela Caccavale, Yoko Wakabayashi, Francesca Malacarne, Lucia Geppy), Vladimir Derevianko and Andrè de la Roche, maestro Marcello Panni, Milena Zullo, the director of the Ballet School of Rome, Paola Jorio, from the Rome Opera Laura Comi , Silvia Cassini, the master Gabbiani, Gaia Straccamore, and then Adriana Borriello, a student of Mudra and today one of the most sought-after Italian creators especially abroad, Federico Mollicone of Fratelli d’Italia, Francesca Barbi Marinetti, the Sicilian designer Marella Ferrera, the actor and director Daniele Salvo, Manuel Paruccini with his wife Antonella Granata and Martina, Floriano Caroli the ‘brother’ of Micha with his wife Antonella and daughter Floriana, the musician and co mpositor Ambrogio Sparagna who greeted Micha with a moving ‘solo’ on the accordion. Not everyone was able to reach the capital. Numerous flower crowns. That of Denis Ganio, interpreter of his latest show ‘Shine- Pink Floyd Moon, of Cristina and Riccardo Muti, of the Ravenna Festival, of the dancers of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, of the young performers of Pink Floyd Moon. (continues)