# FEDERICA ROSELLINI ## Ivan and the dogs # FEDERICA ROSELLINI ## Ivan and the dogs ### Festival - [Upcoming events](https://www.operaestate.it/en/festival-eng/agenda) - [Dance](https://www.operaestate.it/en/festival-eng/dance) - [theater](https://www.operaestate.it/en/festival-eng/theater) - [Music](https://www.operaestate.it/en/festival-eng/music) - [Opera](https://www.operaestate.it/en/festival-eng/opera) - [BMotion 2026](https://www.operaestate.it/en/festival-eng/bmotion-eng) - [Attività collaterali](https://www.operaestate.it/en/festival-eng/attivita-collaterali) - [Minifest](https://www.operaestate.it/en/festival-eng/minifest) - [Cinema](https://www.operaestate.it/en/festival-eng/cinema) [Acquista Biglietto](https://www.vivaticket.com/it/ticket/ivan-e-i-cani/307637) 23 August 2026 | 7.30 p.m. Teatro Remondini, Bassano del Grappa Price single ticket € 8 / 10-show pass B.Motion € 50 Accessibility ![](https://www.operaestate.it/images/icon/accessiblita.png) --- Share this page [](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.operaestate.it%2Fen%2Ffestival-eng%2Fbmotion-eng%3Fview%3Darticle%26id%3D5173%3Afederica-rosellini-2%26catid%3D8) [](https://x.com/intent/post?text=FEDERICA%20ROSELLINI%20%20-%20OperaEstate&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.operaestate.it%2Fen%2Ffestival-eng%2Fbmotion-eng%3Fview%3Darticle%26id%3D5173%3Afederica-rosellini-2%26catid%3D8) --- text *Hattie Naylor* translation *Monica Capuani* russain recorded voice *Laura Pasut Rosellini* light design *Simona Gallo* scenograph *Paola Villani* costum *Simona D’Amico* direction assistant *Elvira Berarducci* performer, sound design and direction *Federica Rosellini* management *Vittorio Stasi* production *Cardellino srl* thanks to *Trac centro di residenza teatrale / Factory compagnia* representative rights *Agenzia Danesi Tolnay* general direction *Maria Laura Rondanini* *Ivan and the Dogs* originates from the account of an episode experienced by Ivan at the age of four, evoked as if it were happening in the present. The narrative takes the form of a dark fairy tale, yet the story is real, set in early 1990s Russia, a period marked by the extreme poverty of the Boris Yeltsin era. Ivan lives with his mother and a violent man who wants to get rid of him. And so, Ivan leaves. On the streets of Moscow, the cold and the lack of mercy make survival nearly impossible, but his encounter with a pack of stray dogs that welcomes and protects him becomes his salvation. An odyssey begins that would soon end in death if Ivan hadn’t encountered creatures who took him in and gave him a chance to survive. A pack of stray dogs… Federica Rosellini, a musician and performer, alone on stage with her electronic equipment, speaks and composes, blending her mother’s voice, recorded in Russian, with melodies, lullabies, and rhythmic beats, crafting a soundscape in which she loses herself through words and movement. She turns it into a sweet and desperate “solo,” an intimate, personal song of the soul, yet one capable of unexpectedly recounting the childhood of us all.