"These three productions are all very close to my heart. I'm a big fan of Ilya Jivoy and I'm really pleased to have won him over for the festival in Innsbruck. With the production of Dorian Gray, I can now devote myself to a story that has occupied me for a long time and whose content I find very appealing on a choreographic level. I associate so many emotions and memories of last year with Lágrimas Negras. It's wonderful to be able to perform this piece again with a new cast," says Gasa Valga.

The Congress Center Innsbruck will once again take center stage as the venue for the main acts. In 2025, however, the Dogana with its versatile possibilities for transforming stage and light will be the venue.

In addition to established venues such as the Treibhaus and the Piano Bar in Innsbruck, new venues such as the Hoadl Haus in the Axamer Lizum are also expanding the program of the second Innsbruck Winter Dance Festival. A total of nine side-events, consisting of concerts, dance evenings and rehearsals open to the public, together with dance workshops, complement the festival program.

The musical highlights include the well-known band formation around the piece Lágrimas Negras (including Cucurucho Valdés, Ray Fernánde and Julito Padrón) and the talented Bolzano singer Greta Marcolongo, who has already been celebrated by Munich audiences for her role in The Great Gatsby and Frida - Pasión por la vida. Arranged by Roberto Tubaro, she is responsible for the musical accompaniment to Dorian Gray together with singers Jana Stöckler-Spazier and Elisa Gobbi. Greta, with her deep yet heartfelt voice, provides a wonderful and enriching contrast to the Cuban musicians. In this piece, Enrique Gasa Valga again consciously uses music as a complementary element of his production: The body serves as an instrument of movement and music at the same time.

"As co-initiator and partner from the very beginning, we are delighted with the positive development of the festival, especially that it has been so well received by the public. We expect the extension of the duration and the program to have additional positive effects on tourism. By integrating new venues such as the Hoadl Haus in the Axamer Lizum, the Innsbruck Winter Dance Festival reflects the alpine-urban character of our region even more strongly, which in turn underlines the uniqueness of this series of events."- Peter Paul Mölk, Head of Tourism