Massimo | Gem Rat
About This Event
At Bowery Palace, former ice dancer Massimo Scali shares a bill with dance group Gem Rat. Scali’s competitive partnership work with Federica Faiella — marked by major international podiums and a long run of Italian national titles — informs a disciplined, timing-focused approach; Gem Rat, with a small online footprint, favors clean structure, pacing, and physical detail, putting live work in dialogue with technique shaped by sport and partnership.
About the Artists
Massimo
Massimo Scali is an Italian performer best known for a career in competitive ice dance, where years of partnership work and technical training shaped his movement vocabulary. With Federica Faiella, he earned major international podium finishes and a long run of national titles in Italy, results that still frame how audiences read his precision and control.
Gem Rat
Gem Rat is a dance group appearing in New York City at Berlin, where their work shares a bill with Italian ice-dance veteran Massimo Scali. Scali’s competitive background frames the evening, placing Gem Rat in dialogue with performance technique shaped by sport and partnership.