Taking over Milano Centrale railway station for Milan Design Week, Jefferson Hack expands his curatorial practice of hijacking public spaces for An Invitation to Dream – a new exhibition presented by Moncler, featuring the portraits of 12 Dreamers, curated by Hack and captured by photographer Jack Davison. Entering a dialogue with some of the most influential creatives shaping contemporary culture, the project presents an opportunity to dream as they do, initiating new inspiration molded by their minds and insight.

As an extension of the exhibition, director Stella Scott translates The Dreamers’ stories through cinematic portraiture for an accompanying series, developed with Moncler. In the first of three films, she connects with Kenyan-born British ballet dancer Francesca Hayward, capturing the co-existence of reality versus dreaming, and how these dual-states enable her to access inspiration.

Meeting in London directly after a performance, Hayward is transported through her dreams as she revisits the processes and the intricacies of her working world – exploring the endurance, athletic strength and physical power that bely ballet’s fairytale image. Acknowledging the raw reality that enables her to dream, Hayward delves into the unseen details of this classical artform, and the obstacles she must overcome to let her creative vision take flight.