From 12th to 15th September 2024 the multidisciplinary festival dedicated to the arts of dance and choreography is back.
dAS Festival
When: 12-15 September 2024
Where: various locations
dAS Festival proposes performances, shows, conferences, short film projections, free workshops for children and guided tours of the the most interesting locatione.
Programme
Inaugural Party – Con cuerdas: Canciones y Danzas
When: Thursday, September 12, 6 p.m.
Where: Santa Margherita Auditorium
Corpo Magico invites the whole City to a concert by guitarist Pierpaolo Palazzo who takes us on an ideal journey from the Renaissance to the 20th century through the music of the masters of the Spanish guitar who contributed to the great musical history of this instrument capable of evoking, with its bewitching and rarefied sound, the spirit of dance and the lyricism of popular song.
Concert, duration 40′
Inaugural toast
When: Thursday, September 12, 7 p.m.
Where: Courtyard of honor of Palazzo Rota Pisaroni, Piacenza and Vigevano Foundation
Introduction to the garden
When: Friday, September 13, 5:30 p.m.
Where: Ricci Oddi Gallery of Modern Art, cloisters
Valeria Poli accompanies the public to discover the architecture of one of Piacenza’s most iconic places transformed for
the occasion into a setting for dance.
Three
When: Friday, Sept. 13, 6 p.m.
Where: Ricci Oddi Gallery of Modern Art, cloisters
Giulia Quacqueri (dance) and Leonardo Sapere (cello) meet on stage to feed off each other’s art, to get to know each other, stimulate each other, accompany each other and become echoes of sound and emotion, while the cello, as a rule in austere stillness, seeks a new nature as a dancing body. A project in improvisational paintings of music and dance, Three invites the audience to be lulled into a fluid dimension in which boundaries and roles are redrawn. In case of bad weather, the event will be held inside the Performance Gallery. Duration 45′
Body + Freedom
When: Friday, September 13, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Rathaus Cultural Center
In contemporary society, claiming space by means of movement is still a political gesture. The first day of dAS FESTIVAL concludes with the screening of international short films chosen by Vanessa Mangiavacca and Francesca Marchesini of Concorto Film Festival in which dance is a symbol of spontaneity and emancipation, of collectivity, aggregation and self-expression. A perfect marriage, that between short cinema and the art of choreography, precisely because the body, through the moving image, becomes a vehicle for even stronger and more universal messages. Please note that access to Rathaus is allowed only with ARCI membership card.
Screening. Duration 60′
The changing body: movement and transformation
When: Saturday, September 14, 11 a.m.
Where: Biffi Art Gallery
How does architecture relate to movement?In what ways does costume transform the body?In what dialogue, finally, do movement, the camera and editing stand in video dance?
Valeria Poli (Liceo Cassinari), Mara Leonora Pieri (Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte di Montepulciano) and Gabriela Tropia Gomez (Central Saint Martin’s, London) reflect on the underlying themes
of dAS FESTIVAL 2024.Conference. Duration 60′
DanceFloor Kids
When: Saturday, Sept. 14, 3 p.m. (6/10 years old) and 4 p.m. (3/6 years old)
Where: Manicomics Theater
To the magical bodies of children again this year dAS FESTIVAL dedicates a special afternoon. Martina Francone (Ass.Cult. FIKA, Florence) engages parents and children through play, movement and contact by experiencing how the bodies of adults and children can mutually become a tool for support, stimulation and discovery of space and others.
Dance workshop parents and children. Duration 60′. Reservations are appreciated by sending an email to deartesaltandi@gmail.com
S by and with Lorenzo Morandini
When: Saturday, Sept. 14, 7 p.m.
Where: Ducal Chapel, Palazzo FarneseThe Ducal Chapel of Palazzo Farnese exceptionally hosts the premiere of S by Lorenzo Morandini, winner of the SIAE-Per Chi Crea 2023 call for entries.Using the relationship between the dancing body and the flight of drones, the dancer and choreographer creates a score of extravagant, ironic, surreal events.The drone, with sounds and movements reminiscent of the flight of insects or flying machines, becomes both “technological beast” and dreamlike creature.Event in collaboration with XNL Aperto and the Municipality of Piacenza. Duration 60′
Choreography and nostalgia
When: Sunday, Sept. 15, 11 a.m.
Where: Biffi Art Gallery
How does nostalgia inform contemporary choreography? Also: what kind of nostalgia are we talking about? Is it a retrospective condition incapable of action or is it a critique of the alienation of modernity?Is it a feeling capable of future and change in society as well? These are the questions Prof. Stefano Tomassini (IUAV) tries to answer in his latest book FUORI TEMPO.
Lecture/book presentation.Duration 60′
Introduction to Outdoor Spaces
When: Sunday, Sept. 15, 5:30 p.m.
Where: Palazzo Fagioli, courtyard and garden
Valeria Poli takes the audience to discover the architecture of one of the city’s most fascinating historic mansions.
Curated by Prof. Valeria Poli. Duration 20′
Faun/Prelude
When: Sunday, September 15, 6 p.m.
Where: Palazzo Fagioli, courtyard
The faun is a hybrid being, outside social norms: he lives in a dream state, in an intermediate stage between surrendering lassitude and uncontrollable euphoria, in an eternal “prelude” that needs no ending, just a moment full of life.Andrea Zardi gives dAS FESTIVAL a first look at his reinterpretation of L’Après-Midi d’un Faune in which references from the work of Debussy and Nijinsky are interwoven with composer Riccardo Dapelo’s electronic reworkings.
Performance, first study. Duration 20′
Echoes of dance
When: Sunday, Sept. 15, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Palazzo Anguissola di Cimafava Rocca – hall of honor
The lively romanesca, the refined corrente, the brilliant gigue, and finally the gavotte, minuet, allemande and ciaccona with their virtuosity and grace are the protagonists of the musical journey with which the Vanvitelli Quartet highlights the beauty of the dances that captivated the courts and salons of Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. A visually and musically stunning concert celebrating the richness of the Baroque repertoire.
Dimly lit concert.Duration 60′
