From 18th to 21st September 2025 the multidisciplinary festival dedicated to the arts of dance and choreography opens various locations inside the city centre.
dAS Festival – Nuovo Mondo
When: 18-21 September 2025
Where: various locations, Piacenza
dAS Festival proposes performances, shows, conferences, short film projections, free workshops for children and guided tours of the the most interesting location.
Program
Inaugural Party – Orient-Occident
When: Thursday 18 September, 6 p.m.
Where: Santa Margherita Auditorium, Via Sant’Eufemia, 12
Cellist Michele Marco Rossi (Abbiati Record Award 2022) opens dAS FESTIVAL – Nuovo Mondo with a daring journey on the strings of his instrument, passing through the iconic sounds of J.S. Bach to the explorations of contemporary composers I. Xenakis and G. Aperghis.
Concert, duration 50′
Inaugural toast
When: Thursday 18 September, 7 p.m.
Where: Courtyard of Palazzo Rota Pisaroni, Piacenza and Vigevano Foundation, Via Sant’Eufemia, 12/13
Collaborating with AI: dance for the screen for transdisciplinary artists
When: Friday 19 September, 12
Where: XNL Music, Via Santa Franca, 36
Gabriela Tropia, lecturer at the prestigious Central Dance (duration 30 minutes) Saint Martin’s School in London, invites artists from all disciplines (dance, video, music, visual arts, theatre) to explore, using their mobile phones, the relationship between the body, moving images and emerging artificial intelligence technologies.
In collaboration with XNL Musica / Conservatorio G. Nicolini.
The workshop is free and open to multidisciplinary professionals until all places are filled. Book by sending an email to deartesaltandi@gmail.com with the participant’s name and the subject line “IA Workshop”.
Workshop, duration 4 hours
Distant worlds: dance and myth in ancient Greece and Japan
When: Friday 19 September, 4 p.m.
Where: Liceo M. Gioia, Viale Risorgimento, 1
Conference, duration 40′
Icarus + Prometheus
When: Friday 19 September, 5 p.m.
Where: lobby and lounge, Liceo M. Gioia, Viale Risorgimento, 1
The rationalist architecture of Liceo Gioia provides the backdrop for Marcello Malchiodi, a young dancer and choreographer from Piacenza who graduated from the Civica Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi in Milan. Inspired by two of the best-known Greek myths, Malchiodi explores the dramatic feeling of inadequacy experienced by individuals in relation to society.
Dance, duration 30′
Langelo
When: Friday 19 September, 6.30 p.m.
Where: garden, Palazzo Ghizzoni Nasalli, Via Serafini, 12
Between heresy and redemption, Alessandra Cristiani, a leading Italian exponent of butō dance, silently offers us a moment of great visual impact and spiritual flavour.
Dance, duration 30′
In case of adverse weather, the performance will be held in the greenhouse.
Admission € 10
dAS Chiacchiere (Small talk)
When: Friday 19 September, 7.30-9 p.m.
Where: garden, Palazzo Ghizzoni Nasalli, Via Serafini, 12
Share your ideas and opinions about your experience atdAS FESTIVAL with artists, the team and the audience. The menu (for a fee) is curated by La dolce dispensa.
Pic-nic in the garden.
Altrove plurale
When: Friday 19 September, 9 p.m.
Where: greenhouse, Palazzo Ghizzoni Nasalli, Via Serafini, 12
From among the many entries received from all over the world, we will award the author of the best dance film, who will have the opportunity to start a future collaboration with dAS Festival. Presented by Eleonora Marzani, project coordinator, accompanied by Gabriela Tropia, jury president.
Admission € 5
Da Domenico da Piacenza a Cesare Negri: la danza nelle corti del Rinascimento
When: Saturday 20 September, 11 a.m.
Where: Biffi Art Gallery
Alessandro Pontremoli (DAMS Turin) returns to dAS FESTIVAL with a dance conference that directly involves the audience, offering a glimpse into the past to bring us closer to dance today, a varied world of languages in constant transformation.
Conference and dance, duration 60′
DanceFloor Kids – children and families workshop
When: Saturday 20 September, 3 p.m.
Where: Manicomics space, Via Scalabrini, 19
Martina Francone’s workshop involves parents and children (or grandparents and grandchildren) through play, movement and contact. Accompanied on this occasion by
drummer Simone Tecla, Francone lets participants experience how their bodies can become instruments of support, stimulation and discovery for each other through touch, weight, balance and gravity in relation to space.
The workshop is free and open to families and children aged 3 to 10, subject to availability. Book by emailing deartesaltandi@gmail.com with the names of the participants and the subject line “Laboratorio KIDS”.
Workshop, duration 60′
Dance and literature from the New World
When: Saturday 20 September, 4 p.m.
Where: Pagine Libreria, Gallery Vicolo S. Donnino, 19
Prof. Alessandro Pontremoli (DAMS Turin) and Raffaella Lezoli (Pagine Libreria) draw a parallel between dance and post-war American literature. They thus introduce us to Fabrizio Favale’s Danze Americane, a show that will follow.
Talk, duration 30’
Danze Americane
When: Saturday 20 September, 5.30 p.m.
Where: former Church of Sant’Agostino, Volumnia Gallery, Stradone Farnese, 33
Moving away from the traditional idea of performance, choreographer Fabrizio Favale returns to dance a solo using techniques and movement patterns developed by some leading exponents of American Modern and Postmodern dance.
Dance, duration 30′
dAS Chiacchiere (Small talk)
When: Saturday 20 September, 7.30-9 p.m.
Where: garden, Palazzo Ghizzoni Nasalli, Via Serafini, 12
Share your ideas and opinions about your experience atdAS FESTIVAL with artists, the team and the audience. The menu (for a fee) is curated by La dolce dispensa.
Pic-nic in the garden.
We Are Present
When: Saturday 20 September, 9 p.m.
Where: Teatro Gioia, Via Melchiorre Gioia, 20
How do you create a dance show? In a lecture/performance, choreographer Fabio Liberti asks the audience to share ideas and make decisions that influence his creativity and the movements of his dancers. The result is a participatory creation.
Dance, duration 90′
Admission € 15
Sev Ka live
When: Saturday 20 September, 11 p.m.
Where: greenhouse, Palazzo Ghizzoni Nasalli, Via Serafini, 12
Sev Ka, a Polish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Glasgow, takes us by the hand and guides us through the night on a hypnotic and sensual journey of voice, loop machines and synth bases in the ancient greenhouse of Palazzo Ghizzoni Nasalli.
Concert, duration 60′
Admission € 5 – includes a beer from Luppoleria, Piacenza.
Breakfast with Satie
When: Sunday 21 September, 11 a.m.
Where: Santa Margherita Auditorium, Via Sant’Eufemia, 12
Gian Francesco Amoroso and Benedetto Boccuzzi tell us about Erik Satie, one of the most original composers and artists of the 20th century, to prepare us for the closing concert, Satie ici rêve, on the centenary of his death. Accompanying the morning, in an exquisitely Dadaist spirit, is a tasting of French-style mini pastries offered by La dolce dispensa.
Conference, duration 60′
DanceFloor Kids – children and families workshop
When: Sunday 21 September, 3 p.m.
Where: Manicomics space, Via Scalabrini, 19
Martina Francone’s workshop involves parents and children (or grandparents and grandchildren) through play, movement and contact. Accompanied on this occasion by
drummer Simone Tecla, Francone lets participants experience how their bodies can become instruments of support, stimulation and discovery for each other through touch, weight, balance and gravity in relation to space.
The workshop is free and open to families and children aged 3 to 10, subject to availability. Book by emailing deartesaltandi@gmail.com with the names of the participants and the subject line “Laboratorio KIDS”.
Workshop, duration 60′
Tour of the external space of the palace
When: Sunday 21 September, 4.30 p.m.
Where: Palazzo Somaglia, Via Taverna Giuseppe, 41
Professor Valeria Poli (Liceo Cassinari) accompanies us on a journey of discovery through one of Piacenza’s most spectacular historic residences, whose monumental staircase becomes the backdrop for the dance performance that follows.
Lingua
When: Sunday 21 September, 5 p.m.
Where: Palazzo Somaglia, Via Taverna Giuseppe, 41
What is the mission of the performance? In a ritual of intimacy, closeness, empathy and similarity, Chiara Ameglio invites the audience to write on her skin. In this game of connection and transmission from the bodies of the spectators to that of the performer, their mutual roles are reversed.
Performance, duration 30′
Admission € 10. Capacity is limited to 40 seats, so it is advisable to arrive well in advance.
Satie qui rêve
When: Sunday 21 September, 7 p.m.
Where: Palazzo Anguissola di Cimafava Rocca, Via Pietro Giordani, 2
We conclude dAS Festival 2025 – Nuovo Mondo with Gian Francesco Amoroso (piano), Riccardo Buscarini (dance) and Alessandro Gelmini (lighting), who dedicate a concert to composer Erik Satie.
Concert, duration 50′
Admission € 15.
Final toast
When: Sunday 21 September, 7 p.m.
Where: Rathaus, Via Pietro Giordani, 4
Admission € 10 (Arci card).
