In the heart of the Pontine Plain, the Borgo di Fossanova will host the third edition of “Art in Dance”, an event dedicated to learning and entertainment, art and culture, on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 March, at one of the most fascinating places in Italy. The project grew out of an idea by Filippo Venditti and Barbara Tudini: at the heart of the initiative was the desire to attract a passionate community of artists, young students and dance spectators to a center of historical beauty like Fossanova and to give life to an event of cultural enrichment and exchange that is open to everyone. On the program for “Arte in Dance 2024”: internships with internationally renowned teachers and a competition for young talents. A weekend entirely dedicated to Terpsichorian art and its thousand facets: as a subject of study, as an expressive language, as an opportunity for discussion, for the exchange of ideas and emotions.
“Dance is of great interest to our young people and a reason for growth, commitment and sacrifice, as well as for many a dream that has yet to be realized – emphasize the curators of the initiative, Barbara Tudini and Filippo Venditti – becoming a dancer is not simple and in Italy there are still few opportunities for aspiring professionals: for this reason we thought about creating “Art in Dance” as an important opportunity for young students and great artists to meet. A context in which dance schools, dancers, can demonstrate their talent in a climate of healthy competition and with the concrete opportunity to receive prizes and scholarships.” The artistic directors’ intention to create a weekend of training came added the desire to combine the beauty of Terpsichorean art with the architectural suggestions of Fossanova, a medieval village and Cistercian monastery complex considered among the most beautiful in Italy and considered by the Lazio region as an excellence of our historical and artistic heritage. Classical, neoclassical, contemporary, modern, urban: these are the dance styles that will enliven the spaces of the Auditorium Infermeria dei Conversi in Fossanova, a bright 13th-century building now used as an auditorium and cultural space for exhibitions and events .
On Saturday January 24th there will be dance courses (open to students from all over Italy) with masters, choreographers and directors of important professional training organizations. Guests at the classical technique class included Agnès Lacombes from the Ballet National de Marseille; for the contemporary, Michele Merola, artistic director of the Mm Contemporary Dance Company and the professional development project Agora Coaching Project, Nadessja Casavecchia, of the Rotterdam Dance Academy and co-director of the Evolution Dance Theater, Francesco Cariello, modern teacher, dancer and choreographer of international Ruf and finally for Urban Fusion – House, Afhin Varjavandi, dancer in DaCru Dance Company and artistic director of INC InNprogress Colletive.
To the masters are added two other outstanding achievements in the world of dance: Francesca Bernabini, journalist and dance critic, director of Danzaeffebi; Damiano Mongelli, director of the Rome Opera School. The masters will be part of the jury of the third edition of the Arte in Danza competition, which will take place on Sunday January 24th in Fossanova and will involve students, dance schools, dancers of all nationalities. Another opportunity for young talents to be noticed by the teachers and directors present in the commission and to receive scholarships for training, improvement and professional internship.
The competition includes four levels: First Steps (7/9 years), Students (10/12 years), Juniors (13/16 years), Seniors (17/26 years); three sections: soloists, pas de deux, groups; four categories: classic/neoclassical, contemporary, modern, urban/fusion and contaminations. At Art in Dance there is training, competition and in-depth learning: an opportunity to get to know first-hand the teaching methods of some of the most prestigious professional training centers, to immerse yourself in contemporary creativity and to test yourself on stage.
Parallel to the stage, “Art in Dance” in its third edition offers a special event dedicated to the presentation of the book “Jia Ruskaja La Dea Danzante” with the author Gianluca Bocchino, in collaboration with the Foundation of the National Academy of Dance of Rome. “Art in Dance” will be an opportunity to dive back into the magic of theater after difficult years for the entire industry, but also to get to know the different faces of dance in the context of artistic-cultural exchange between teachers and students, the protagonists of the stage and the audience. “Thanks to some of the greatest representatives of Terpsichore art, the public can once again admire the dance and at the same time appreciate the beauty of the Priverno and Fossanova area – underline the curators. – An event promoting the culture of dance and live entertainment, aimed at enriching education and enhancing the history of these wonderful places.”
