DA.RE.

Body Visions is a performing arts training project that combines different performing languages, training and research, technical and somatic disciplines, compositional studies and creative freedom, practices and theories, historical sense of cultural heritage and innovative drive; it focuses on the relationship between live arts and multimedia/digital directing, and on methodologies to stimulate innovative practices in the remote or digital dimension. We believe that an interdisciplinary and integrated vision of training can best respond to the current performing arts landscape that mixes different arts, techniques and technologies.

The project responds to the need for an interdisciplinary approach in performing arts education, linking dance, music, drama, visual arts and theoretical studies, with an integrated approach to the use of audiovisual and digital arts and technologies. The aim is to develop innovative ways of questioning work on the body, movement/action and ‘presence’ – fundamental aspects of all performing arts.

Among the goals the project intends to realize are:

Research on dance in relation to other live and audiovisual arts and new media in order to contribute to innovating educational and training practices in the field of contemporary performing arts through

sharing between European artist-trainers (choreographers/dancers, playwrights/directors/musicians) and between students from different countries, artistic fields, competences

innovative training experience based on an interdisciplinary approach integrating dance with music, dramaturgy, directing, digital arts, including technological aspects and remote creative methodologies, linking practice and theory, techniques and creativity;

enhancing, diversifying and integrating students’ skills in the performing, audiovisual and digital arts, with a focus on dance filmmaking;

encouraging the use of “methodological practices” of shared online work, familiarising with technological tools such as Microsoft Teams, to reduce travel while respecting eco-sustainability.

The group will involve Italian and Swedish students aged between 18 and 35 who already have a basic training in contemporary dance.

The group of Italian students comes from Da.Re. Dance Research – Dynamic Systems for Transmission and Research in Contemporary Performing Arts, a three-year training and research programme funded by the Italian Ministry of Culture and directed by Adriana Borriello. They come from different parts of Italy and have a varied educational background, acquired in Italian private and public dance or theatre schools, academies, programmes, and choreographic high schools.

The Swedish students come from Stockholm University of the Arts, students from bachelor program in Dance, as well as students from Film Editing Master Programme and students from HDK Valand Film Studies.