Workshop for non-dancers
The first edition of the workshop “In search of the lost gesture” for people over 50/60 dates back to 2018, thanks to the collaboration between LUC – Libera Università del Crostolo and Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto. The workshop entrusted to Arturo Cannistrà (Educational Manager of FND/Aterballetto) had a very positive outcome. It was repeated the following year, but was interrupted midway through due to the 2020 pandemic.
The 2022 and 2023 editions of the workshop were reproposed as part of OVER DANCE, a wide-ranging project developed and promoted by the Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto with the Fondazione Ravasi Garzanti in Milan, which intends to deal with the theme of longevity, also starting from scientific evidence that points to the significant impact of arts and culture on physical and mental health. The body of data available refers both to a level of health prevention and promotion – hence to the experience of cultural enjoyment and/or direct participation in cultural experiences – and to a dimension of disease management. This highlights the political relevance of systemic actions involving the health and culture, health and social sectors in a necessarily multi-disciplinary and multi-generational approach.
Addressing, therefore, the issue of the transformation of the body, its perception as a vehicle of aesthetics and the need to strengthen the awareness of the centrality of cultural welfare in the society of the future is the objective of the Over Dance project, through workshops, moments of dissemination and dissemination, and training courses to contribute to a change of perspective with respect to the theme of longevity and the relationship between culture and well-being.
It is within this framework that the workshop “In search of the lost gesture” is set, which inaugurates the Over Dance project and is also the first opportunity for scientific research on the pivotal themes of the pathway.. The study is conducted by Dr. Sara Uboldi of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
Thursday, May 23 at 9:00 PM
Thursday, May 30 at 9:00 PM
Fonderia – via della Costituzione 39, Reggio EmiliaFree admission
Reservation required by phone at 0522 452182 or via email at info@liberauniversitacrostolo.it (priority given to LUC members)
Ginevra
Performance outcome of the workshop “In Search of the Lost Gesture”
curated by CCN / Aterballetto and LUC-Libera Università del Crostolo
as part of the OVER DANCE project, curated by CCN/Aterballetto and Fondazione Ravasi Garzanti
Ginevra is the result of research based on the encounter between the Pre-texts protocol, a creative process based on reading, arts, and creativity to support the well-being and mental health of people, and dance as a tool to support longevity and quality of life. During the Over Dance journey, the Harvard protocol was embraced by CCN/Aterballetto and developed with expressive dance, starting from the shared reading of a 1603 document from the Inquisition Archive, now kept at the State Archives of Modena. The file, marked “ASMO, Inquisition, b. 22, fasc 20, with attached confiscated magical writings,” tells the story of a woman, Ginevra Gamberini, who was tried for witchcraft.
But Ginevra is much more than a character living through the darkest history of the modern age and Christianity.
Ginevra represents every woman forced to live in darkness by patriarchy. She embodies every woman who has been humiliated and whose freedoms have been trampled. She is every resister and fighter against violence and oppression. Furthermore, Ginevra is a woman and a mother.
The work on this text is the result of a deep, embodied dive into the experience of a body and the intelligence of a woman victimized by irrationality, superstition, and violence, capable of rising and elevating herself to foresee a new ideal of humanity.
The show Ginevra is part of the cultural offerings within the “Archives and Health” social prescription network.
CREDITS
Director: Arturo Cannistrà
Original Music by Francesco Germini and Various Artists
Texts by Sara Uboldi
Performers: Liliana Bedogni, Antonella Bigarelli, Claudia Carri, Simona Chiari, Sonia Cosmi, Morena Gilioli, Milena Guidetti, Isa Ligabue, Barbara Quinti, Grazia Raffaelli, Raffaella Romanini, Brunetta Schiaffonati, Marina Simoncini, Manuela Sturloni, Meris Zini
The show is part of the “Archives and Health” Social Prescription Program:
Pre-Texts Social Lab
Pre-Texts at Cultural Agents Inc.
CCW-Cultural Welfare Center
Archives and Health
State Archives of Modena
MaMiMò Teatro Piccolo Orologio
Libera Università Crostolo APS
Farmacie Comunali Riunite
Centro Coreografico Nazionale / Aterballetto
“What is your DANCE?” This is a question that is answered through workshop practice that starts from everyday gestures and meets music to create a theatrical language in movement. Through guided improvisation work, the idea is to investigate what dynamic actions are induced by a language close to dance and how emotions can give rise to a creative process in which each participant feels creative for himself, for others through a synergy between people, place and a collective imagination.
The aim is to return to adults the dynamics of the body that is innate in us, but which is lost after childhood and which in this workshop is manifested through the introspective artistic gesture.
Tuesday 2 May 2023 from 3.30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday 8 May 2023 from 3.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
Monday 22 May 2023 from 3.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
Monday 5 June 2023 from 3.30 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Thursday 8 June 2023 from 3.30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday 12 June 2023 from 15.30 to 17.00
Thursday 15 June 20223 from 3.30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Venue: Fonderia, Via della Costituzione 39 (headquarters of Fondazione Nazionale della Danza/Aterballetto)
Minimum number of participants: 10
Maximum number of participants: 18
Workshop participation fee: 90 euros
also by online transfer IBAN IT25D0200812834000100351436
You must be registered with the LUC
Registration open at the LUC from Monday 6 March 2023
https://www.liberauniversitacrostolo.it/alla-ricerca-del-gesto-perduto-2/
In our country, the physical and motor benefits of the performing arts are widely recognised, but the impact of the holistic and creative components, such as participation, increased self-perceived well-being and strengthened social relations, are still underestimated. International studies show that dance and performance constitute important social practices capable of promoting people’s mental and self-perceived well-being, supporting social cohesion in communities and counteracting health inequalities.
Dance is also an ally in active ageing, particularly for women, who live on average longer than men and are therefore at a higher risk of loneliness and neglect. Research dedicated to the impact of accessible dance practices for women over the age group also reports effects related to processes of self-acceptance and a better perception of one’s own body, in relation to age.
Starting from these premises, the ‘Culture, well-being and health’ project, thanks to the availability and interest of Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto, was able to undertake a path aimed at measuring and returning the effects generated by participation in the dance workshop ‘In search of the lost gesture’. The research, which is still in progress, intends to return qualitative and quantitative data on the impact of accessible dance practices as a tool to support wellbeing and active ageing, through a methodology validated at an international level and applied in a systematic way also on the territory.
The research project is scientifically guided by Prof. Federico Montanari, of the Department of Communication and Economics of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, and conducted in the field by Dr. Sara Uboldi.
