A STEP BEYOND
“Methodologies, languages and skills for the dance of tomorrow”
Operation Ref. PA 2022-17937/RER, approved by the Emilia-Romagna Region with Regional Council Resolution no. 1951/2022 of 14/11/2022 and co-financed with ESF+ 2021-2027 and Emilia-Romagna Region resources
Project No. 2 – Edition No. 1“Over limited – Towards an integrated dialogue between dance and disability”
Professional Area: Artistic and performance production
The project trains a figure capable of working for the valorisation of differences, viewed not as limits, but as resources and starting point for a common creative path, using inclusive dance approaches and didactic tools. A figure who, knowing the impact of dance on different forms of disability (motor, psychic, sensory), is able to adequately gather information to identify the objectives of a path of inclusiveness, creating an accessible common language aimed at guaranteeing the acquisition of the same technical elements to all participants in an accumulation perspective. He/she will know how to work with groups of different size and type, how to create and present performances, how to give feedback.
The project is specifically aimed at operators in the world of performance with an interest in the theme of disability and involving, as trainers, the main artists with disabilities on the national and international scene
The project, of a total of 150 hours of which 20 hours of project work, is structured in 5 modules
– Module 1 – Dance and performing arts as a means of social and territorial inclusion (32 hours)
– Module 2 – Dance and integrated practices addressed to people with mental, intellectual and sensory disabilities (28 hours)
– Module 3 – Dance didactics and operational tools (28 hours)
– Module 4 – Total Physical Theatre Language (31 hours)
– Module 5 – Creating inclusive performances (31 hours)
At the end of the course the figure will therefore be able to use dance, improvisation and movement as a form of inclusion for an encounter and profound communication between people, whatever their abilities or disabilities, adapting a didactics centred on body-expressive-communicative activities, experimenting with alternative and universal languages.
- GAIA GERMANÀ – October 6, 2023, November 25, 2023 / January 19, 2024, February 9, 2024, March 8, 2024, March 17, 2024
Conductor and trainer in educational dance workshops. Research paths on poetic gesture have involved non-professionals of different ages and experiences.
She is an assistant to the choreographer Virgilio Sieni, within the framework of the Venice Dance Biennale in 2013 and 2014 for the projects Agorà tutti and Danze per capire (with blind dancers); and, in collaboration with Emilia Romagna Teatro, for the projects Cena Pasolini, Brevi danze giovanili and Ballo 1890_natura morta, performances based on encounters with people experiencing dance for the first time. She will also be responsible for the technical tutoring of the course.
- ADAM BENJAMIN – October 19-22, 2023
From 1987 to 1990, he studied Dance and Fine Arts at what was then Middlesex Polytechnic, studying Humphrey Technique with Lesley Main and Release with Judy Sharpe.
He then met Celeste Dandeker, a British disabled dancer following an accident, and they began teaching together and founded the CandoCo Dance Company, the first professional company for disabled and non-disabled dancers.
As co-founder and artistic director (1991-1998), Adam choreographed and danced with the company until 1996.
Skilled in integrated dance practice, choreography, improvisation, teaching, and movement direction for theater. Author of the fundamental text: “Making an Entrance”, Theory and practice for disabled and non-disabled dancers. Award-winning teacher (National Teaching Fellow) and choreographer (London TimeOut Performance Award). adambenjamin.co.uk
- JURI ROVERATO – November 30-December 3, 2023
Dancer and DanceAbility teacher. Since 2005, he has collaborated with numerous dance and theater companies, and also participated in the Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin. juriroverato.blogspot.com
- GIANFRANCO BERARDI/ GABRIELLA CASOLARI – January 25-28, 2024
Gianfranco Berardi and Gabriella Casolari met for the first time in 2001 during the production of the show Viaggio di Pulcinella alla ricerca di Giuseppe Verdi by and with Marco Manchisi. The two artists then began working together on the creation of the show Briganti, which debuted in May 2003, officially giving birth to the Berardi Casolari Company. The company’s works, attributable to the New Dramaturgy movement, are all original productions, mixing tragedy and comedy, autobiographical experiences and archetypal tales of great classics, poetic language and popular slang. A “contemporary counter-theater” attentive to the conflicts that the individual has with himself and with the reality that surrounds him. A theater that focuses on oxymorons, paradoxes, and contradictions of the present time. berardicasolari.it
- SUSANNA RECCHIA – February 15-18, 2024
Susanna is an Italian dance artist and somatic educator who has been living in the UK since 2001. She studied dance at the National Dance Academy in Rome and graduated from Laban. After a Foundation Course in Dance Movement Therapy at Goldsmiths University, she obtained a Master’s degree in Dance and Somatic Well-being at Lancashire University. Her ongoing practice is fueled by Body & Earth, an annual encounter conducted by Andrea Olsen and Caryn McHose since 2004. Her work spans performance, teaching, mentoring, and research in academic and artistic contexts. Susanna is currently the research and rehearsal director of Candoco Dance Company, and since 2008 she has worked with the company in various roles: as a company teacher, dancer, and Candoco Artist co-facilitator of educational and performance events.
- LAURA MATANO feat. Davide Tagliavini – March 14-16, 2024
Founder of the XL Collective, a company that arises from a shared vision, from the common will to build something new, to seek the boundary between movement and digital arts. She is a teacher of projects aimed at Danzability where the union of skilled dancers and differently-abled dancers is seen. In September 2003, she herself initiated the realization of the Danzability project with her first collaboration with the Municipality of Reggio Emilia. The workshop will be structured in collaboration with Davide Tagliavini, dancer, actor, and performer.
IN-PERSON LESSONS:
In-person activities will be carried out by artists, choreographers, or dancers who have created their own models of interaction with people in fragile conditions. The active mode in which they will recount and simulate the themes covered by the modules allows participants to acquire skills experientially.SIMULATIONS:
Simulations allow users to experience contexts, actions, processes provided by trainers and understand their potential uses and limitations. Participants can compare with the group and trainers, creating conditions for constructive exchange.EXPERIENTIAL WORKSHOPS:
The methodology allows operators to experience dance, to be present with all senses, and to rediscover the strength and freedom to express themselves in relation to others, to space, to context.TESTIMONIALS:
These are moments of comparison mainly realized by disabled dancers/artists who have overcome the barrier of the physical body to create creative artistic productions. The impact of the testimony (which is planned in each training module) allows operators to identify best practices, models, strategies to implement their own operational toolkit.SILVIA GRIBAUDI / MATTEO MAFFESANTI October 13, 2023 – ONLINE
“Today is my day” A performer and a director in comparison on different aspects of bodily expressivenessMONICA MORSELLI October 21, 2023 – AT FONDERIA
“Making an entrance” In-depth analysis of the cross-cutting artistic challenges of the fragile bodyMICHELA LUCENTI- CIVIL BALLET November 10, 2023 – ONLINE
“Toward multidisciplinarity: Bodies in action”ALEX MECCABE February 2, 2024 – ONLINE
Testimony with the artist, creator of performances, and dance facilitatorFarmacie Comunali Riunite/Consorzio Oscar Romero-La Polveriera February 23, 2024 – ONLINE
“Contexts and services: a system dedicated to fragilities between public and private”PROJECT WORK:
The activity will be functional to allow the development of a specific methodological toolkit to be applied in the relationship with a disabled person involved in an artistic creation process. The project will be agreed upon in advance with the tutor in specific objectives and will take into account the development of all suggestions derived from the activity of the individual modules and capitalizing on the experiences of the trainers or privileged witnesses.
The recipients of the projects are people who have fulfilled compulsory education and the right to education and training, with the exception of unemployed or inactive people, with knowledge-skills relevant to the professional area, acquired in formal, non-formal or informal learning contexts and with previous work experience.
In order to guarantee equal opportunities and non-discrimination, Cna Formazione ER identifies the access requirements and defines selection procedures to counter any inequality of access and to guarantee inclusive models and delivery methods.
FORMAL ACCESS REQUIREMENTS
- Having fulfilled compulsory education and the right to education and training
- To be resident or domiciled in Emilia-Romagna before enrolling in the activities Knowledge and skills in the live performance sector, acquired through
– working and professional paths in the performing arts sector
– non-formal and informal training paths, including non-professional experiences
– coherent formal tertiary training courses
SUBSTANTIVE REQUIREMENTS
- possession of high school diploma or equivalent
- English language level B1
- previous experience in the field, preferably with disabilities
VERIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS
- self-certification by candidates
- assessment through evidence of significant experience gained in education/training and in work and professional contexts relevant to the professional area
- curricula highlighting possession of the necessary skills for teaching dance, theatre or live performance art, both professional and educational
- motivational letter or digital self-presentation highlighting personal and professional intentions and objectives in participating in the course
List of additional documents that may be requested for the purposes of the application:
- certificates showing that the person has had training, work or other experience;
- declarations from employers, indicating the role held by the person, the activities performed and the relevant time period;
- collaboration contracts showing the purpose of the collaboration;
declarations concerning voluntary and community service experiences, internships, duly documented also in terms of time commitment and activities carried out; - self-declarations, exclusively in cases where the person intends to complete the documentation produced and/or declare skills that cannot be supported by documentary evidence.
It is PREFERABLE to accompany one’s application with letters of support signed by any employers attesting to their willingness to support the employee in the training course.
UNEMPLOYED OR INACTIVE PERSONS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE
Interested persons should send ECIPAR SCRL by e-mail (marcella.fiorellini@cnare.it) their application for admission by filling in the application form downloadable from the website www.eciparformazione.it and attaching the required documentation indicated in the application form, i.e:
– f/r copy f/r valid identity document
– copy f/r tax code;
– curriculum vitae signed and accompanied by authorisation to use the data (gdpr reg. (eu) 2016/679);
– certificates or documentation supporting the application, referring to significant experience gained in training or professional contexts relevant to the professional area of reference;
– motivational letter or self-presentation (also digital) highlighting the personal and professional intentions and objectives in participating in the course.
Application deadline: 30/06/2023
Form
The selection process will always be activated and documented even in cases where the number of eligible users does not exceed the available places.
The selection phase will make it possible to verify the possession of knowledge and skills that make it possible to acquire the competences resulting from the pathways.
The selection procedure provides for a written test and an individual/motivational interview for all those who meet the formal and substantial requirements.
The tests will be assessed by a Commission appointed by CNA FORMAZIONE ER and composed of an internal selection manager and renowned professionals.
The WRITTEN TEST will last 1 hour and will consist of questions on dance didactics, live performance and theatre – 50%
The individual interview (50%) will last approximately 15 minutes per candidate and will be aimed at deepening and understanding
– motivation to participate in the course
– awareness of the job role and consistency with the professional project expressed
– previous experience
– organisational skills, ability to work in a team and by objectives
The selection may provide for an in-person audition as a substitute for the written test, assessable on objective and measurable criteria.
The selection result will be notified by the end of July 2023. Successful candidates will receive a call to attend the first day of training scheduled for 06/10/2023.
Participation fee
Free
Duration
150 hours (130 classroom + 20 project work)
Date
October 2023 – March 2024
Where
Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto, Reggio Emilia
Number of expected participants
12
Certificate awarded
Certificate of attendance following attendance of at least 70% of the total number of hours.
Contact person for CNA Formazione ER
Marcella Fiorellini marcella.fiorellini@cnare.it – 0522/265115
Application deadline
30 June 2023
