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.

“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.