Oh, well — what do you think? Persistent action digs beneath thought, revealing something instinctive and timeless. Movement ...
On-Site Exploration 2025
Fabbrica EuropaAbout
After its first explorations in 2024, SHIFT returns to Florence with a second phase marking a crucial moment in the project’s journey. As part of Fabbrica Europa 2025, this stage unfolds as a process in constant transformation, accompanying and supporting European and Mediterranean artists in imagining new scenarios for choreographic and performative creation.
This second phase focuses in particular on the relationship between performance, space, and audience, fostering a shared reflection on the value of heritage—urban, historical, architectural, emotional—in Florence as a living, dynamic material able to host and transform the artistic experience for spectators.
From last year’s explorations at the Parco delle Cascine, the Ciminiera di Novoli, and the Sant’Orsola monastery-in-progress, to Florence’s historic cloisters, the city becomes a laboratory where emerging and established artists confront new languages, formats, and modes of reception.
La Prima Danza à coups de marteau 1° step
Damiano BigiFRITZ Company Bigi/PaolettiLA PRIMA DANZA (The First Dance) is a site-specific contemporary dance project exploring new performative languages within sp...
INFERNO
Roberto CastelloInferno (Hell) in Western culture is the place which more than others has inspired preachers, illustrators, painters, sculpto...
Finzioni
OltrenotteFinzioni (Fictions) by Lupa Maimone, presented as part of the “Attraverso Sant’Orsola” evening, is a project that explores ch...
Estudio para una extracción
Poliana LimaEstudio para una extracción (Study for an Extraction), presented as part of the “Attraverso Sant’Orsola” evening, is a dance ...
Per-sona
Blanca Lo VerdeThe voice is movement and vibration. Per-sona, presented as part of the “Attraverso Sant’Orsola” evening, is an action field...
DAUGHTERS
Teodora GranoStarting from a private matter, I would like to interrogate the forms that have no name, to deflagrate the concept of being ...
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SHIFT
Co-funded by the European Union, SHIFT, which stands for ‘Shaping Harmony, Innovating Forms & Thought’, questions the forms of space organization in people’s lives culturally, politically and socially. The project seeks to explore new formats of artistic expression, community engagement, and audience interaction, involving artists, experts, and citizens from multiple EU and Mediterranean countries.
By fostering a shift from mere observation to active participation and immersion, SHIFT focuses on investigating new spatial relationships, and shifting the emphasis from 'visual aesthetics' in conventional venues to dynamic 'aesthetics of action' in adaptable, non-dedicated performance spaces
The project is led by Cie Omar Rajeh & Maqamat (France), Fondazione Fabbrica Europa per le arti contemporanee (Italy), Albania Dance Meeting (Albania). In association with France Travail Scènes et Images- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (France), Beit El Raqs (Lebanon), Teatri Kombetar Eksperimental Kujtim Spahivogli (Albania)
SHIFT Partners
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