Creation in the Land 2026

The Festival kicks off from August 27 to 30 in Borgo Acqua Paola, Bracciano, with Creation in the Land, an immersive creative retreat dedicated to the relationship between dance and landscape. Guided by performers from the Hofesh Shechter Company—Attila Rónai, Justine Gouache, and Oscar Jinghu Li—performers and dancers will explore new possibilities of movement and creation through an intensive practice that will culminate in a public presentation open to Festival attendees. Accompanying the workshop will be an artistic residency by choreographer Filippo Buonamassa, alongside dancers from the ResExtensa company, who are engaged in the development of a new production intended for the NID platform and international circuiting. This is an opportunity to closely observe the creative process of a professional company and the dialogue between training and artistic production.

The evenings in Bracciano will accompany the workshop with four performances that reflect, from different perspectives, on the themes of journey, relationship, and legacy. The Festival will open with L'Altro, performed by Moreno Guadalupi for ResExtensa, which offers a reflection on the relationship between the individual and the community, intertwining contemporary dance and house dance. This will be followed by Odissea – Naufragi dell'Anima by the Luna Dance Theater, a contemporary reinterpretation of Odysseus's journey as a metaphor for self-discovery, and Echoes of the King by the Lunatics collective, a tribute to the artistic legacy of Michael Jackson through the languages of contemporary urban dance.

On August 30, the journey will conclude with the public presentation of Creation in the Land, preceded by a performance by the Coro Polifonico di Bracciano, directed by Maestra Martina Paciotti, with Maestro Andrea Bosso on piano. This moment will reflect the dialogue established over the days of residency between training, creation, and landscape, symbolically inaugurating the Festival's journey through the various cultural legacies that run throughout its entire programming.
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