Training Future Moves
Vicenza’s Museums and
dance for youth
An artistic and scientific training program for dancers who wish to develop dance practices for teenagers living with psychological vulnerability and depression, in museums.
The training course includes online and in-person activities and is taught in English and Italian.
Eight online sessions (March-May 2026) will introduce the scientific context and content for specific dance practices and artistic approaches in museums. Some sessions will focus on research and experiences developed by experts and artists in different international contexts.
An in-person training through artistic practices in Vicenza’s museums (May 2026 – April 2027). Each participant will create and lead artistic practices at Palazzo Chiericati and other Vicenza museum locations, developing choreographic scores, improvisations, and new approaches to dialogue with the artworks on display, through the body in motion.
Publications and bibliographic tools will be shared during the training course.
The course is aimed at active dance artists, with a good knowledge of spoken and written English, born in 1995 and residing in the Veneto region. In-person activities will be agreed upon with each participant, with a cycle of 10-15 sessions scheduled between May 2026 and April 2027. A certificate of participation will be issued at the end of the training.
The initiative is promoted by e20danza, the Municipality and the Museums of Vicenza, in collaboration with AULSS8 Berica, Rete Nolimita-c-tions, Casa di Cultura Popolare and Palazzo del Monte SRL.
Thanks to the support of Fondazione Cariverona, the training course is offered free of charge to up to 10 participants.
Last application deadline: Wednesday, February 25, 2026 .
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Teachers and experts:
Giovanna Garzotto, an independent dancer, teacher and dance creator, trained at the London Contemporary Dance School. As a performer, he has collaborated, among others, with Melanie Demers, Chiara Frigo, Sharon Fridman, Andrea Costanzo Martini, Ivan Perez and Emma Crithley. She was an assistant choreographer for Yasmeen Godder, Itamar Serussi, Stian Danielsen and Sharon Fridman. Dance Well-movement teacher for Parkinson’s since 2013. Co-founder of the Nolimita-c-tions network and the Base9 artistic community. In his work, he enjoys inhabiting unconventional places with projects that engage with communities, arise from processes of cooperation and sharing, and foster a careful awareness of resource use.
Michela Negro, Dance Well teacher since 2013, tutor of the Dance Well teaching course 2015-2025. A dancer, choreographer and co-founder of the Nolimita-c-tions network (a network of contemporary dance teachers with teachers Garzotto, Briaschi, Bolfe, Mocellin, and Todesco), she and Simone Baldo run the cultural association e20danza, which offers training in contemporary and modern dance, particularly for pre-professionals and adults. She collaborates with the project I Dance The Way I Feel – Dance Practices for People with Cancer and Beyond. Michela has been creating choreography since 1996 and has danced extensively for Parmentier, Alegado, Frigo, and Novembrini. A philosophy graduate, she has been studying the relationship between dance and the A. Tomatis method with A. Orset since 2010.
Roberto Casarotto, Co-director of Aerowaves, until 2022 he collaborated with the CSC and the Operaestate Festival of Bassano del Grappa, curating dance programs and developing international projects. For the Municipality of Bassano del Grappa and its citizens, it developed Dance Well – Movement research for Parkinson and coordinated its national and international growth until summer 2025. Since 2025, in collaboration with the Municipality of Vicenza, e20danza, and the city health system, she has developed Future Moves, a program of dance practices in museums for adolescents with depression. He is a member of the CCW Welfare Cultural Center.
Greta Pieropan, dance dramaturg. Her professional trajectory moves between words and movement. Her practice brings into the space a dance dramaturg that is a friendly, shape-shifting figure who accompanies, listens and translates, working with artists, with audiences and communities and in participatory projects. She uses writing to give voice to creative processes and document them. From 2022 to June 2025, she was communications manager for the Dance Well; she served on the board of EDN – European Dance Development Network, and as a partner in the Aerowaves network.
Vittoria Caneva, an Italian dancer and choreographer. She has worked as a performer for Yasmeen Godder, Nora Chipaumire, Melanie Démers, Masako Matsushita, Kinkaleri, Pietro Marullo, Andrea Rampazzo, Beatrice Bresolin, Giorgia Lolli. Since 2020, she has collaborated with Masako Matsushita on the Diary of a Move archiving project. She is a founding member of Base9, an artistic community that creates choreographic, participatory projects and workshops. Since 2019, she has been a Dance Well teacher and since 2025 she has been teaching Future Moves. With Lucciole-L’arte del dubbio she was a finalist for DNAppunticoreografici 2022, as part of the Romaeuropa Festival.
Hanna Kushnirenko, is a dancer and photographer originally from Kherson, Ukraine, now living in Italy. Her artistic practice is based on improvisation and performative practices, with the aim of creating a connection with space and people, of dealing with the most difficult feelings, with attention to detail and an ironic vision of things. She’s a Dance Well and Future Moves teacher.
Luisa Consolaro, Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, member of the editorial staff of the magazine Storie e Geografie Familari, member of the Clinical Staff and teacher of ITFV, AITF, AIMS. She collaborates with the Veneto Institute of Family Therapy and the Casa di Cultura Popolare in Vicenza.
Luisella Carnelli, researcher and consultant at the Fitzcarraldo Foundation and the Piedmont Cultural Observatory. Her expertise focuses on the in-depth analysis of cultural creativity, production, and organisation, with a particular focus on public engagement, participatory approaches, and the crucial intersection of culture and well-being. Actively involved in projects co-financed by the European Union, Luisella is a strong advocate for cultural participation and is committed to bridging the gap between the arts, assessment processes, and community well-being.
Monica Gillette, dance dramaturg and Co-Director of the German Tanztriennale. Monica has facilitated several programs and developed artistic practices for dance for communities and non-professional groups. She is a contributor and editor of several publications on dance and wellness, dance and health, the involvement of non-professionals in dance, and dance and soft skills.
Yasmeen Godder is an internationally renowned choreographer, dancer, and teacher, born in Jerusalem and raised in New York. Her work is distinguished by visceral physicality and emotional intensity, addressing complex issues such as trauma, empathy, vulnerability, and social dynamics. Since 1999, Godder has run the Yasmeen Godder Company and in 2007 founded her studio in Jaffa, a vibrant venue for her artistic research and socially engaged initiatives in the dialogue between generations and cultures.
Annemarie Labinjo-van der Meulen and Bryndis Ragna Brynjolfsdottir, dance artists and founders of RAAF danst, their organisation offers dance projects, educational programs, and research that contribute to the well-being of various groups of young adults with and after cancer (AYA). Their projects are accessible and based on scientific research on the positive effects of dance on well-being and health.
