ANNUAL COURSES
The 2026/27 annual courses, workshop and training will be directed by VERTICAL DANCE ACADEMY asd
WORKSHOP 2026
- Practices and tools. Equipment for new perspectives.
We apologize, but for organizational reasons we must reschedule this workshop to
November 5, 6, and 7, h10am - 17pm instead of November 13, 14, and 15
Questions about Vertical Dance Education Programs and any feedback can be sent to verticaldanceacademy@gmail.com
NEW Application Form (soon online)
Workshop Venue Vertical Dance Centre | Venezia-Marghera
write us verticaldanceacademy@gmail.com
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
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Culture Moves Europe and the Call for Individual Mobility
Artistic residency of dancer Safire Hikari in Venice. Creation of the work-in-progress *COLLAPSE* under the mentorship of choreographer Wanda Moretti—a performance that explores the sensation of falling in its somatic, emotional, and political dimensions, and the way in which dance can serve as a communal ritual capable of transforming our collective trauma.
Funded by the European Union and the Goethe-Institut
Creating Connections 2022
A project exploring participatory and inclusive practice in vertical dance.
A collaboratoin with Wanda Moretti / Il Posto (Italy), Kate Lawrence / VDKL (North Wales) Lindsey Butcher / Gravity & Levity (England).
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Funded by British Council’s International Collaboration Grants.
VERTICAL DANCE FORUM 2017-2019 European Project
Canada “Vancouver International Vertical Dance Summit ” June 10-15, 2019
England “Alternative Perspectives” January 21-25,2019
France “The Vertical Dance KIT” May 13-19, 2019
Croatia ” Vertical Dance in New Territories” September 15 – 21, 2018
Ireland “Blank Canvas Lab” June 13-19, 2018
Italy “Hub/Lab Vertical Dance” October 30-November 4, 2017
Wales « Open Doors – Vertical Conversations» July 24-30, 2017
Co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union