Aerowaves and a.ArtistiAssociati brought together the #Twenty25 selection of artists from around Europe to a professional global audience.
In Gorizia and Nova Gorica we saw 24 performances over 4 days and welcomed 243 dance professionals from 45 countries. In addition, 400 local spectators attended the performances across the three cities.
The festival was also an opportunity to meet the international group of journalists and writers of the Springback Academy, the producers and curators of the Startup Forum programme, dance makers based in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Veneto (Italy) and Slovenia as part of Artists Encounter and for the first time we organised the Podcast Academy.
On the 23rd April we presented an additional programme: the Springback 10th anniversary and the work of two international choreographers, Kenta Kojiri (Japan) and Elie-Anne Ross (Québec/Canada) performed by young dancers.
In addition, the programme also included Silvia Gribaudi and Andrea Rampazzo’s work, ‘Amaterski tihotapci / Contrabbandieri dilettanti’, created and performed by the En-Knap dance company.
Aerowaves is Co-funded by the European Union and Spring Forward 2025 was made possible due to the support of Regione Autonoma Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
With the support of: Pro Helvetia, Culture Ireland, Acción Cultural Española, EU-Japan, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec & Québec Delegation in Rome, Fondazioni Nuovi Mecenati, Instituto Cervantes Milán and the Spanish Embassy in Italy, PAHN – Performing Arts Hub Norway.
In collaboration with: Municipality of Gorizia, Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica, La danse sur les routes du Québec, Yokohama Dance Collection, Kinosaki International Arts Center, PEPA – Place of European Performing Arts and Àgora programme – MM Contemporary Dance Company.
