In dialogo

Paths in art, language and communication

In dialogo

Paths in art, language and communication

“In dialogo”, a project of the Accademia Dimitri, Teatro Zigoia and the competence centre for Educational Needs, School and Society (BESS) of the DFA/SUPSI, aims to strengthen cultural participation and social cohesion in the territory through artistic activity, particularly theatre. The project directly involves the population in artistic practice, understood as a tool for transformation and the emergence of new forms of collective identity.

This project is supported by the Nuovo Noi Programme of the Federal Commission for Migration, which aims to strengthen cultural participation, social cohesion and the feeling of belonging in the Swiss society of migration, and by the Cantonal Integration Programme (PIC), which aims to promote measures for the integration and involvement of the local population.

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Abstract

“In dialogo” is based on the conviction that artistic activity can be an essential tool for transformation and community building in a given territory, capable of creating the conditions for new forms of collective identity to emerge. It directly involves groups of people residing in Canton Ticino – specifically in the Onsernone and Centovalli valleys – of different genders, ages and origins (natives, from other regions of Switzerland, immigrants or with migratory origins).

The approach is based on group work in “laboratories” (or ateliers), understood as collective work spaces open to sharing and experimentation: the conception and realisation of activities based on artistic practices, especially between theatre and visual arts, favour the establishment of deep and spontaneous relationships between the participants, stimulating the aptitude to “tell their stories” and to cooperate for a common goal. By moving through the valleys and making the different groups of people interact in the context of artistic practices, the project proposes an innovative access key, allowing a real encounter between the different positions and cultures, no longer comparing them but translating them into a real and productive dialogue.

Events and workshops

The project is spread over 2 years (2023-2024) in various locations in the Centovalli and Onsernone and weaves together two main areas of activity:

The first offers a diffuse review of events open to the public, with the aim of facilitating exchange and integration between the groups of participants in the workshops, the communities inhabiting the territories and those who – for professional, study or tourist reasons – live in these places on a transitory basis. The promotion of coordinated and synergic actions and events also offers an opportunity to think about new relations between the Centovalli and Onsernone territories, as well as between urban and peripheral areas. The wide network of partners developed for the project and the collaboration with organisations already promoting activities aimed at the population will offer privileged access to the different communities.
In the second, theatrical and artistic workshops will be conducted, customised according to the target audience, to encourage the creation of small, internally cohesive working groups among people from different migratory backgrounds and cultural backgrounds, but who live in the area of the two valleys, the Locarnese area or, more generally, the Canton of Ticino.

“Verso l’inverno”. Review of cultural events, autumn 2023

The project’s first series of events, entitled ‘Towards Winter’, aims to involve all people who wish to welcome winter together. How? By playing, walking and creating together, immersed in nature and the fascinating migration history of the Centovalli and the Onsernone Valley.

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE

For registration, please write to mail@teatrozigoia.org specifying:

The name of the event
The names and number of participants indicating adults and children
E-mail address and telephone number

Download the program!

Sunday 1 October, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

“Preparing for winter” – Theatrical excursion

Travelling theatre workshop with storytelling and live music on the historic “Market Street” trail from Palagnedra to Camedo.

It all starts with walking slowly… step by step we will immerse ourselves in the impressions of the forest. What memories, figures and characters will emerge from the first days of autumn?

Conducted by Andrea Valdinocci, director, actor and trainer, Lianca Pandolfini, actress, teaching artist, and Aude Lorillard, multi-instrumentalist musician.

Event aimed at an adult audience, registration required.

In case of bad weather, the event will be rescheduled.

Saturday 21 October, 2.30 – 5.30 p.m.

“Back to the river” – Theatrical adventure

Due to bad weather, the event has been postponed to 12 November, together with the event ‘Around the Fire – Artistic Atelier’. We are very sorry for the change of programme, which will not prevent us from continuing the project with the same enthusiasm!

Short excursion with stories and live music exploring the path of ancient crafts between Borgnone and Lionza. With the support of Banca Raiffeisen Losone Pedemonte Vallemaggia.

Let’s play together and collect the materials that nature gives us, rediscovering the crafts of the past and imagining new ingenious practices.

Conducted by Andrea Valdinocci, director, actor and trainer, Lianca Pandolfini, actress, teaching artist, and Deborah Jakob, multi-instrumentalist musician.

For everyone, adults and children of all ages, with compulsory registration.

In case of bad weather, the event will be rescheduled.

Sunday 12 November, 11:00 – 16:30

“Back to the river” and “Around the fire” – theatrical excursion and art workshop

The event is supported by Banca Raiffeisen Losone Pedemonte Vallemaggia

Short hike with stories and live music exploring the path of ancient crafts from Lionza to Borgnone and visual arts workshop in the Camedo Theatre Atelier.

We will walk through an ancient landscape and the trades of the past, collect materials offered by nature, and with new eyes create a collective work.

Conducted by: Amelia Prazak, visual artist – Lianca Pandolfini, actress – Deborah Jakob, musician – Andrea Valdinocci, actor

For everyone, adults and children of all ages, with compulsory registration.

The event will not be changed in the event of bad weather.

Saturday 2 December, from sunset

“Greeting the light” – Theatrical torchlight procession

Travelling and interactive show in Loco.

We light torches and enter the labyrinth of Loco’s streets… The light goes out, the community seeks each other out, unites… And gathers together to face winter, darkness, cold, and to defeat loneliness.

Directed by Andrea Valdinocci.

For everyone, adults and children of all ages, with compulsory registration.

In case of bad weather, the event will be rescheduled.

In collaboration with

Comune Onsernone