Dance Well: Parkinson dancers perform 'Oro. L’arte di resistere' in Collegno

Choreographer Francesca Foscarini and dramaturg Cosimo Lopalco created 'Oro. L’arte di resistere' for the Dance Well group, a community of dancers with and without Parkinson's from Bassano del Grappa. The performance, staged at Lavanderia a Vapore in Collegno, draws its title from Bassano's Gold Medal for Military Valor for Resistance during WWII. Dancers move to Summertime, Bella ciao, and Gino Paoli's 'Senza fine' sung by Ornella Vanoni. The piece incorporates texts by Hemingway and a list of 32 resistance fighters. In the finale, performers mark spectators' hands with gold paint and invite them to dance. Foscarini's work evokes Pina Bausch's Kontakthof, though she never saw it. The piece emphasizes spontaneity, improvisation, and emotional expression over predefined dance codes.