For over 15 years, Art Factory International has been offering participants the opportunity to build their own artistic identity with solid technical and creative foundations through our international professional training program for contemporary dancers.
The program consistently has had an open and up-to-date vision of the international dance and performing arts scenes, promoting dance excellence and aiming to disseminate the art and culture of dance in order to train individuals prepared for future entry into the artistic and professional world.
Programme Overview
The program is structured from October to May in a intensive months of training , the participants carrying out daily training from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 3:30 pm. The training which includes a variety of curriculum classes everyday of ballet, contemporary dance, floorwork, counter technique, capoeira, composition, repertoire, improvisation, hiphop and urban dance.
Programme Seminars in somatic and body movement
More than, they programme are accompanied by specific seminars in somatic and body movement such as Feldenkrais®, BMC® bodymindcentering, as well as the inclusive/physically integrated dance with the atelier CorpoPoetico®.
Programme Seminars on cultural production activities and creative management tools for dancers
Additionally, the training program includes a session of seminars on cultural production activities and creative management tools for dancers researching and experimenting with contemporary body languages, dramaturgy, and self-entrepreneurship.
We also offer a short Italian language seminar for dancers who wish to learn the basics in order to facilitate their greater integration and social inclusion with the city.
Programme Workshops and Artistic Residence with International Guests
Each month the program hosts international guests for one full week. This season we are proud to host six international choreographers who will contribute to the professional and artistic growth of the trainees. In addition, two artists are invited in the program for a period of Artistic Residence within the Art Factory International venue in order to create a performance piece, open to the public, to be presented at the CRUDO FESTIVAL 2026 in Bologna.
Our teachers and guests are established international artists in full swing with the creations and productions, thus maintaining the program’s technical, creative, and artistic level updated and in line with the trends of dance, contemporaneity and future performing languages.
A.F.I. born from an artistic project as a platform that allows for the passing, change, and transformation that occurs in the phase of personal and individual growth, the AFI training program allows each student to shape their own artistic identity in constant evolution, and to be able to pursue their career and create international action networks starting from a wholesome and consolidated environment.
Our teachers and guests are established international artists in full swing with the creations and productions, thus maintaining the program’s technical, creative, and artistic level updated and in line with the trends of dance, contemporaneity and future performing languages.
Programme Structure
Daily Plan
+ The program develops on daily basis from Monday to Friday from 9am until 3.30pm, including a 45-minute lunch break.
+ The mornings classes are usually dedicated to classical ballet or capoeira classes, followed by contemporary dance, floorwork, improvisation and choreographic composition, hiphop class etc.
+ In the occasion of the seminars, the courses are fully committed to the subject and are arranged with a full day or a half day schedule.
Workshops and Residencies Plan
+ We have scheduled monthly workshops with international choreographers, the duration of which ranges from 4 days to an intense full week.
+ The artists’ residencies take up between 1-2 weeks, with a full-time schedule, giving rise to a presentation open to the public in Art Factory International’s performative space or in a Festival
Annual Plan
The program takes up from October to May of intensive training with a full time schedule, at the conclusion of which the Attendance Certificate for AFI programme is awarded.
The program observes the official holiday calendar with breaks on the following occasions:
- 2th November 2025
- 8th December 2025
- 3 weeks – Christmas Holidays 2025
- 1 week – Easter Holidays 2026
- 1st May 2025
How to Apply
Admission is subject to invitation.
The audition will consist of a classical and contemporary dance lesson, a choreographic class and an individual interview with the staff.
To attend the audition please send, along with the registration form, your CV and 2 photos (medium close-up and full length).
Fill in the form below and you will receive by mail further directions for registration.