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ART FACTORY INTERNATIONAL

Contemporary Dance Platform

Art Factory International is a professional intensive training project created by Leggere Strutture Art Factory, a center dedicated to arts and culture in the city of Bologna.

For over 10 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.

Community

Our vision is to create a unique and special place, a safe platform for community, dance and art.

Training

Intensive program that the participant are enriched by an unique of technical, creative and performance experiences in various contexts, all of which support them at the start of their journey towards a career in dance.

Experiences

The Platform is a host to monthly Workshops and Residencies featuring Internationally renowned choreographers and artists with focus on widening the attendees’ knowledge and enriching the workshop participants’ experiences, visions and professional competences.

About Staff

Our staff, 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.

Events and Festival

During the programme in addition, the artists are invited for a period of Artistic Residence in order to create a performance piece, open to the public, to be presented at the CRUDO FESTIVAL and Rassegna Spazio Crudo 2025/2026 in Bologna.

Facilities

Here you can read more information about our facilities and studios

Life in Bologna

City of art, culture, university and commerce, with a streamlined trade-fair organization and a well-known manufacturing and motor tradition, Bologna is famous for its almost 40 km of arcades, the longest in the world, recently named a UNESCO Heritage Site

Audition

The participation to programme A.F.I. is subject to audition and assessment of your artistic profile. Read more about the apply and the next dates auditions