We Humans are movement

The historic Sala Grande in the modernist Palazzo del Cinema on the Lido, home of the Venice International Film Festival, is the site for this special, large-scale commission performed by students of Biennale College alongside the elite dancers of Company Wayne McGregor. Led by Artistic Director of the Dance Department at La Biennale di Venezia, Wayne McGregor, this high-touch, hi-tech collaboration celebrates the movement at the heart of cinema, architecture and our human experience.

Biennale College has been a highlight of the past three iterations of Biennale Danza, with a programme that has evolved and sharpened since its inception. Our ambition to connect our burgeoning young talent with unrivalled learning, training, mentoring, and creating opportunities has been fortified by the excellent teaching and mentoring we have experienced through internationally respected artists like Pite, Forsythe, Xie Xin, Teshigawara, Forti, McGregor and others. Each season we reflect and revise our offer and work towards a gold standard in dance training in the context of this wonderful international series of Biennale festivals. Again, 16 young dancers from around the world and 2 young choreographers (selected from over 400 applications) will be resident at Biennale Danza 2024 for three months, taking class, workshops, rep and vitally creating new work.

In a special large scale, site-specific commission, Biennale Danza Director Wayne McGregor will create a collaborative work with the young artists alongside his Company Wayne McGregor (in residence for Biennale Danza 2024) in the monumental Sala Grande in the Palazzo del Cinema on the Lido. A high tech, high touch collaborative project.

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