Aerowaves Spring Forward Festival

14th Artisti Associati Dance Festival. 

The Spring Forward Festival, held in a different country each year, offers the 20 most promising and passionate choreographers chosen by the European Aerowaves network, the chance to present their work to performing arts professionals and local audiences. The festival also features dedicated programmes for emerging dance critics (Springback Academy), dance curators (Startup Form), local artists (Artists Encounter) and podcasters (Podcast Academy).

Each year, Aerowaves launches a call for dance creators based in Europe. From an average of 700 video submissions, the partners select 20 works. The 2025 list includes works from 17 countries, representing an exciting and diverse selection of young dance creators working across Europe. A few of these performances are open to the public. You can access the full programme here.

On the 23 April, there will be an additional programme featuring a special presentation from Springback, Aerowaves’ critical writing project, to celebrate its 10th anniversary. In addition, the work of two choreographers, Kenta Kojiri (Japan) and Elie-Anne Ross (Québec/Canada) will be presented, performed by young dancers from professional training programmes (Borgo Live – Advanced Training Course for Authors of Theatre and Contemporary Dance and Agora Programme – MM Contemporary Dance Company). The programme also includes work by Silvia Gribaudi and Andrea Rampazzo, "Amaterski tihotapci / Contrabbandieri dilettanti" (Amateur Smugglers), created and performed by the Slovenian dance company, EN-KNAP.

Participation in the events, which are open to the public, is free of charge, but prior registration is required at this link.

The Festival is part of the GO! 2025 official programme.

Photo: Pat Mic