_{At the close of 2025, the ∞therside collective gathered in Ferrara to develop their new work, DREAMS AND STONES, in the enchanting Artificio studio. In January 2026, the collective continued their creative journey in Thessaloniki, where a deepening workshop with Julyen Hamilton about the performing element and a first glimpse of the piece marked the inspiring next steps.}

DREAMS AND STONES

A whole life inside the walls of this house full of strangers
I will play like a kid in an empty room
People are fragments
Foundation and dreams
Dreams and stones

_{The six performers create a living, constantly changing architecture that is home to stories, poetry, atmospheres and emotions. Space and time form the foundation, while contemporary dance, live music and spoken theatre are the building blocks. The performers use these materials to create dynamic structures that speak directly to the audience while remaining permeable to individual associations.}

_{Photos: Giacomo Calabrese and Vangelis Ameranis}

Choreographed and performed by

_{Vassiliki Angelidou (GR) • Alessio Bettoli (IT) • Francesca Caselli (IT) •  Sarah Chien (USA) • Susanna Grob (CH)}

_{In collaboration with Artificio / cantieri culturali creativi, Studio 29A, Thessaloniki}

Thanks to

_{Artifici / ocantieri culturali creativi, Ferrara • Factory Grisù, Ferrara • CARPA •  Studio 29A, Thessaloniki}

Activities

10 days Creation Residency at Artificio/ cantieri culturali creativi
Ferrara, IT
Dezember 2025

Workshop THE PERFORMING BODY at Factory Grisù
Ferrara, IT
December 28 2025

Showing DREAMS AND STONES at Factory Grisù
Ferrara, IT
December 28 2025

Workshop with Julyen Hamilton
THE PERFORMING ELEMENT at Studio 29A
Thessaloniki, GR
January 02-06 2026

Performance DREAMS AND STONES at Studio 29A
Thessaloniki, GR
January 04 2026

_{This year ∞therside collective had a beautiful, inspiring residency in Sementerie Artistiche, in Crevalcore. The perfect place to create and share the new piece PLENTY OF GHOSTS.
A mystical, humorous performance full of dance, theater and live music.}

PLENTY OF GHOSTS

Sisifo è condannato dagli dèi a spingere una roccia sulla cima di una montagna, per poi vederla ogni volta ricadere giù, ripetendo continuamente la stessa azione con lo stesso risultato… L’uomo cerca una ragione più profonda per cui vivere. Nella ripetizione, guarda il tempo passare velocemente nel terrore. Con la speranza che in futuro la sua condizione possa cambiare…Si indaga lo stato dell’esserci, dello stare e del manifestarsi, assaporare la rivelazione di una scelta. Musica dal vivo, voce, parole e corpi in movimento scandiscono lo scorrere del tempo e, accolgono, con sorpresa e meraviglia, momenti di eternità.

Choreographed and performed by

_{Vassiliki Angelidou (GR) • Alessio Bettoli (IT) • Francesca Caselli (IT) •  Susanna Grob (CH) • Sokratis Votskos (GR)}

_{In collaboration with Sementerie Artistiche within the Network h(abita)t – network of dance spacesin / In collaborazione con Sementerie Artistiche all’interno della Rete h(abita)t – rete di spazi per la danza}

Thanks to

_{Sementerie Artistiche, Alessandra Di Giusto}

Activities

1 week Residency at Sementerie Artistic
Crevalcore, IT
April 2025

Performance PLENTY OF GHOSTS at Sementerie Artistiche
Crevalcore, IT
April 19 2025

Workshop Instant Composition at Borgo Vivo
Ferrara, IT
April 15 2025

Performance PLENTY OF GHOSTS at Borgo Vivo
Ferrara, IT
April 21 2025

Workshop Instant Composition at Borgo Vivo
Ferrara, IT
April 22 2025

_{This year ∞therside collective created and shared their new piece SPIRAGLI_one range horizon in Italy. A performance full of dance, theater and live music.}

SPIRAGLI_one range horizon

_{South America
penetrating the essence.
The sea light
a jump in the air.
Cold mosquito shower breakdown
drunk with elegance.}

_{© Corrado Pavani}

Choreographed and performed by

_{Vassiliki Angelidou (GR) • Alessio Bettoli (IT) • Francesca Caselli (IT) • Sarah Chien (USA) •  Susanna Grob (CH) • Sokratis Votskos (GR)}

Lighting Design

_{Franco Campioni (IT)}

Thanks to

_{Teatro Nucleo • Comune e Pro Loco di Voghiera • Museo Civico di Belriguardo • Borgo Vivo
Filippo Giubelli • Mirko Lancerotto • Agata Grekorkiewitz}

Gallery and Videoproject

_{The gallery in the Belriguardo Museum was designed by Mirko Lancerotto with his photographs and paintings.
Mirko has also made solo video recordings and combined them with his music to create the following works.}

Between me and you
Inverno
Utero

Activities

1 week Residency at Teatro Nucleo
Ferrara, IT
January – February 2024

Performance SPIRAGLI _ one range horizon at Teatro Nucleo
Ferrara, IT
February 3^rd 2024

Workshop Instant Composition at Teatro Nucleo
Ferrara, IT
February 3^rd 2024

1 week Residency at Museo Civico di Belriguardo
Voghiera, IT
February 2024

Performance SPIRAGLI _ one range horizon
at Museo Civico di Belriguardo, Voghiera, IT
February 9^th 2024

Performance SPIRAGLI _ one range horizon at Borgo Vivo
Ferrara, IT
February 10^th 2024

Videoproject Mirko Lancerotto
at Museo Civico di Belriguardo, Voghiera, IT
February 2024

Production

_{We worked intensively on our new piece You Are In My Everywhere
and shared a unique version of it on three evenings each at Gibney Dance Center Theater.}

You Are In My Everywhere

_{is a vivid composition for three dancers and two musicians.}

_{Where every space has time
Where each time has space
Where sounds caress words
Where words dissolve into light
Where light fullfills a poem
Where poetry comes alive}

^{©Alice Chacon}

Choreographed and performed by

_{Sarah Chien (USA) • Agata Grekorkiewitz (PL) •  Susanna Grob (CH) •
Sokratis Votskos (GR) • Caitlin Cawley (USA)}

Performance Review, Dance Enthusiast

Contributors from New York 

_{Jolie Saltiel ( Associate Producer) • Sarah A.O. Rosner (Strategy Consultant) • Theo Armstrong (Marketing Assistant) • Lauren Hlubny (Advisor and Volunteer Coordinator) • Karen Kitchen (Producer, Gibney Dance) • Beau Banks (Lighting Design) • David Vandervliet (Technical Direction) • Yolette (Box Office) • Rennica (Marketing) • Alice Chacon (photos) • Jan-Peter Pedross (Salo Farm residency host) • Wendy Perron (Moderator of the post show discussion)}

Supporting Collective Members and Gallery Contributors 

_{Vicky Angelidou (GR) • Alessio Bettoli (IT) • Francesca Caselli (IT) • Mirko Lancerotto (IT)} 

Gallery

_{At Gibney Second-Floor Gallery we exhibited limited edition photographs, poetry and film from the collectives uniquely collaborative creative process.}

Thanks to

_{This project was funded through a commission by Gibney and community support. Agata Gregorkiewicz participation was supported by Adam Mickiewicz Institute`s Polish Culture Worldwide Programme.}

Activities

1 week Creative Residency at Salo Farm
Granville, New York
Apr 2023

10 days Rehearsals at Gibney Dance Center
Downtown Manhattan, New York
Apr 2023

1 week Multimedia Exhibit at Gibney Gallery
Downtown Manhattan, New York
Apr 2023

Performance You Are In My Everywhere at Gibney Dance Center Downtown Manhattan, New York
April 27^th / 28^th / 29^th 2023

Post Show Talk with Wendy Perron
April 28^th 2023

Workshop Instant Composition (Dance and Live Music Workshop)
Pier 25 at Hudson River Park, Downtown Manhattan, New York
Apr 2023

Thanks to a cultural scholarship from the city of GDAŃSK (Zrealizowano ze środków Miasta Gdańska w ramach Stypendium Kulturalnego), the collective spent 2 weeks in Poland. For the first time, we were able to continue working with the same musicians from a previous residency !

We shared our new work, Punto, at PLAMA in the historic Zaspa neighborhood; and our residency space PIK. At PIK we created a multi-part evening that began with an audience movement workshop, then a performance and finally a gallery reception/exhibition of photos.

We also shared an instant composition workshop with local professional dancers and amateur movers, accompanied by live music.

Members and Contributors

Sarah Chien (USA) • Vicky Angelidou (GR) •  Susanna Grob (CH) • Francesca Caselli (IT) • Agata Grekorkiewitz (PL) • Alessio Bettoli (IT) • Mirko Lancerotto (IT) •

Activities

2 week Residency at PIK Pomorski Incubator Kultury
Gdansk, Poland
Oct 2022

Performance: Punto
PLAMA GAK (Gdanski Archipelag Kultury)
Gdansk, Poland
Oct 2021

Workshop/Performance/Vernisage: Punto
PIK Pomorski Incubator Kultury
Gdansk, Poland
Oct 2021

Workshop: Instant Composition (Dance and Live Music Workshop)
PIK Pomorski Inkubator Cultury
Oct 2021

Despite three postponements, ∞therside collective held their 2021 residency in Italy. We created a new evening length work, Al Momento Giusto, during a residency at Centro Sociale La Resistenza (Ferrara). We co-produced two evenings of performances at Paleotto 11 (Bologna) and ArteNativae (San Prospero) with an accompanying photo exhibit by Mirko Lancerotto. Embracing the resilient community spirit of the place and the times, we performed in village festivals, taught workshops at local dance studios, and hosted an outdoor jam for musicians and dancers. We also had the privilege of sharing an evening of collaborative practice and cultural exchange with Sicilian frame drum master, Alfio Antico.

Members and Contributors

Sarah Chien (USA) • Vicky Angelidou (GR) •  Susanna Grob (CH) • Francesca Caselli (IT) • Xavier Geerman (AW/NL) • Agata Grekorkiewitz (PL) • Alessio Bettoli (IT) • Mirko Lancerotto (IT) • Filippo Giubelli (IT)

Activities

2 week Residency at Centro Sociale La Resistenza
Ferrara, Italy
Sept-Oct 2021

Performance: Al Momento Giusto
Paleotto 11
Bologna, Italy
October 2021

Performance: Al Momento Giusto
ArteNativae
San Prospero, Italy
October 2021

Performance: Al Momento Giusto (work in progress showing)
Festivale ProLoco/Comune di Felonica
Felonica, Italy
September 2021

Teaching: ∞therside collective professional training workshop
Studio 43
Argenta, Italy
September 2021

Facilitating: Tools for the Jam, a workshop/jam for musicians and dancers
ArteNativae
San Prospero, Italy
September 2021

In response to the global pandemic ∞therside came together for weekly online practices. For 5 months, we confronted uncertainty together, maintaining collective practice, and researching “live improvised cinema” using Zoom as both a platform and a tool for improvisation. We also created a practice of asynchronously exchanging solos: each week one member recorded a short solo work in either music or movement, and all other members created their own response. The group developed tools for remote collaboration, feedback, and creative process.

Sanskar Digital Festival

Our short film, “In There/In Here” was selected for Sanskar India’s 2020 Digital Festival.

Members & Contributors

Sarah Chien (USA) • Vicky Angelidou (GR) •  Agata Gregorkiewitz (PL) • Susanna Grob (CH) • Francesca Caselli (IT) • Xavier Geerman (AW/NL) • Sokratis Votskos (GR) • Mirko Lancerotto (IT)

∞therside gathered for a 2 week creative residency at the Stavros Village Cultural Center in Stavros, Greece. Joined by local musicians, Giorgios Kalamakis and Sokrates Votskos, we studied greek folk dances and rhythms and incorporated elements of those into our work. We performed an evening length work, less is more, for 2 nights at Studio 29A in Thessaloniki and shared 3 days of workshops with local dance students there. We also toured to neighboring city, Drama to perform in their traditional amphitheater, curated as special guests for of an evening of improvisation.

This close-knit gathering of performers helped cement the collective’s core group, resulting in the creation of our (wo)manifesto organizing document and the formalization of our commitment to each other as a permanent collective.

Members and Contributors

Sarah Chien (USA) • Vicky Angelidou (GR) •  Susanna Grob (CH) • Francesca Caselli (IT) • Giorgos Kalamakis (GR) • Sokratis Votskos (GR) • Marianna Rantou (GR) • Dean Mavridis (GR) • Kyriakos Paimon (GR)

Activities

Performance: less is more
Studio 29A
Thessaloniki, Greece
September 2019

Performance: less is more (excerpt)
Drama Amphitheater
Drama, Greece
September 2019

2 week Residency Stavros Village Cultural Center
Stavros, Greece
August 2018

Teaching: ∞therside collective professional training workshop
Studio 29A
Thessaloniki, Greece
September 2019

8 dancers from 8 different countries gathered in Bratislava, united only by their shared experience of studying David Zambrano’s Passing Through work intensively the year before. We quickly discovered we were able to live, work and create together by applying the same values used to create instant compositions to our collective organizing. After a 2 week residency at Nova Cvernovka, we performed two versions of our work. First, at Štúdio 12 in Bratislava with experimental electronic music group Zoo & Aquarium, and then at T3, a reclaimed tram, turned-music-venue with percussionist Ivo Palenčár. We developed structures and scores to expand beyond Passing Through and at the end of the residency a core group of members committed to meeting again, as ootherside collective.

Members and Contributors

Michal Freriks (SK) • Sarah Chien (USA) • Vicky Angelidou (GR) •  Susanna Grob (CH) • Agata Gregorkiewitz (PL) • Paul Guenot (UK) • Valentina Azzati (AR) • Ingvild Bertelsen (NO) • Martin Kosorín (SK) •  Adam Kapjor (SK) •  Vlado Oravec (SK) •  Daniela Mužíková (SK) •  Ivo Palenčár (SK)

Supporting Institutions

Štúdio 12 •  T3 • Nova Cvernovka

32 dancers from around the world were invited to spend a month working intensively with master improviser, David Zambrano. In Sicily, they met to study and further develop his group improvisation form, Passing Through. This is the moment where the future ∞therside members met, and seeds were planted for the first meeting in Bratislava meeting.