The Festival

Since 1996 the International Costante Cambiamento Festival has promoted contemporary dance and art, and theatre of cultures other than those of Europe.

Its approach to development and to contemporary art is socio-anthropological. Over the years, the Festival has involved audiences in considerable cross-cultural experiences by stimulating the human aspect through such themes as peace, coexistence, human and social rights, that are connected to the impact of the economy on younger generations, both locally and throughout the world. Costante Cambiamento is an attempt to meet the need for non-standard cultural products and aggregation. By applying a new conception of art, which seeks to share and promote the rights of the individual and the community, it has always presented a model that is consistent with the complexities of contemporary society. Throughout its years of activity, the Festival’s project method and cultural policy have had a strong impact on the territory and have contributed increasing the awareness of many citizens, artists and operators.

Since the first edition in 1996, the Festival has invested in the awareness of the public and young people with the in-depth, special promotion of contemporary dance and theatre. After the edition dedicated to  the search by the Nouvelle Danse of France and Pina Bausch’s ìdance theatreî, the Festival was an opportunity to find out about Israel’s theatre and contemporary choreography in relation to the dialogue with Palestinian culture by setting up the first important social proposal. Since then, the Festival’s focus has been increasingly oriented towards the value of the performing arts as a social commitment. The programme dedicated to Portugal and Brazil was an original study into the artistic anthropology of young and established dancers, former street children, in a human and professional encounter with established choreographers. Between 2002 and 2004, the Festival’s theme was suburbia and it raised the question about its meaning and the people at risk in an artistic debate on the lack of socio-cultural integration due to globalisation. In 2005, Costante Cambiamento focused on the New Europe in a transition programme in which Berlin and the Baltic countries interpreted two of the most significant stages in the history of Europe: the union between East European and Baltic countries, 15 years after the fall of the Berlin wall, and the presentation of the European Convention based on the recognition of human rights.  The 2006 edition of the Festival presented a programme about the emerging cultures in young European society, an artistic encounter between the new Islamic Arabic generations in French society and those of contemporary Estonia.