Nightwalks with Teenagers is a walking performance created in collaboration with young people, who plan, design and lead public walks through the city at night, sharing their favourite parts of the neighbourhood with members of the community. The performance brings together teens and adults who might not otherwise meet, to have experiences related to a shared place and time; it offers an opportunity for adults to socialize with young people in a safe social space, where everyone can let loose, and silences offer moments for contemplation. Nightwalks is focused on the pro-social ameliorative power of walking together, and is inspired in part by the Situationist notion of the “derive,” as well as psychogeographic wanderings through the city.

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The Canadian company Mammalian Diving Reflex has been an international reference point for the co-creation of theatre and performance projects with children and teenagers for over 15 years. Founded by Artistic Director Darren O’Donnell, the company creates site and social-specific performance events, theatre productions, participatory gallery installations, videos, art objects and theoretical texts to foster dialogue and dismantle barriers between individuals of all backgrounds by bringing people together in new and unusual ways.

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ideato e diretto da Darren O’Donnell, coordinato da Saniya Ansari, Saif Azmi, Darren O’Donnell, Stephanie Springgay & Jenna Winter, coordinato a Bologna da Chiara Prodi, Sara Ben Hamouda, Fjoralba Qerimaj, Ngawang Luding, Kyle Mervin Fajardo, Eva Geatti, Agnese Cornelio, Manuela De Meo, con lз ragazzз della città metropolitana di Bologna, con il sostegno dell’Ambasciata del Canada in Italia, supportato da Canada Council for the Arts e Ontario Arts Council

ph Alessandro Morana

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Free admission: booking on Vivaticket.