Moving Memory: NEXT GENERATION

Perfomance time: 60 minutes + reception afterwards

Moving Memory: NEXT GENERATION continues to nurture emerging artistic voices, foster meaningful creative connections, and create space for the next generation of artists in our community.

This edition invites you to an evening of dance curated by Stefanie Nelson, featuring original movement-based works that delve into the themes of memory, erasure, and forgetting.

The performance highlights contributions from members of the Dance Italia community, including Nunzia Picciallo, Next Gen choreographer Anna Rice, and a special guest solo by Marjani Forté-Saunders, created in collaboration with Idea Reid, a recent graduate of Barnard College.

Choreography: Marjani Forté-Saunders in collaboration with Idea Reid
Performer: Idea Reid
Music: “I Won’t Complain” – Rev. Paul Jones; “Empty Grail” – Vernon Reid

Inspired by the works of: Kara Walker, Frantz Fanon, and Forté-Saunders' On Permanence and I Won’t Complain
This work navigates grief, Black embodiment, and resistance through layered references and deeply personal expression. Anchored by text, song, and movement, it presents a space for reflection on presence, inheritance, and visionary imagination across time.
Idea Reid is a Barnard College graduate with a background in both Dance and Psychology. Her performance credits include work by Norbert de la Cruz III, Chanel DaSilva, and others.
Marjani Forté-Saunders is a 3x Bessie Award winner, United States Artists Fellow, and co-founder of 7NMS. Her practice centers movement as ritual and resistance.

Created & Performed by: Nunzia Picciallo
Music: Marcal, Nunzia Picciallo
Supported by: Equilibrio Dinamico, Big Factory, Associazione Culturale Ri.E.S.Co., Fuorimargine Sardegna, Tersicorea T.Off
Produced with support from: MIC Italian Ministry of Culture, GAI, TPP Puglia Public Theater, GA/ER

Awards: Performance Award (Solo-Tanz-Theater Festival), Masdanza Award, SAI Festival Award, and more.
WAMI reclaims the dancing body from binary expectations. Through raw, shifting movement, Nunzia Picciallo offers a vision of identity unbound—fluid, resistant, and fully embodied in its rebellion against structural norms.
Nunzia Picciallo is an internationally recognized, award-winning dance artist whose work bridges movement, visual art, and philosophy. Their performances have been featured across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

Choreography: Anna Rice in collaboration with the dancers
Dancers: Georgia Dahill-Fuchel, Hanna Golden, Taylor Graham, Anna Rice, Kayla White
Music Composition: Georgia Dahill-Fuchel
Costume Design: Anna Rice
smeard explores the liminal world of dreams—where subconscious truths surface and disorienting logic reigns. Through a surreal, shifting movement language, the work invites audiences into a realm where reality and memory blur, allowing glimpses of our most avoided inner narratives.
Anna Rice is a New York City–based choreographer and performer. She has created and performed with companies across the U.S. and was recently selected for the CENTRIFUGE choreographic residency. Anna holds a BFA in Dance from Indiana University.

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