NU—ARTS AND COMMUNITY 21.09.2023—24.09.2023, NOVARA

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NU is participation. NU is a social creative network. NU is innovation and tradition. NU is new productions. NU is breaking through disciplines. NU is theatre, dance, music, literature, circus, visual arts. NU is looking forward, from the crossroad of the two principal railway axes in the North of Italy. NU is a pause for reflection and at the same time a shock. NU is the city and its places. NU is Novara’s cultural and social associations. NU is Novarese people. NU is Nuàra, the ancient name of Novara, slang and symbol of new nourishment. NU is a simple and emblematic logo that represents the creative spirit of Novara. 

21—24.09.2023,
NOVARA

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NU Arts and Community is a project of Comune di Novara produced by Rest-Art in collaboration with Fondazione Piemonte dal Vivo and the associations of the city of Novara.

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Davide Boosta Dileo

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ARTISTIC DIRECTION
Ricciarda Belgiojoso

SECRETARIAT
Chiara Gozzi

SPONSORING
Edoardo Viri

PRESS OFFICE
Alessandra Stefanini

VIDEO ARTS PROJECTS
Andrea Lissoni

VISUAL IDENTITY GRAPHICS AND WEB DESIGN
Studio Vedèt

COMMUNICATION AND GRAPHICS
Pierpaolo Di Giuseppe
in collaboration with
Nicholas Rota and Valentina Protti

SOCIAL MEDIA
Carlotta Pomatti
Alessandra Stefanini
PHOTOS
Emanuele Meschini

VIDEOS
Michela Riefolo

PRODUCTION
Mattia Cavazzana
Massimo Dellavecchia
Luca Biasetti
in collaboration with Matteo Cavagna

ADMINISTRATION
Carolina Ferrara
Manuela Benedetti

BOX OFFICE
DICE platform and Virginia Cavazzana

HOSPITALITY
Chiara Pascale

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REDUCTION
Members of Rest-Art, FAI, Circolo dei Lettori, UPO students, students, < 18 years old and > 65 years old, Coop members, and those who arrive in Novara by train for NU (12€, 8€, 4€, 1€)

Performances and Events

Thursday 21.09
7.30 pmNU GREEN

Galleria Giannoni
#dance
COLLETTIVO TRIFOGLIO
IRIDE

MARTA BELLU dance, DONATO EPIRO music, ANDREA SANSON set/light design IRIDE
The performance is inspired by the environment, intended as a complex and originary system that we inhabit in a continuous relation of co-creation and evolution. The show is produced by Life is Live, a project by Smart with Fondazione Cariplo.
Free admission, reservation required. TICKETS VIEW MORE

Thursday 21.09
8.00 pmNU GREEN

Piazza Gramsci
#musica
NOVARA BY NIGHT. MUSICAL BIKE RIDE.

On the occasion of the European Sustainable Mobility Week, we invite you to join a musical bike ride, in collaboration with the Department of Environmental Sustainability and Mobility of the Comune di Novara. The route passes through the most significant historical and cultural places in the city center. The meeting point is at 8 pm in Piazza Gramsci, everybody with his own bike, the arrival at Conservatorio G. Cantelli at 9:30 pm. With the participation of the associations Fiab, Pedala Dritto, Legambiente Circolo “Il Pioppo,” and Novara Green. Music accompanies the ride, in collaboration with Conservatorio G. Cantelli di Novara.
Free participation. VIEW MORE

Thursday 21.09
9.30 pm

Conservatorio di Novara – Cortile
#music
VITTORIO MONTALTI + BLOW UP PERCUSSION
THE SMELL OF BLUE ELECTRICITY duo

VITTORIO MONTALTI music, live electronics, lights FLAVIO TANZI percussions
A spectacular concert for the power of sound and lights that breaks through the traditional rules of the musical performance creating a close connection with the audience. The music has been composed by Vittorio Montalti working in relation with the ensemble Blow Up Percussion in order to create a unique sonic universe based on the whole scale of colours of percussion instruments. For the first time the project is presented in the duo version. In collaboration with Nòva Generazione Creativa.
Free entrance, reservation required. TICKETS VIEW MORE

Friday 22.09
10.00 amNU GREEN

Nòva – Sala Performing
#dance #community
Marta Bellu
MOVEMENT WORKSHOP

A dance workshop addressed to everyone that explores the concepts of ecology, biodiversity and landscape through movement.
In collaboration with Casa di Giorno Don Aldo Mercoli.
Free participation. VIEW MORE

Friday 22.09
1.30 pmNU GREEN

Museo di Storia Naturale “Faraggiana Ferrandi” – Giardino
#music #art
Geneviève Lacey
PLEASURE GARDEN. A LISTENING GARDEN

Starting on Friday 22 September with a talk by the lead artist Genevieve Lacey, and continuing across the weekend of 23 – 24 September, Pleasure Garden will be installed in the garden courtyard of the Museo di Storia Naturale “Faraggiana Ferrandi”.
Pleasure Garden is an innovative sound artwork which fuses music (contemporary electronic sounds by Lacey, Norwegian composer Jan Bang, and the music of 17th century Dutch composer, Jacob van Eyck), field recordings (birds, insects, carillon bells) and technology to create a contemplative, environmentally engaged, meditative experience for audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Free entrance VIEW MORE

Friday 22.09
5.00 pmNU GREEN

Parco Boroli
#visual arts #community
WE ARE NOT INVISIBLE.
THE CITY THROUGH THE EYES OF CHILDREN
STREET ART

A workshop curated by CreAttivi-Officina di idee guiding children in creating art in public spaces using ecofriendly tools.
In collaboration with Comunità di Sant’Egidio.
Free participation. VIEW MORE

Friday 22.09
6.00 pmNU GREEN

Parco delle Betulle nòva - Sala Performing
#dance
ANTONELLA CIRIGLIANO
NEVERWOOD

A performance on the natural forces that surround us that invites the audience to navigate through an elastic and timeless space using sensory perception to reflect on the fragility of human existence and climate change. Free admission. VIEW MORE

Friday 22.09
6.30 pm

Castello di Novara
#music
UKULELE TURIN ORCHESTRA
THE DARK SIDE OF US

An audacious reinterpretation of one of the most successful concept albums of the history of music that was published fifty years ago, featuring musical experiments inspired by Pink Floyd. In collaboration with Il Circolo dei Lettori Novara. Free admission, reservation required. TICKETS VIEW MORE

Friday 22.09
7.30 pmNU GREEN

Sede Rest-Art
#visual arts
NICOLÒ BARAGGIOLI, curated by Marco Tagliafierro

Opening of the exhibition by the genoese artist Marco Baraggioli, who is already represented worldwide by several well known galleries. He here presents works on the chromatic scale in music, using methacrylate and wood. The exhibition will be open for visits from 1 pm to 2 pm from Monday to Friday or by appointment (info@novarajazz.org).
Free admission. VIEW MORE

Friday 22.09
9.00 pm

Nòva - Giardino
#music
GIANLUCA DE RUBERTIS

Following his early successes with Studiodavoli and Il Genio, such as the hit Pop Porno, De Rubertis presents new songs from his new album.
In collaboration with Nòva Generazione Creativa.
Tickets: €5. TICKETS VIEW MORE

Friday 22.09
10.30 pm

Spazio Nòva - Giardino
#music
TOMMASO GELFI
DJ SET

Born and raised as a sound engineer and selector within the Milanese music scene, he is one of the resident collaborators of Radio Raheem. Through his program 'Angola, Louisiana,' he skillfully blends contemporary sounds from the most interesting electronic music releases with classic rhythms of black music, aiming to achieve a coherent and eclectic 'musical synthesis' that intends to bring the raw essence of atmospheres and sounds to the listener.
Free admission. In collaboration with Radio Raheem.
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Saturday 23.09
11.00 amNU GREEN

Centro Cittá
#theatre
UMBERTO ORSINI NARRATES NOVARA

From an idea of Corrado BeldìTexts selection by Roberto Cicala, Novarese Center for Literary Studies.A series of literary texts by renowned writers such as Sebastiano Vassalli, Dante Graziosi, Mario Soldati, Carlo Emilio Gadda and Dino Campana narrates Novara through the legendary voice of Umberto Orsini. A sound walk crossing 25 locations in representative places throughout the city, from the city center to the suburbs, becomes available as an audio guide on smartphones, following a map that will be from now on provided to citizens and tourists in hotels and public places. The project is produced by Rest-Art for NU Arts and Community 2023 with the support of Comune di Novara, Azienda Turistica Locale and Interlinea.
In collaboration with the Novarese Center for Literary Studies and Il Circolo dei Lettori di Novara. Free participation. VIEW MORE

Saturday 23.09
12.15 pmNU GREEN

Palazzo Bellini
#music
CLARINET ENSEMBLE Sandro Tognatti

One of the two events of the festival performed by the finest musicians of the Conservatory of Novara.
In collaboration with Conservatorio G. Cantelli di Novara and Fondazione Banca Popolare di Novara. VIEW MORE

Saturday 23.09
4.30 pmNU GREEN

Palazzo Natta
#music
Sax4TONE

A concert for saxophone quartet, this is one of the two events of the festival performed by the finest musicians of the Conservatory of Novara. In collaboration with Conservatorio G. Cantelli di Novara. With the support of Provincia di Novara. Free admission. VIEW MORE

Saturday 23.09
6.00 pmNU GREEN

Nòva – Giardino
#theatre
DNA

Andrea Gattinoni (adaptation and direction).
With Sofia Bertolone, Francesco Clemente, Gabriele Gaia, Laura Ghelma, Alice Longoni, Anna Marinozzi, Valentina Tiscione. Translation by Monica Nappo.
The sharp and fierce text by Dennis Kelly on bullying and violence is brought on stage by young actors of true talent coordinated by Andrea Gattinoni. In collaboration with Piemonte dal Vivo.
Tickets: €5. TICKETS VIEW MORE

Saturday 23.09
7.30 pm

Nòva – Sala Performing
#music
SLATE PETALS

LJUBA BERGAMELLI soprano, ZENO BALDI music and live electronics
The voice and the live electronics are combined in a concert that recalls forty years since the passing of Cathy Berberian and twenty since that of Luciano Berio.
In collaboration with Nòva Generazione Creativa.
Free admission, reservation required. TICKETS VIEW MORE

Saturday 23.09
9.00 pm

Rizzottaglia - Corte degli Speziali
#theatre #community
CABIRIA TEATRO
HAMLET, PRINCE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Hamlet walks through the Rizzottaglia, a residential neighborhood in the city of Novara. With his smartphone he frames the social housing, the tall and similar buildings, the dozens of unauthorized satellite dishes, the cracks in the staircases. He hears yelling upon some Latin American music. This version of 'Hamlet' draws inspiration from people living here, in collaboration with Territorio e Cultura Odv.
Tickets: €10. TICKETS

Saturday 23.09
10.30 pm

Nòva – Giardino
#music
DAVIDE BOOSTA DILEO
DJ SET

Davide Boosta Dileo, keyboardist and co-founder of Subsonica, is a musician, composer, writer, DJ and producer (Torino Recording Club). "It will be a contemporary DJ set, where the audience will have the opportunity to listen to old and new basslines, old and new melodies, straight and broken beats, passions from past and recent times. An evening dedicated to electronic music, with no limitations to styles and BPMs." In collaboration with Piemonte dal Vivo.
Tickets: €10. TICKETS VIEW MORE

Saturday 23.09
12.00 am - 1.00 am

Nòva – Giardino
#music
F L V X X X
DJ SET

F L V X X X are two DJ/producers based in Rome and Milan. Their love for sound system culture has accompanied them throughout their journey, leading them to develop a sound that blends Rave, Breakbeat, Bass and UK Funky sounds, easily recognizable as much in their sets as in their releases. They are among the founders of Reveries, an up-and-coming label and party organization based in Rome, and host a monthly "Lucid Dream" show on Milan's Radio Raheem
Free admission. In collaboration with Radio Raheem. VIEW MORE

Sunday 24.09
11.00 am

Nòva
#art
5°A del Liceo Artistico, Musicale e Coreutico Felice Casorati
DADA 4 JAZZ

Moving from the motifs and styles of the DADA movement, drawing inspiration from its powerful revolutionary spirit and its cry for expressive freedom, the students of the class have created a series of highly original and captivating jazz album covers and a poster. The exhibition's opening will take place on Sunday and will be on display until October 20th, open for visits from 9 AM to 6 PM, Monday to Friday. Admission is free. VIEW MORE

Sunday 24.09
12.00 pmNU GREEN

Nòva – Giardino
#theatre #music
PUPPETS JAZZ!

MARIONETTE COLLA, I CIVICI CORSI DI JAZZ MILANO
From an idea of ENRICO INTRA
Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Enrico Rava are portrayed by the wonderful Puppets of Teatro Colla accompanied by outstanding musicians. In collaboration with Piemonte dal Vivo.
Tickets: €5.
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Sunday 24.09
2.00 pm - 6.00 pm

Parco dell’Allea di San Luca
#music #community
EMERGING BANDS AND SINGER-SONGWRITERS & TAMBURI UNITI

In collaboration with nòva.
The competition welcomes both individual performers and bands who play acoustic or semi-acoustic music, aligning with the festival's emphasis on sustainability, especially within the NU Green section designed to minimize environmental impact. Starting at 5 pm, the Tamburi uniti, ANGSA Novara-Vercelli Onlus' band, will take the stage in Allea di San Luca TICKETS

Sunday 24.09
3.00 pm - 6.00 pm

Galleria Giannoni – Sala Accademia
#dance
DEDICACE

Choreography by LA PP - Romane Peytavin and Pierre Piton
Light Design by Gautier Teuscher
One at a time, you step into a dancing jukebox: request a song and the dancers of La PP will perform your favorite tracks especially for you.
Duration: 5 minutes, entries every 10 minutes from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM and from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
In collaboration with Piemonte dal Vivo. TICKETS VIEW MORE

Sunday 24.09
4.00 pmNU GREEN

Piazza Duomo
#music #community
DAVID LANG CROWD OUT, FOR 1000 PEOPLE
Italian Premiere.

MATTEO MANZITTI, conductor, ISABELLA MONGELLI, stage director, in collaboration with Cori Lombardia, ACP Associazione Cori piemontesi, CLAss_Liguria Canta, ARCoVa Associazione Regionale Cori Val d'Aosta, SONG Sistema Lombardia.
David Lang's composition incorporates the numerous and diverse emotions experienced in a crowd. It explores how individuals perceive themselves within the mass: people forming the choral ensemble sing, speak, shout and proclaim a text that always begins with the first-person singular "I." "Crowd Out" delves into the boundary between individual and collective identity. VIEW MORE

Sunday 24.09
6.00 pmNU GREEN

Conservatorio di Novara - Auditorium
#music
MAYAKA NAKAGAWA piano

Alkan Price 2023, Mayaka Nakagawa is one of the most appreciated young pianists of our time. She here presents a program with music by Rameau, Chopin, Schumann e Shostakovich. In collaboration with Nòva Generazione Creativa.
Free entrance. VIEW MORE

Sunday 24.09
9.00 pm

Nova Giardino
#music
CALIBRO 35

Calibro 35 present their new album together with a selection of their most well known songs.
In collaboration with Piemonte dal Vivo.
Tickets: 15 TICKETS VIEW MORE