DAI Confluence #6 ~ BULLETIN ~ June 13 till 22, 2026

"The Anatomy of a Rose"by Davide La Montagna ~ AEROPONIC ACTS 2025- CHOREIA. Dro, August 2025. Photo credit- Nikos Doulos

Dear students, guests and crew,

For Confluence#6, DAI returns for the fifth time to the heart of the Valle dei Laghi in Trentino, Italy and to Centrale Fies: a Habsburg hydroelectric power plant running as a research centre for contemporary performance practices since 1999.

Here, against the backdrop of a stunning mountain range we are to embark on the AEROPONIC ACTS 2026 ~ DAWN SEEDS. Spellbinding journey of five days (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!), preceded by 3 full days of FINAL First Year KITCHEN presentations (not public), technical set-up meetings and Life After DAI advisory sessions for our soon to graduate second year students.

Please take good notice of the fact that throughout this Confluence, there will be several concurrent schedules for a variety of activities.

Second year soon-to-be graduating students: please make sure to attend to your

Personalised Schedules DAI@Centrale Fies 14 - 21 June; there is one for each student

First year students: please make sure to attend to the

Kitchen Coaching schedule with Quinsy Gario 17 - 21 June

On a final IMPORTANT NOTE: keep returning to the BULLETIN since changes in the program will be published here ~ exclusively!!

Warm greetings from the core organisers of this Confluence; Elisa, Peter, Sophia, Jacq, Georgia, Nikos and Gabriëlle (with the crucial input of everybody mentioned below).

Student body attending viewing Eszter Dobos' A-ACT "way closer than horizon". AEROPONIC ACTS 2025: CHOREIA. Dro, August 2025. Photo credit: Nikos Doulos

Program from Day to Day:

Saturday June 13 ~ arrival

Monday June 22 ~ departure all

Esteemed guests:

Respondents Final First Year Kitchen: Phanuel Antwi, Rana Hamadeh

Again returning to Dro and DAI in 2026 Quinsy Gario will attend all Final First Year Kitchens as auditor. During the days of the AEROPONIC ACTS he will engage in a one on one meeting with each presenter.

Life After DAI: Raphael Daibert, Rieke Vos and Mistura Allison

Respondents A-ACTS: Adam HajYahia, Antonia Majaca, and Zairong Xiang

Confluence#6 Expanded Crew present on the ground:

Artistic Directors| Heads of Program: Gabriëlle Schleijpen and Leire Vergara ~ Curator & anchor A-Acts: Elisa Giuliano ~ Writer-reporter A-Acts: Saverio Cantoni ~ Video-archivist A-Acts: Baha Görkem Yalim ~ Senior production leader Kitchen & A-Acts: Peter Sattler, assisted by Georgia Stellin and Alexandra Martens Serrano and the tech team from Centrale Fies: Alice Mollica, Andrea Gagliotta & Orlando Cainelli ~ Senior co-ordinator logistics & hospitality and emergency response certificate holder: Jacq van der Spek assisted by Lonneke Pastoor ~ Chef de cuisine Sophia Braddel with sous chefs Rowan Beasley and Holly Taylor

Confluence#6 team remote:

Study trajectory counsellor: Nikos Doulos ~ In house designers: Lauren Alexander & Hanna Rullmann ~ Web editor in chief: Giulia Crispiani ~ Travel agent Monique Hemmink (Hemminkways) ~ Financial assistant Corine van der Wal.