Is art still the most powerful weapon that can be used to change the world in the era of artificial intelligence and liquid thought?
This question will be answered at the event titled "The Poetry that Moves," which will take place on Saturday, May 9, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. along the streets of Borgo Piave, starting from Palazzo Secco at Riva San Nicolò 66-68 - Palazzo "Secco." The event will feature poetic readings, dance, and gyrokinesis, the latter being a holistic bodyweight practice that harmonizes body and mind through fluid movements guided by breath, as conceived by dancer Juliu Horwart, its creator.
The words of Laura Valentina Da Re's poems will blend with the movements of Gyrokinesis participants, accompanying the voices of three different readers who will alternate in the reading. The performance will take place between the balcony of the Museo Maschere Dolomitiche by Gianluigi Secco, the porch of Palazzo Doglion, and the small square in front of the “Gracelab” studio, in a journey intended to evoke, through movement, the breath that transforms inspiration into intention, or the driving force that moves the body.
The event was born from the synergy between the “Gracelab” studio of Grazia Zollet, poetess Laura Valentina Da Re, choreographer Alessandra Errico, and the Borgo Piave ETC aps association, in line with the idea of promoting the “Borgo del benessere” in one of the most charming historic villages of Belluno, coinciding with the release of Laura Valentina Da Re's new poetry book titled “Where Hornets Listen to the Stars” (Connessioni publisher).
This collection consists of 174 compositions that reveal an affinity for dissonance, oxymoron, and harmony entrusted to flashes of phonemes that disobey the natural flow of rhythm, aiming to surprise and astonish the reader. In a conception of the sacred that does not conceal but invites revelation.
“Like the hornet, my poems vibrate in the dark, stubbornly seeking oxygen. In this book, I invite the reader to lose their habitual 'mold' to rediscover themselves in a dimension where the fragility of the 'mantis' and the resilience of the earthworm coincide,” states the poetess, Laura Valentina Da Re, who, at the end of the event, will stop with her readers for a dialogue about her book, with the possibility to visit the exhibition titled "Young, as always young, still young" by photographer Maria Elena Fantasia at the “da Rosalina” space on Via Uniera dei Zatèr 6, also in Borgo Piave.
“I liked the idea of combining poetry and movement; I wanted to create a space that could not be equated to a gym but to a more complete center, where events uniting dance and music, words and Gyrokinesis could be organized with Laura and Alessandra, everything that has surrounded me since I was a child,” concludes Grazia Zollet of “Gracelab.”
The poetry that moves begins with a breath, a movement, and a word.
