{"id":8176,"date":"2026-04-08T12:12:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.associazioneculturalenexus.org\/?page_id=8176"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:45:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:45:49","slug":"rafael-candela","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.associazioneculturalenexus.org\/en\/rafael-candela\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Candela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"fusion-scroll-section-1\" class=\"fusion-scroll-section fusion-scroll-section\" data-section=\"1\" data-animation=\"fade\" data-speed=\"800\" ><div class=\"fusion-scroll-section-element active\" data-section=\"1\" data-element=\"1\" style=\"transition-duration:450ms;&quot;\" ><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background fusion-parallax-none hundred-percent-fullwidth hundred-percent-height hundred-percent-height-center-content hundred-percent-height-scrolling lazyload\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:-70px;--awb-background-size:cover;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/associazioneculturalenexus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Rafel-Candela-2.webp\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><section class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-end fusion-no-large-visibility\" style=\"--awb-padding-bottom:125px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-block\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one evidenziatore-card\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-font-size:30px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"font-family:var(--awb-typography1-font-family);font-weight:var(--awb-typography1-font-weight);font-style:var(--awb-typography1-font-style);margin:0;letter-spacing:var(--awb-typography1-letter-spacing);text-transform:var(--awb-typography1-text-transform);font-size:1em;line-height:1;\">Rafael Candela<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-end fusion-no-small-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-block\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-no-small-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one evidenziatore-card\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-margin-bottom:50px;--awb-font-size:65px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"font-family:var(--awb-typography1-font-family);font-weight:var(--awb-typography1-font-weight);font-style:var(--awb-typography1-font-style);margin:0;letter-spacing:var(--awb-typography1-letter-spacing);text-transform:var(--awb-typography1-text-transform);font-size:1em;line-height:1;\">Rafael Candela<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><nav id=\"fusion-scroll-section-nav-1\" class=\"fusion-scroll-section-nav scroll-navigation-right\" data-section=\"1\" ><ul><li><a href=\"#fusion-scroll-section-element-1-1\" class=\"fusion-scroll-section-link\" data-name=\"\" data-element=\"1\"><span class=\"fusion-scroll-section-link-bullet\"><\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--link_hover_color: #94c04d;--link_color: rgba(133,133,133,1);--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-right:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-padding-left:20px;--awb-background-color:#ffffff;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-center\" style=\"--awb-padding-left:30px;--awb-padding-top-medium:60px;--awb-padding-left-medium:0px;--awb-padding-top-small:20px;--awb-padding-left-small:0px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:60px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"evidenziatore testo-showmore\">\n  <h4>Born in 1998, an Italian-Brasian, Rafael Candela is a young <strong>dancer<\/strong> and performer. He has collaborated in Italy and abroad with choreographers such as Alexis Vassiliou, Simona Bertozzi, Sharon Fridman, Noa Zuk, Ariella Vidach, Petra Fornayova, BTT Balletto Teatro di Torino and others.<\/h4>\n\n  <h4>He trained as a dancer at the \u201cPaolo Grassi\u201d School in Milan, graduating in 2021, the year in which he was selected in the College of the Venice Theater Biennale, collaborating with Hungarian choreographer Adrienn Hod.<\/h4>\n\n  <details>\n    <summary>Read more<\/summary>\n\n    <div class=\"testo-nascosto\">\n      <h4>In 2022 he receives the DanceWEB scholarship at the Impulstanz Festival in Vienna and collaborates with Massimo Monticelli on the finalist project at DNA Appunti Coreografici. From 2024 he began collaborating with DYES Collective, an artistic formation born within Dartmouth College in Vermont.<\/h4>\n\n      <h4>Parallel to his work as a performer, he began to delve into his own research on movement and the exploration of <strong>urban space<\/strong>. His first work, <em>Forrest<\/em>, is programmed in festivals such as Dominio Pubblico, Fuori Festival\/Festival di Spoleto, Ammutinamenti, Festival Danza Urbana, Mirabilia Festival Europeo, Emersi Festival.<\/h4>\n\n      <h4>Also awarded by the participatory artistic direction of Dominio Pubblico, he is hosted in residence at the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris.<\/h4>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/details>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-cards fusion-post-cards-1 fusion-grid-archive fusion-grid-columns-2\" style=\"--awb-dots-align:center;--awb-columns:2;--awb-active-filter-border-size:3px;--awb-filters-height:36px;--awb-margin-top:50px;--awb-margin-right:5px;--awb-margin-left:5px;\"><ul class=\"fusion-grid fusion-grid-2 fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-grid-posts-cards\"><li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion-flex-column fusion-column-inner-bg-wrapper post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:480px;--awb-padding-top-medium:300px;--awb-padding-top-small:320px;--awb-overflow:hidden;--awb-inner-bg-color:var(--awb-color7);--awb-inner-bg-color-hover:var(--awb-color7);--awb-inner-bg-image:linear-gradient(180deg, hsla(var(--awb-color1-h),var(--awb-color1-s),var(--awb-color1-l),calc(var(--awb-color1-a) - 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