From February 6th to 10th, Italy and China met through the Italian Chinese Cultural-Tourist Week 2026 in Pisa: during this week, fifteen studentns from Mongolia were guests of the City and Province of Pisa as part of an agreement between Italy and China.

The programme of the series of events included different cultural and artistic events, visits of the city, shows and activities. Download the programme<<<<

The main event of the initiative took place on Saturday, February 7th, from 3 to 5 pm, hosted at the Bastione del Parlascio (Pisa). The protagonists were 11 young dancers from Inner Mongolia, performing traditional Mongolian dance. The performace was accompanied by a generative digital visual composition by the artist Cibarius, presenting the work “Distant Land” in direct dialogue with the dances of the young Mongolian dancers invited to perform for the occasion (curated by Claudio Francesconi).

Cibarius’s work, grounded in algorithmic and generative processes and the latest research in contemporary digital art, intertwines with the choreographic tradition from which the dances originate, giving rise to a close interaction between languages ​​and imagery. The result is an intense visual synthesis, in which cultures with distant histories and worldviews meet and intertwine, opening a space for reflection on the relationship between technology, memory, and identity.