WHERE ART MEETS HUMANITY
Know Nation is a cultural practice working across artistic creation, architecture, memory, and education.
At its core is an exploration of embodiment, space, and attention — how these shape the ways we perceive, relate, create, and understand the world around us.
Through performance, film, and long-term cultural and educational programs, Know Nation creates situations in which the body becomes a way of knowing, space becomes an active participant, and attention becomes a means of encounter.
THE HUMAN CONNECTION
Every performance, film, and collaboration begins with the conditions of encounter.
Know Nation works with the body, sound, space, memory, and time to explore how experience is formed — between individuals, within environments, and across institutions.
Rather than positioning art as something simply to observe, the practice creates conditions in which perception itself becomes active: where attention deepens, relationships shift, and meaning can emerge through lived experience.
THE PRACTICE
Know Nation develops performances, films, site-specific works, and long-term educational programs, in direct dialogue with the contexts in which they exist.
Projects connect fields that do not usually meet directly — artistic practice and institutional structures, spatial design and embodied experience, education and professional environments.
Some works remain singular. Others evolve across time and formats, allowing an artistic encounter to become a film, an educational process, or a sustained presence within an institution.
Our Series
FUTURE IN MOTION
PRESENCE
KNOW NATION's Educational Framework for Human Development
Presence is a developmental framework for integrating body, attention, perception, creativity, and collaboration within education. It asks how education can cultivate the human capacities required not only to succeed, but to remain perceptive, creative, and fully human in a world of increasing complexity.
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FUTURE IN MOTION SERIES VOL.1
ÉCOLE JEANNINE MANUEL @ PALAIS GARNIER
Daniel Proietto, Marion Barbeau, Antonin Monié
AA live collaboration between KNOW NATION and École Jeannine Manuel, presented at the Palais Garnier. Bringing together students and professional artists, the project marked a shared celebration of education, legacy, and artistic transmission across generations.
FUTURE IN MOTION SERIES VOL.2
LIFE
Rosa Segura/ Daniel Proietto
An intergenerational work created together with his mother, Rosa Segura, exploring memory, distance, and connection through the body.
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MEMORY SERIES VOL.1
STILL LIFE @ MAYA HOTEL
Alan Lucien Øyen / Mirai Moriyama / Daniel Proietto
MEMORY SERIES VOL.2
SPACE OF BECOMING
Rebeka Bratož Gornik / Daniel Proietto
A cinematic dance work filmed inside Dom Penzionera in Sarajevo — a building conceived as a place of care that was never opened. Through movement and presence, the work engages with architecture as memory and witness.
Available on KNOW NATION
MEMORY SERIES VOL.3
HIDDEN @ LASCAUX IV
Daniel Proietto / Yolanda Correa
Created at Lascaux IV – International Centre for Parietal Art in collaboration with Snøhetta, the Norwegian National Ballet, KNOW NATION, and OiOiOi, Hidden is a dance and film work journeying to the origins of art, myth, and human consciousness. Through movement, ritual, and architecture, the work explores ancestral memory and the traces we inherit from those who came before us.
COMING SOON
RETHINKING REBUILDING VOL.1
REBUILDING HUMANITY
A Film, Performance & Architectural Ritual
+ Educational & Community Engagement Programme
Developed by Know Nation within the Snøhetta Foundation’s Rethinking Rebuilding programme
at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
Before humanity inscribed knowledge into books, it inscribed knowledge into bodies.
REBUILDING HUMANITY explores how societies preserve, renew, and transmit knowledge across generations — through a film, performance, and architectural ritual conceived and artistically directed by Daniel Proietto, and through workshops, conversations, and embodied learning that carry those same questions into shared practice.
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ON TOUR
HER VOICE
Daniel Proietto / Alan Lucien Øyen
HER VOICE is an evening of movement, music, and film conceived and artistically directed by Daniel Proietto, bringing together Marion Barbeau, Shelmith Øseth and Proietto, with choreographic contributions and artistic collaboration by Alan Lucien Øyen and musical direction by pianist Maria Radutu.
Through choreography, live and recorded music, and film, the work responds to the urgency, defiance, and uncompromising artistic force of Nina Simone’s legacy — creating a physical dialogue between body, sound, and a voice that remains as vital today as ever.
EXPLORE HER VOICE
THE ARTIST SERIES
EMBODIED PRACTICES
Daniel Proietto
A collection of guided somatic practices by Daniel Proietto, drawing from Feldenkrais, Pilates, yoga, Tai Chi and Qigong. These sessions offer practical entry points into embodied awareness, recovery, and movement intelligence.
Available on KNOW NATION
THE ARTIST SERIES VOL.1
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF MOVEMENT
Daniel Proietto
A book and film exploring movement as a practice of attention, presence, and healing. Approaching movement as energy rather than performance, the work combines embodied practice and reflection, inviting a deeper awareness of body, space, and perception.
Available on KNOW NATION
THE ARTIST SERIES VOL.2
STARS
Alan Lucien Øyen / Daniel Proietto
A cinematic reinterpretation of Alan Lucien Øyen’s solo originally created for Aurélie Dupont. Reimagined by Daniel Proietto, Stars explores identity, transformation, and performance through movement and film.
Available on KNOW NATION
THE ARTIST SERIES VOL.4
ROMANCE DEL DIABLO
Omar Saravia / Daniel Proietto
A solo work shaped by twenty years of artistic collaboration between Omar Saravia and Daniel Proietto. Set to music by Astor Piazzolla, the piece explores tension, resistance, and surrender through a body suspended between control and release.
Available on KNOW NATION
THE ARTIST SERIES VOL.6
ENTRE NOUS
Alan Lucien Øyen/ Marion Barbeau/ Daniel Proietto
A cinematic duet by Alan Lucien Øyen, performed by Marion Barbeau and Daniel Proietto. Set within a minimal, film-infused space, Entre Nous explores intimacy, perception, and the fragile architecture of human connection through a language that moves between dance, theatre, and cinema.
Available on KNOW NATION
CREATING CULTURE SERIES
SINNERMAN @ THE OSLO OPERA HOUSE ROOFTOP
Alan Lucien Øyen / Daniel Proietto
A site-specific adaptation of Sinnerman, filmed on the rooftop of Snøhetta’s Oslo Opera House. The work brings movement into direct dialogue with architecture, weather, and landscape.
COMING SOONOur Practice
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Immersive Productions
Films and performances developed in dialogue with architectural landmarks, landscapes, and natural environments. -
Educational Content
Masterclasses, artistic insights, and curated learning experiences led by internationally recognised artists. -
Collaborative Projects
Long-term artistic collaborations with cultural pioneers such as Snøhetta, the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet and Winter Guests. -
Access & Cultural Outreach
Expanding access to artistic work through educational, institutional, and public contexts, with sustained attention to diversity and inclusion. -
Cultural Partnerships
Collaborations with institutions and private partners who support artistic research and production with respect for autonomy, depth, and long-term cultural value.
FIND THE SERIES THAT'S RIGHT FOR YOU
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The Artist Series
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The Future in Motion Series
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The Memory Series
"At Snøhetta, we believe this project will establish Know Nation as an innovative platform to inspire, share knowledge and elevate the quality of art. Furthermore, it aligns seamlessly with our work in the built environment, extending beyond the realm of theaters and cultural institutions. We are excited to collaborate and look forward to seeing this vision come to life."
Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, Founder, Snøhetta
"Daniel Proietto, founder of Know Nation, is a complete artist and exceptional leader, guiding performers to their best with passion, generosity, and vision. His remarkable talent and dedication make him an invaluable collaborator in any artistic project."
Aurélie Dupont, Prima Ballerina and former Director of Dance at the Paris Opera
"Daniel Proietto is a rare and remarkable artist, blending technical mastery in Classical Ballet and Contemporary Dance with an innovative creative vision. His ability to inspire, motivate and foster a warm, inclusive environment makes him an exceptional collaborator. Passionate and deeply respectful of artistic traditions, Daniel bridges the classical and modern worlds with unparalleled dedication and brilliance."
Alan Lucien Øyen, Artistic Director, Winter Guests
Our Partners
Collaboration grounded in trust, autonomy, and long-term commitment
KNOW NATION thrives on collaboration grounded in artistic integrity, authorship, and time.
We work with artists, cultural institutions, and private partners who share a respect for depth, care, and long-term cultural responsibility. Partnerships are built on trust and shared standards, allowing each collaboration to develop according to its context rather than external pressure or visibility.
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