October 2026

What it is

The 5 Rhythms are a movement practice born in the Seventies from Gabrielle Roth. There are no figures or choreographies to learn: you follow the music through five rhythms — flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical and stillness — which one after the other form a wave. You dance on your own and among others, and everyone moves however it comes.

No class

Nothing is taught: you practice, or you watch how it's done. Someone who just started dances with someone who's been at it for twenty years.

Even if you don't dance

The Banco A Ristoro is open, the kitchen is cooking, and sitting down doesn't commit you to anything.

What it is

Yoga from 10.30 am to 11.45 am, with Claudio Cicatiello. No experience needed, and if you don't have a mat we'll lend you one. The Brunch Musicale starts at 12, and is paid separately. You get there with a straight back, which helps at the buffet.

No rush

A moment made for taking your time and sharing it, in a space that's elegant, unusual and welcoming.

Book a table

From 12:00 to 3:30 pm. If you're coming as a group you can book, and you should: the second Sunday the lounge fills up.

What it is

Seven Sundays of dancing in the afternoon instead of the evening. Five have a theme — the opening, the newcomers, the showcase, Valentine's Day, the competition — the other two are just themselves: music, dancing and the counter open.

What it is

The doctor is at the Renny on Friday, October 16, from 7 to 9 pm, and issues the non-competitive sports medical certificate you need to take the courses. Bring an electrocardiogram done in the last five years: without it, the doctor can't issue the certificate. The checkup costs 35 €, paid to the doctor.

What it is

Workshops, battles and instant composition. Party right after categories

Then you stay

Drinks and snacks are included, and so are the icebreaker games. The swing night follows.

Who comes

Students, expats, people here on Erasmus, travelers — and anyone who wants to meet new people in Florence.

What it is

Activity by Seesaw Project, artistic direction by Veronica Boniotti. Three Saturdays to explore, through the body, play, contemporary dance and physical theater, the way we live emotions, boundaries, desire, closeness, distance, consent and choice. To try out new ways of being with ourselves and with others. And to sharpen the technique of really asking ourselves how we are!

Open to neurotypical and neurodivergent people, with and without disabilities, with and without experience in dance or theater. No prerequisites, no need to be easygoing or cool, no need to tell your business. Just a bit of curiosity and the urge to switch off your brain and see what happens!

From three to seven

The afternoon runs from 3 to 7 pm, and inside it you move around: you come for one thing and stay for another.

What goes on

The constant is the Circolo di Lettura. The others change and take turns — pastry, sewing and embroidery, painting, sign language — and any Saturday can bring a new one.

It ends at the table

Every session ends with a friendly aperitivo, the moment when people who didn't know each other start talking.

What it is

Make room for your creativity and make your style your own! Do Nothing Club brings to the Renny its world of prints, embroidery and custom work on T-shirts and tote bags. A chance to discover an original project, play with graphics and details and turn a simple accessory into something that speaks of you.

Because creativity is this too: taking inspiration, picking your own style and making something you won't find anywhere else.

What it is

Artisan cookies, from mixing techniques to decoration: a hands-on workshop with Francesca Donati, professional pastry chef and chocolatier and owner of ChocoPastry ArtLab, inside the Sabato Creativo. You learn to make cookies the way they do in a pastry shop: crumbly, good-looking, to give away or to keep in a jar, as long as they last. You find out how texture and result change depending on the dough, the ingredients and the handling, then you get to work: creamed shortcrust dough piped with a pastry bag, ovis mollis that melts in your mouth, double-flavor cookies and filled ones. To finish, you decorate them with royal icing and a glossy chocolate glaze. No experience needed: just the urge to get your hands in the dough. Ingredients and equipment are included, and you take home your cookies and Francesca's recipe book. You work from 3.30 pm to 7 pm. The workshop runs with at least 5 people signed up: we confirm it on Friday, October 23 at 1 pm. If it doesn't run, we let you know and give back what you paid.

The first book

“Never Let Me Go” by Kazuo Ishiguro. Kathy, Ruth and Tommy grow up in a boarding school in the English countryside, where everything seems safe and in order.

A truth that arrives slowly

Ishiguro doesn't need plot twists: the novel's strength is the calm with which it leads you toward something that becomes hard to ignore.

After the meeting

Anyone who wants to stops by the Banco A Ristoro for a drink and keeps the conversation going. The pages matter, says Giulia, but the conversations matter even more.

What it is

A hands-on workshop with the Il Glicine plant nursery, part of the Sabato Creativo. You start from nothing and, step by step, you build your own terrarium. We talk about plants, materials, composition and how to keep it alive. Materials are included. Pick the size when you book: small for €35, large for €55. The hours and what you hear are the same, what changes is what you take home.

You work from 5 pm to 7 pm, and at 7 pm there's the aperitivo, which you pay for separately. The workshop runs with at least 10 people signed up: we confirm it on Friday, November 27 at 1 pm. If it doesn't run, we'll let you know and give you your money back.