Save the laste dance for me
In Save the last dance for me Alessandro Sciarroni works together with the dancers Gianmaria Borzillo and Giovanfrancesco Giannini on the steps of a Bolognese dance called Polka Chinata. It is a courtship dance originally performed by men only and dating back to the early 1900s: physically demanding, almost acrobatic, it requires that the dancers embrace each other, whirl as they bend to their knees almost to the ground.
The work was created in collaboration with Giancarlo Stagni, a Filuzziani dance master who revived this ancient tradition thanks to the rediscovery and study of some documentation videos dating back to the 1960s. Sciarroni discovered this dance in December 2018 when the dance was practiced in Italy only by 5 people in total. For this reason, the project consists of a performance performed by the two dancers and a series of workshops aimed at spreading and reviving this popular tradition in danger of extinction.
Number of Polka Chinata dancers:
December 2018 - 5 dancers
April 2019 - 7 dancers
June 2019 - 22 dancers
A public meeting will take place, at the end of the 9 pm performance on September 5th, with the artists of the company coordinated by Patrizia Cirino, anthropologist, head of educational services at the Emilia-Romagna Museum Complex.
Alessandro Sciarroni
- With
- Gianmaria Borzillo e Giovanfrancesco Giannini
- Artistic collaboration
- Giancarlo Stagni
- Costumes
- Ettore Lombardi
- Music
- Aurora Bauzà e Pere Jou (Telemann Rec.)
- Produced by
- Associazione Corpo Celeste, MARCHE TEATRO Teatro di Rilevante Interesse Culturale
- In collaboration with
- Santarcangelo Festival, B.Motion, Festival Danza Urbana
- This event was possible thanks to the collaboration of
- ATER - Circuito Multidisciplinare, MIBAC - Polo Museale dell'Emilia Romagna, Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna