Save the last dance for me
Thursday 05 September
Pinacoteca Nazionale
Via delle Belle Arti 56
h.19.00
Thursday 05 September h.19.00
Pinacoteca Nazionale
Via delle Belle Arti 56
Save the laste dance for me
4 September, at 7.30 pm and 9.30 pm
5 September, at 7 pm and 9 pm – Sala degli Incamminati
Regular ticket 6 Euro
Ticket for professionals 1 Euro
Limited number of seats
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
His work goes beyond the traditional definitions of gender. He starts from a conceptual Duchamp-like matrix, makes use of a theatrical framework, and he can use some techniques and experiences from dance, as well as circus or sports. In addition to the rigor, coherence and clarity of each creation, his work tries to uncover obsessions, fears and fragilities of the act of performing, through the repetition of a practice to the limits of the physical endurance of the interpreters, looking at a different dimension of time, and to an empathic relationship between the audience and the performers.
His works have been performed worldwide: Europe, South and North America, Middle East and Asia. Among the main events he took part: the Biennale de la Danse in Lyon, Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels, Impulstanz Festival in Wien, the Venice Biennale, the Festival d’Automne and the Festival Séquence Danse at 104 in Paris, Centrale Fies, Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Crossing The Line in New York, Hong Kong Art Festval, Juli Dans Festival in Amsterdam, TBA Festival Portland, Festival Panorama Rio de Janeiro and he exhibited his work at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, The Walker Art Center Minneapolis, Punta della Dogana-Palazzo Grassi in Venice and the MAXXI Museum in Rome.
Alessandro Sciarroni is associated artist at CENTQUATRE-Paris and is supported as focus-artist by apap – Performing Europe 2020. His shows are produced by Marche Teatro in collaboration with various national and international coproduction partners depending on the projects. Some of the historical partners are Centrale Fies, Comune di Bassano del Grappa – Centro per la Scena Contemporanea, Amat, la Biennale de la danse – Maison de la Danse de Lyon, La Biennale di Venezia, Mercat de les Flors – Graner (Barcelona), Fondation d’entreprise Hermèsin the frame of New Settings and the association corpoceleste_C.C.00# of which he’s artistic director.]
AWARDS
2019 – Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in Dance
2017 – Europe Prize Theatrical Realities; Hystrio Award; Premio Coreografo Elettronico
2013 – Rete Critica Award; Marte Award
2012 & 2013 – Best performance – Puf Festival de Pola (Croatia)
2012 – Best emerging artist – Danza&Danza Magazine
2008 – Nuove Sensibilità Award
Read more Maggiori info
www.alessandrosciarroni.it
- 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