Save the last dance for me
Creation: Alessandro Sciarroni with Gianmaria Borzillo and Giovan Francesco Giannini
Artistic collaboration: Giancarlo Stagni
Music: Aurora Bauzà and Pere Jou (Rec. Telemann)
Costume: Ettore Lombardi
Technical direction: Valeria
Production, distribution: Lisa Gilardino
Administration, executive production: Chiara Fava
Communication: Damien Modolo
Dance
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01 Feb 2020
— 20H30
Ballet National de Marseille
Sciarroni works together with the dancers Gianmaria Borzillo and GiovanfrancescoGiannini 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.
Limited gauge, remember to book!