Presented with
The Dance Centre & Italian Cultural Centre
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.
Register for Free Workshops for all levels
TICKETS
$20 Adult and $15 Student/Senior/Arts Worker:
March 10-11 @ 5pm: Scotiabank Dance Centre
March 12 @ 1pm & 3pm: Woodwards Atrium (Free)
March 13 @ 4;30pm: Italian Cultural Centre (Trattoria Hall)
March 14 @ 4:30pm: Italian Cultural Centre (Trattoria Hall)
March 15 @ 5pm: Woodwards Atrium (Free)
The Dance Centre: March 10 @ 5pm The Dance Centre: March 11 @ 5pm Italian Cultural Centre: March 13 @ 4:30pm Italian Cultural Centre: March 14 @ 4:30pm
Invention: Alessandro Sciarroni with Gianmaria Borzillo and Giovanfrancesco Giannini
Artistic Collaboration: Giancarlo Stagni
Music: Aurora Bauzà e Pere Jou (Telemann Rec.)
Styling Ettore Lombardi
Technical Direction: Valeria Foti
Curator, Promotion, Consulting: Lisa Gilardino
Administration, Executive Production: Chiara Fava
Communication Damien Modolo
[producion corpoceleste_C.C.00#, MARCHE TEATRO Teatro di Rilevante Interesse Culturale coproduction Santarcangelo Festival, B.Motion, Festival Danza Urbana]
Alessandro Sciarroni is an Italian artist active in the field of Performing Arts with several years of experience in visual arts and theater research. His work starts from a conceptual Duchamp-like matrix using a theatrical frameworkand they are featured in festivals, museums and unconventional spaces, in whole Europe, South and North Americaand Asia. In his creations he involves professionals from different disciplines and uses some techniques and experiences from dance, as well ascircus or sports. 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. In 2019 he was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in Dance by the Venice Biennial. Alessandro Scarroni is associate artist of CENTQUATRE -PARIS and Triennale Milano Teatro 2022-2024.
