by Alessandro Sciarroni, with Gianmaria Borzillo and Giovanfrancesco Giannini 

Duration 20’

 

Save the last dance for me is the final production by Alessandro Sciarroni, Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at La Biennale di Venezia 2019. The performance comes from a Bolognese dance called polka chinata, a courtship dance initially performed by men only and dating back to the early 1900s.  Reviving this popular tradition in danger of extinction, Sciarroni develops a whirling journey aimed at bringing memory to the border between tradition and contemporary. A dance on the vertigo of hugging.

 

 

Alessandro Sciarroni is an Italian artistactive in the field of Performing Arts withseveral years of experience in visualarts and theater research. His works arefeatured in contemporary dance and theaterfestivals, museums and art galleries, aswell as in unconventional spaces and involveprofessionals from different disciplines.In 2019 he was awarded the Golden Lion forLifetime Achievement in Dance by the VeniceBiennial.