Save the last dance for me is the fruition of Alessandro Sciarroni’s investigation of an Italian folk dance, Polka Chinata. With a history dating back to the early 1900s, Polka Chinata is a courtship dance typically performed by men who embrace and whirl while bending their knees to the ground. In saving the traditional dance from extinction, Sciarroni created a duet performance and a series of open workshops to promote and revive this once-popular tradition.

Performance

Workshop

Invention: Alessandro Sciarroni
With: Gianmaria Borzillo, Giovanfrancesco Giannini
Artistic Collaboration: Giancarlo Stagni
Music: Aurora Bauzà, Pere Jou (Telemann Rec.)
Styling: Ettore Lombardi
Technical Direction: Valeria Foti
Tour Technician: Cosimo Maggini
Curator, Promotion and Consulting: Lisa Gilardino
Administration and Executive Production: Chiara Fava
Communication: Damien Modolo

The running time of the film is approximately 30 minutes without intermission.

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