One author, two pieces, and two spaces to enjoy multidisciplinary creations where movement is omnipresent. The first, at the Sala Maria Aurèlia Capmany at the Mercat de les Flors to experience a second immersion in Sciarroni’s creative universe. In U. (un canto), a collaboration with Aurora Bauzà and Pere Jou, local creators who have also experimented in many different ways with the relationship between sound and movement. In this piece, part performance art, part concert, Alessandro Sciarroni connects not only voices and bodies but also the musical tradition of northern Italy from the second half of the 20th century with the present moment. The members of the choir, who bring different levels of experience, come together in a choreography that evokes the mystery of existence and the wonder of life.

Afterwards, head over to the Institut del Teatre atrium, to see Save the last dance for me, that brings back the almost extinct polka chinata, a semi-acrobatic dance that emerged in the 20th century under the arcades of Bologna, and was only danced by men in pairs. To impress the girls watching them, they danced among themselves, performing the usual movements but also incorporating others in which they crouched while spinning at high speed. Almost no one knows how to dance the polka chinata anymore, but Gianmaria Borzillo and Giovanfrancesco Giannini do, and they’ll demonstrate it live. They are the protagonists of a show that, as is typical of Sciarroni, may lead them to dance until they drop. Aurora Bauzà and Pere Jou created the music of the show.

Alessandro Sciarroni, who seeks emotional involvement between audiences and performers, works with various disciplines (music, movement, theater, circus, sport...), and is one of the most prominent Italian stage creators of the moment. The Venice Biennale recognised his career with a Golden Lion in 2019. At the 2019 Barcelona Grec Festival, we saw him in Augusto, organising a performance art piece based solely on the laughter of the performers.

The performances start at 7:15 PM or 8 PM, depending on the decision of the viewer.

U. (un canto)

Performance at 8 p.m.

Production Corpoceleste_C.C.00#, MARCHE TEATRO

Coproduced by Progetto RING (Festival Aperto – Fondazione I Teatri Reggio Emilia, Bolzano Danza – Fondazione Haydn, FOG Triennale Milano Performing Arts, Torinodanza Festival, Teatro Stabile di Torino – Teatro Nazionale), CENTQUATRE – PARIS, Festival D’Automne à Paris, Snaporazverein, Maison de la Musique de Nanterre.

In collaboration with Centro per la Scena Contemporanea di Bassano del Grappa. 

With the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels. 

Save the last dance for me

Performance at 7.15 p.m. or 9.15 p.m. (after o before U.(un canto) performance, at will)

Produced by corpoceleste_C.C.00#, MARCHE TEATRO 

Coproduced by Santarcangelo Festival, B.Motion, Festival Danza Urbana

Alessandro Sciarroni is a CENTQUATRE-PARIS and Triennale Milano Teatro 2022-2024 associate artist.

Aurora Bauzà & Pere Jou have had the support of Fabra i Coats: Creation Factory.