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On July 14, at 6 pm, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection presents the performance Save the Last Dance for Me by Alessandro Sciarroni in the museum's sculpture garden.
Together with dancers Gianmaria Borzillo and Giovanfrancesco Giannini, Sciarroni works with the steps of a Bolognese dance known as the polka chinata, a courtship dance originally performed exclusively by men and dating back to the early twentieth century. The work, which seeks to revive a popular tradition on the verge of of disappearing, was developed in collaboration with Giancarlo Stagni, a master of balli Filuzziani, who helped rediscover this physically demanding, almost acrobatic, dance through the study of archival video documentation.
The performance is presented on the occasion of the exhibition Peggy Guggenheim in London: The Making of a Collector and is part of the program of collateral events exploring the theme of memory as a bridge between past, present and future.
INFO
- The performance is followed by a workshop open to visitors led by Gianmaria Borzillo and Giovanfrancesco Giannini. To book go to the workshop.
- The performance can be viewed for free.
- Booking required, available on this page from June 28.
- Places are limited.
- In case of bad weather, the performance will take place at an indoor venue. Any updates will be posted on this page.
Further info
didattica@guggenheim-venice.it
Tel. 041 2405430
CREDITS
Invention Alessandro Sciarroni / with Gianmaria Borzillo and Giovanfrancesco Giannini / artistic collaboration Giancarlo Stagni / music Aurora Bauzà and Pere Jou / styling Ettore Lombardi / technical direction Valeria Foti / tour technician Cosimo Maggini / curator, promotion, consulting Lisa Gilardino / administration, executive production Chiara Fava / communication Pierpaolo Ferlaino.
Production corpoceleste_C.C.00#, MARCHE TEATRO coproduction Santarcangelo Festival, B.Motion, Festival Danza Urbana] [Alessandro Sciarroni is Associate Artist of MARCHE TEATRO.
ph. Alice Brazzit
Alessandro Sciarroni
Alessandro Sciarroni is an Italian artist active in the field of Performing Arts with several years of experience in visual arts and theatre research. His works are featured in contemporary dance and theater festivals, museums and art galleries, as well as in unconventional spaces and involve professionals from different disciplines. In 2019 he was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in Dance by the Venice Bienniale; in 2026, he was honored with the prestigious Montgomery Fellowship at Dartmouth College, Hanover, in New England. His work goes beyond traditional definitions of gender. Starting from a conceptual Duchamp-like matrix, he makes use of a theatrical framework, and employs techniques and experiences from dance, as well as the circus and sports. In addition to the rigor, coherence, and clarity of each creation, 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.
His works have been performed worldwide: Europe, South and North America, Middle East, Asia, and Oceania. Among the main events he has taken part in are, the Biennale de la Danse in Lyon, Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels, Impulstanz Festival in Vienna, the Venice Biennale, the Festival d’Automne and the Festival Séquence Danse at 104 in Paris, Centrale Fies, Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Crossing The Line in New York, Hong Kong Art Festival, Juli Dans Festival in Amsterdam, TBA Festival Portland, Festival Panorama Rio de Janeiro and he has exhibited his work at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Punta della Dogana-Palazzo Grassi in Venice, and the MAXXI Museum in Rome.