Polka Chinata Workshop

With Gianmaria Borzillo & Giovanfrancesco Giannini

ATELIER DES ITALIENS

© Photo : Raoul Gilibert (Passages Transfestival-Metz 2023)

social dance
workshop for everyone
all levels

Friday, July 26th, 2:30 PM

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It is encouraged to bring comfortable shoes and clothing. Please note, tickets are double admission. You must register with a dance partner. Physically demanding, almost acrobatic, it requires that the dancers embrace each other and whirl as they bend to their knees almost to the ground. The Polka Chinata, a courtship dance that originated in Bologna in the early 1900s, revives in Alessandro Sciarroni’s “Save the Last Dance for Me” and in this workshop led by dancers Gianmaria Borzillo and Giovanfrancesco Giannini. Lasting about an hour and a half, it is open to all. A time of exchange and proximity, whose purpose is not to become expert Polka Chinata dancers, but to create a community and transmit the steps of this ancient dance to as many people as possible. A preservation project that makes this dance resonate in our present. Comfortable clothing, terry or thick socks are recommended. Please note, tickets are double admission. You must register with a dance partner. In collaboration with Domaine Forget and Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Montreal.
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