Talk
Pre-festival Event
Inheriting Dance: Alessandro Sciarroni x Katanogahara Katano-bushi / Odori Preservation Society
Alessandro Sciarroni’s Save the Last Dance for Me, which will be performed this year, aims to revive and continue the traditional Italian folk dance polka chinata. In this talk, Sciarroni and two dancers speak with members of the Odori Preservation Society, who work to pass on the Katano-bushi—a dance that originates in the 14th century and is seen as the ancestor of the contemporary Kawachi ondo—to the next generation. They will consider why these folk dances appeal to people, as well as the importance of inheriting and continuing historical dances in a contemporary context.
Guests: Alessandro Sciarroni, Gianmaria Borzillo, Giovanfrancesco Giannini, Katanogahara Katano-bushi / Odori Preservation Society
Host: Kyoto Experiment Co-directors
10.4 (Fri) 18:30–20:00
Alessandro Sciarroni
Rome (Italy)
Since 2007, Sciarroni has created works that combine performing arts and contemporary art. Having studied visual arts as well as boasting extensive on-stage experience, Sciarroni creates works that combine a conceptual approach with specific techniques and practices derived from a range of disciplines including theater and dance as well as sports and circus arts. His works are often grounded in the repetition of practices that test the dancer’s physical endurance in an attempt to reveal the obsessions, fears, and fragility of the act of performing, as well as exploring time within performance and examining the empathetic relationship between spectator and performer. He has been invited to countless international festivals and presented his works around the world. He was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in the Dance at the 2019 Venice Biennale Danza. He is associate artist at CENTQUATRE-Paris and Triennale Milano Teatro 2022-2024.
Presented by Kyoto Experiment and Italian Cultural Institute in Osaka
(Alessandro Sciarroni's Save the Last Dance for Me is presented by Kyoto Experiment and Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels in the frame of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival in Kyoto – Saitama.)
