Swans Never Die

Rebecca Lena

Il progetto

Swans Never Die is a project that invites 10 young choreographers to reinterpret, in a contemporary key, the classical repertoire of The Death of the Swan, originally choreographed by Michel Fokine for Anna Pavlova in 1905 and considered a seminal piece of art of the 20th-century dance history.

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What remains today of a choreographic work that is considered a milestone in the early twentieth-century history of western dance? In what kind of forms and bodies has it survived through time? Who picks up this heritage and why? In what cultural and geographical contexts can it re-emerge? How has it been transformed through the multiple reinterpretations that have been released in the course of a century? What is its influence in today’s choreographers and what values can it bring in the future?

 

Goals

This is a project shared and promoted by a network that has decided to unite ideas and work together. Between 2021 and 2022 it will offer joint programming ( live and online) that consists of performances, workshops, meetings, webinars and artistic residencies that invite the audience on a journey to rediscover a classic masterpiece through its contemporary reinterpretations. By following the stages of this journey between history and memory, the audience will be able to discover a choreographic work from the past and the many forms this dance has taken over time since it was first choreographed in 1905. 

 

Project partners

Piemonte Dal Vivo Foundation, APS Arcigay Il Cassero di Bologna, Municipality of Bassano del Grappa, Bolzano and Trento Haydn Foundation, Triennale Milano Teatro (CRT/Teatro dell’Arte Foundation), Brescia’s Teatro Grande Foundation, Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage – Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Drama, Art and Music Studies (DAMS) – University of Turin.

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