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BASSANO DEL GRAPPA an artist’s-eye view
modul-dance Modul-dance is a multi-annual cooperation project with the participation of 20 European dancehouses from 16 countries. One of the project’s key elements is the promotion of mobility, so that artists receiving its support follow itineraries across Europe to develop their creative work and present it to different audiences. Each of the guides in this collection shows a city from the viewpoint of a local artist, who proposes his or her own particular route to artists in transit, seeking to put them in connection with their host city. While these city routes share some basic features, each one is different and in their differences lies a wealth of gazes, aesthetics, approximations to the local and much more. In a word, they form a mirror of the diversity that modul-dance has always fostered. The Bassano del Grappa city guide has been possible thanks to the curatorial work of Centro per la Scena Contemporanea, a partner in the modul-dance project.
Centro per la Scena Contemporanea Bassano del Grappa
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Giorgia Nardin Alessandro Sciarroni Silvia Gribaudi Giovanna Garzotto
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Giorgia Nardin Š Enrica Vigna
Giorgia Nardin presents Bassano del Grappa
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Giorgia Nardin Giorgia Nardin is an independent choreographer and performer. She trained at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds (UK) and graduated in 2010. Her first project as a producer took place in cooperation with the artists Francesca Foscarini and Marco D’Agostin. The trio met at the Accademia Mobile coordinated by Emio Greco/PC, held during Operaestate Festival Veneto in 2010. Together they created Spic & Span, a piece which won the special mention in the Premio Scenario 2011. Since 2012 she has cooperated as a performer with Barokthegreat on the works Indigenous and Attacco del Clone. Her first solo piece, Dolly, was shortlisted as a finalist for the GD’A Prize in 2012, it received the special mention from the DNA/Romaeuropa Festival, it was chosen for the national Rete Anticorpi XL. The work was also presented at the Vetrina della Giovane Danza d’Autore and was invited to the Italian Showcase as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2013. Giorgia has been selected to take part in numerous European projects including ChoreoRoam Europe 2012 developed by CSC/Centro per la Scena Contemporanea Bassano del Grappa (Vicenza), The Place (London), Dansateliers (Rotterdam), Paso a 2/Certamen Coreografico (Madrid), Dance Week Festival (Zagreb), B Project 2013 developed by Jheronimus Bosch 500 Foundation (‘s-Hertogenbosch), CSC/Centro per la Scena Contemporanea, Dance Umbrella (London), D.ID Dance Identity (Pinkafeld), La Briqueterie-Centre de développement chorégraphique du Val de Marne (Paris), Dansateliers (Rotterdam) and Performing Gender 2013 developed by Comitato Provinciale Arcigay Il Cassero/Gender Bender Festival (Bologna), Nederlandse Dansdagen/Dutch Dance Festival (Maastricht), Domino Association (Zagreb) and Paso a 2 Certamen Coreográfico (Madrid). All dressed up with nowhere to go is her first piece for two performers, Aerowaves priority selection 2014. giorgianardin.com
01 Something not to be missed Piazza Terraglio, enter the walls and continue with the church on your left (pine garden)
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02 A panoramic view Piazza Terraglio, cross the car park and walk towards the curb
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03 A souvenir Via Macello, walk beneath the little wooden bridge, keep going straight down as far as you can and then turn right. Take your shoes off and sit down
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A spritz with grandmas Ponte degli Alpini/Ponte Vecchio 4 Walk in, head for the balcony and leave the door open
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A strange place Palazzo Sturm courtyard Vicolo Schiavonetti
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07 Showcasing Palazzo Sturm. Enter. Look for the empty room with the piano
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A secret On Via Schiavonetti, next to UPIM, you will find an old alarm in the wall
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09 A small but essential place Piazza Garibaldi. With the church on your right, look at the bell tower. Look closely at the cross on the bell tower. Observe it from all angles
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Detail Ponte degli Alpini, walk to the middle of the bridge, stand on the right side facing north and look at the houses with holes in the walls
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One place I personally recommend Palazzo Roberti, the balcony on the first floor Via Iacomo da Ponte 34
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An open market Piazza LibertĂ on Thursdays and Saturdays
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A scenic alibi of Bassano Piazza Guadagnin
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A cicchetto Osteria Alla Caneva Via Matteotti
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14 Something for free Caffè Dei Libri. Books and Wi-Fi Vicolo Gamba
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Trendy Via Pusterla
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Out of range On the left side of the river Brenta facing the mountains. Walk to the river until you reach the rocks
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17 A restaurant with no stars On the right bank of the river, go as far as the patch of grass closest to the river under the trees. Bring a sandwich (or whatever you feel like eating) in your bag
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A place where you can find me Viale dei Martini 14
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Check out the Google maps version:
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12 Alessandro Sciarroni, “UNTITLED_I will be there when you die” © Andrea Pizzalis per Centrale Fies
Alessandro Sciarroni presents Bassano del Grappa
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Alessandro Sciarroni Alessandro Sciarroni is an Italian performer, choreographer and director with a background in visual arts who has worked as a performer for several years. Since 2007 his work has been performed in 21 European countries, in Uruguay (FIDCU) and in the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi Art Fair). In 2013, Folk-s launched the Rencontres internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis and concluded the ImPulsTanz festival in Wien, getting afterwards invitations to many acclaimed European festivals including the Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels and the Festival d’Automne in Paris which devoted a monographic programme performed in different theatres of the city to him. Furthermore, in 2013 and 2014 he was invited to set up a couple of events for the Venice Biennale, dance section, directed by Virgilio Sieni. Alessandro Sciarroni has taken part in cross-border networks that promote contemporary dance and artist mobility within Europe such as Anticorpi Explo and Aerowaves. He has also taken part in residency projects such as Choreographic dialogues and Choreoroam. At present he is involved in Performing Gender, a European dance project on gender and sexual orientation, and Migrant Body, a dance project that aims to translate into choreographic creations a reflection of migration and its cultural impact on European and Canadian society. In 2012 he was selected by the modul-dance project to develop UNTITLED_I will be there when you die. alessandrosciarroni.it
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A small but essential taste of Bassano identity The bridge, of course: Ponte Vecchio. It is so nice to just listen to the sound of the river, to watch the landscape and feel the contrast with the town, with youngsters crossing the bridge. If you get here from the town centre, first you should stop at Nardini’s Bar, just at the start of the bridge: ask for a Mezzo, a typical drink from Nardini, and enjoy it on the bridge Ponte degli Alpini/Ponte Vecchio 2
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03 Detail Visit the Church of San Giovanni on Piazza Libertà. Actually, what I have always found very interesting is that the church width is greater than its length. I sense a special ambience inside, and quite often it is empty. My advice would be to go there with a notebook, sit inside and simply write down your thoughts Piazza Libertà
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02 Something for free/A panoramic view Start at Via Giovanni Volpato. From the bridge you should definitely follow Via Giovanni Volpato and find a trail allowing you to take a small street that goes along the river. You can go there with a friend, or alone, and stroll calmly in the midst of nature along the river. Try it for a few minutes, or even for hours. Beautiful!
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One place I personally recommend Caffè dei Libri. This is a very nice place to drink a coffee or have lunch. It’s a bookshop with a bar/ restaurant inside. It is very quiet, but only go there if you have enough time. It may take more than an hour to be served a proper meal. Fruit juices are delicious, and if you like beer, ask for a Menabrea Vicolo Gamba 5
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Trendy Shopping in Bassano can be very pleasant but also very expensive. A place where you can find nice things is EIGHTBALL. There you can choose street wear and clothes from young Italian designers such as Lucio Vannotti, which I personally recommend if you feel like treating yourself Via Schiavonetti 22
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A restaurant with no stars Ristorante Al Caneseo. Real Italian homemade food. Quite cheap as well. We all love it! Via Vendramini 20
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A scenic alibi of Bassano Cinema Sala da Ponte e Sala Martinovich. The local cinema is one of the best places to hide yourself every time you want to. But note, the films are only in Italian! Piazzale Luigi Cardona 34
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A place where you can find me On the way to Istituto Scalabrini at the statue of Saint Joseph. In 2010, as I was walking from the centre to the Istituto Scalabrini I saw the statue of this saint. The following words were depicted: “ITE AD JOSEPH�. I quickly realised it would be the title of my next piece. So now Joseph is actually the name of my first solo, and we are still touring with it! This is why I feel there is still a small piece of me at this spot Viale Scalabrini on the corner with Via Giovanni Volpato
find me Check out the Google maps version:
goo.gl/qoSJaA
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Silvia Gribaudi Š Anna Piratti
Silvia Gribaudi presents Bassano del Grappa
Silvia Gribaudi is a performer and choreographer. Creations and collaborations: she was the winner of both the Audience Award and the Jury Award at the GD’A Veneto 2009, she was shortlisted in 2010 for Aerowaves Dance Across Europe, and she participated in numerous national and international festivals including the Biennale di Venezia, Ground 0 in 2009 and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2012. She has taken part in artistic projects for dance research supported by: Il Cassero Bologna, Operaestate Festival Veneto, The Place (UK), Dansateliers (NL), Dansescenen (DK), Paso a 2 Certamen Coreográfico de Madrid (ES), Dance Week Festival (HR), Circuit Est Montréal, The Dance Center Vancouver, Nederlandse Dansdagen Maastricht and Dance House Lemesos, Cyprus. She creates specific performances dealing with: genders issues, namely the project Performing Gender 2014 - Reflections on the femininity over 60 - Active ageing through the art of dance, under the title What age are you acting?, The relativity of ages, a piece produced by the European project ACT YOUR AGE and shortlisted for the platform of Italian dance NID 2014. Roger Salas stated about her in Spanish newspaper El País: “Silvia Gribaudi is a unique artist who nurtures ugliness and acid humour; her striking appearance runs counter to the trend.” silviagribaudi.com
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Silvia Gribaudi
01 A small but essential taste of Bassano identity B&B Number 14. Book a room on the third floor, head for the little room in the centre. Look out of the window Viale dei Martiri 14
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A strange place Cédis Libreria. Enter the shop, turn left, head for the rear and go to the right hand corner Via da Ponte 41/A
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Showcasing Opera estate festival. Choose your show! Via Vendramini 35 … or Via Dell’ambra Via Bartolomeo Ferracina 28
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A place where you can find me Vicolo Gamba 5
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An open market Thursday and Saturday morning on Piazza della Libertà
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06 Detail Bio gelateria. Try Gianduia flavour Via Menarola 18
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07 A scenic alibi of Bassano Museo degli Alpini Via Angarano 2
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A spritz with grandmas Take grandmother to the balcony at Via Angarano 2 - “Caffè Al ponte”
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09 A cicchetto Caffè Ponte Vecchio Via Angarano 14
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A panoramic view Via Macello 40 Step behind the Titanus shop, turn your head and observe!
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Out of range Chiesa San Donato Via san Donato from Vicolo Don Luigi SoldĂ
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12 Something for free Dip your feet in the river and enjoy! Via Pusterla 6
13 A secret If you want to discover a secret, head for Vicolo Margnan, at the end of the street to the right you’ll find a small green gate. Open it and follow the water dam and sit down. This is a place where you are in the middle of the river alone
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Trendy Nardini Distillerie, visit the website and try and aperitif. Be trendy like they have been for the past 235 years Ponte degli Alpini/Ponte Vecchio 2 nardini.it
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One place I personally recommend Pasticceria Dolce Bassano Piazza Zaine 14 1. Choose some pastries 2. Go to the Garage Nardini Via Torino 7 3. Choose a beautiful piece of music and play it 4. Turn off the light 5. Eat in the dark
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Something not to be missed Go to Hotel Brennero and ask Zaccaria nicely to tell you the story about his family Via Torino 7
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17 A restaurant with no stars Trattoria al Borgo Via Margnan 7
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A souvenir B&B Number 14. Go to your room, take your own notebook and write something about your day in Bassano Viale dei Martiri 14
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Giovanna Garzotto
Giovanna Garzotto presents Bassano del Grappa
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Giovanna Garzotto Giovanna Garzotto began her career as a gymnast and was a member of the Italian Olympic Team from 1976 to 1979. During her teens she followed dance and trained at London Contemporary Dance School (1984-1987). She was forced to withdraw from performing in 1988 due to an accident and focused on teaching contemporary dance in Italy and China (2007-2009). In 2006 she choreographed CHICK (PROCESSED), a choreographic project she performed with Claudia Rossi at Lavori in Pelle (Ravenna), OperaEstate Festival (Bassano del Grappa), Linguaggi (Pescara) and Altrispazi (Pesaro). She is the founding member of NOLIMITA-C-TIONS, a cultural association based in the Veneto region which promotes dance workshops and site specific events with the involvement of local and international artists. She is one of the teachers involved in the project Dance & Health with Parkinson supported by CSC Bassano del Grappa. goo.gl/Z12a67
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Showcasing Pasticceria Dolce Bassano… (not) for your eyes only Piazza Zaine 14
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A secret From the pasticceria walk along the foot of the walls of Castello degli Ezzelini along Salita Margnan and on your left-hand side… you’ll find a secret hugh
03 A scenic alibi of Bassano Then turn left to Via Pusterla and walk along the banks of Fiume Brenta and have a look at Ponte Vecchio from the bottom
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A cicchetto Continue your walk to Grapperia Nardini Ponte degli Alpini/Ponte Vecchio 2
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A souvenir For an unusual souvenir go to Carteria Tassotti. In the 17th and 18th century Bassano was famous all over the world dueto the publishing work of the Remondinis. Their old business was resumed by Giorgio Tassotti in 1957 Via Ferracina 16/17
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A panoramic view You will see one from the terrace of Palazzo Sturm (the museum is also worth a visit!). To get there from the previous point in the itinerary you only need to continue walking along Via Ferracina into Via Schiavonetti 7
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Trendy Not far from this you’ll find Fespeca, a little shop with great shoes and bags (this was a hint from my teenage daughters… they’re the trendy ones in the family)
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A place where you can find me From Via Schiavonetti go to Via Menarola and then walk uphill along via Gamba. You will find me at Caffè dei Libri (coffee and books… my favourite combination) Via Gamba 5
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09 10 One place I personally recommend Libreria Palazzo Roberti. The selection of foreign language books is not that big: nonetheless, this bookstore is a great place even if you’re not a bookworm Via Jacopo da Ponte 34
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A market Walk all the way up, turn left to Via Matteotti and end up in Piazza della Libertà. There walk right through an open market that runs on Thursday and Saturday mornings. The market continues in nearby Piazza Garibaldi and Via Jacopo da Ponte
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11 Out of range On the other side of Via Jacopo da Ponte enter Piazzetta Vittime dei Lager nazisti, a really quiet spot with an absolutely untrendy Bar in Corte next to the Centro Socio Ricreativo Culturali per Anziani. From there you can take Vicolo da Ponte, where you can find a clothing repair shop, a “boutique pet a porter” that also offers taxi service for dogs and cats (!!!), a frame workshop, a computer repair shop, a greengrocer’s and Enoteca Bar Breda among other places
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12 Something for free Get some basic botanic knowledge at Giardino Parolini. I like trees and at this place I can also learn their names! (next to the trees/ bushes there are small tags with the botanic and common names) Via Remordini
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A restaurant with no stars Pizzeria Via Brocchi 30 (“Keep calm and eat Paposcia”). It is perhaps below a restaurant with no stars, there are no more than 3-4 chairs but the pizzas and the paposcia with genuine Puglia olive oil and cherry tomatoes are worth it! Keep walking from Giardino Parolini along Via Remondini to Via Brocchi Via Brocchi 30
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Something not to be missed Dance & Health with Parkinson classes that take place every Monday and Friday (9:45-10:45 a.m.) in the rooms of Museo Civico. Join the dancers and fill yourself with art and joy. From Via Brocchi take Vicolo Brocchi and then Via Angelo e Via Museo to reach Piazza Garibaldi
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15 A spritz with grandmas ‌ or a cappuccino with the Parkinson dancers at CaffÊ Danieli, just outside the Museo Civico Piazza Garibaldi 39
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A strange place Garage Nardini, my favourite place in Bassano. From Piazza Garibaldi walk back to Via Da Ponte, turn left into Viale delle Fosse and then turn right Via Torino 9
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A small but essential taste of Bassano identity Viale dei Martini. The first memory I have of Bassano is through the voice of my grandfather Silvio who would tell me about the Rastrellamento del Grappa and the hanging of young partisans to the trees. One tree, one body
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Detail From Viale dei Martini lift your eyes for my favourite detail: the flag at the top of the tower of Castello degli Ezzelini, blowing in the wind of Valsugana
flag Check out the Google maps version:
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Coordination of the guide at Centro per la Scena Contemporanea Bassano del Grappa: Roberto Casarotto Printed in 2014 MODUL-DANCE PARTNERS adc Genève CH (associated partner) - Art Stations Foundation Poznań PL - CDC Toulouse FR CND Paris FR - Centro per la Scena Contemporanea Bassano del Grappa IT - Dance Gate Lefkosia Cyprus CY - Dance Ireland Dublin IE - Dansens Hus Stockholm SE - Dansehallerne Copenhagen DK - DeVIR/CAPa Faro PT - DDRC Athens GR - HELLERAU-Europäisches Zentrum der Künste Dresden DE - Kino Šiška Ljubljana SI - Maison de la Danse Lyon FR - Mercat de les Flors Barcelona ES - Plesna Izba Maribor SI - Danshuis Station Zuid Tilburg NL - Tanzhaus NRW Düsseldorf DE Tanzquartier Wien AT - The Place London GB
modul-dance Bassano del Grappa, an artist’s-eye view
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