modul-dance

an artist’s-eye view

BASSANO DEL GRAPPA

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 fromthe 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.

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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.

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Something not to be missedPiazza Terraglio, enter the walls and continue with the church on your left (pine garden)

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04 A spritz with grandmasPonte degli Alpini/Ponte Vecchio 4Walk in, head for the balcony and leave the door open

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02A panoramic viewPiazza Terraglio, cross the car park and walk towards the curb

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A souvenirVia 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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07ShowcasingPalazzo Sturm. Enter. Look for the empty room with the piano

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08A secretOn Via Schiavonetti, next to UPIM, you will find an old alarm in the wall

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A strange placePalazzo Sturm courtyardVicolo Schiavonetti

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DetailPonte 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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09A small but essential placePiazza 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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12A scenic alibi of BassanoPiazza Guadagnin

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13A cicchettoOsteria Alla Caneva Via Matteotti

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14Something for freeCaffè Dei Libri. Books and Wi-FiVicolo Gamba

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11 An open marketPiazza Libertà on Thursdays and Saturdays

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One place I personally recommendPalazzo Roberti, the balcony on the first floorVia Iacomo da Ponte 34

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15TrendyVia Pusterla

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17A restaurant with no starsOn 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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18 A place where you can find meViale dei Martini 14

Out of rangeOn the left side of the river Brenta facing the mountains. Walk to the river until you reach the rocks

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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.

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A small but essential taste of Bassano identityThe 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 bridgePonte degli Alpini/Ponte Vecchio 2

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One place I personally recommendCaffè 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 MenabreaVicolo Gamba 5

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02Something for free/A panoramic viewStart 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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DetailVisit 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 thoughtsPiazza Libertà

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07A scenic alibi of BassanoCinema 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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05 TrendyShopping 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 yourselfVia Schiavonetti 22

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A restaurant with no starsRistorante Al Caneseo. Real Italian homemade food. Quite cheap as well. We all love it!Via Vendramini 20

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Something for free/A panoramic viewStart 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!

08A place where you can find meOn 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 spotViale Scalabrini on the corner with Via Giovanni Volpato

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Silvia Gribaudi presents Bassano del Grappa

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Silvia Gribaudi

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.”

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A small but essential taste of Bassano identityB&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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03ShowcasingOpera estate festival. Choose your show! Via Vendramini 35

… or Via Dell’ambraVia Bartolomeo Ferracina 28

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find meA place where you can find meVicolo Gamba 5

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Thursday and Saturday morning on Piazza della Libertà

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Done! A strange placeCédis Libreria. Enter the shop, turn left, head for the rear and go to the right hand cornerVia da Ponte 41/A

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07A scenic alibi of BassanoMuseo degli AlpiniVia Angarano 2

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A spritz with grandmasTake grandmother to the balcony at Via Angarano 2 - “Caffè Al ponte”

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DetailBio gelateria. Try Gianduia flavour Via Menarola 18

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A place where you can find meVicolo Gamba 5

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A panoramic viewVia Macello 40Step behind the Titanus shop, turn your head and observe!

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09A cicchettoCaffè Ponte VecchioVia Angarano 14

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Out of rangeChiesa San DonatoVia san Donato from Vicolo Don Luigi Soldà

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TrendyNardini Distillerie, visit the website and try and aperitif. Be trendy like they have been for the past 235 yearsPonte degli Alpini/Ponte Vecchio 2nardini.it

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12Something for free Dip your feet in the river and enjoy! Via Pusterla 6

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A secretIf 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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17A restaurant with no starsTrattoria al BorgoVia Margnan 7

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15One place I personally recommendPasticceria Dolce BassanoPiazza Zaine 141. Choose some pastries2. Go to the Garage Nardini Via Torino 73. Choose a beautiful piece of music and play it4. Turn off the light5. 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 familyVia Torino 7

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18A souvenirB&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 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.

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ShowcasingPasticceria Dolce Bassano… (not) for your eyes onlyPiazza Zaine 14

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05A souvenirFor 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 1957Via Ferracina 16/17

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A cicchettoContinue your walk to Grapperia NardiniPonte degli Alpini/Ponte Vecchio 2

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02A secretFrom 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

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A scenic alibi of BassanoThen 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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07A place where you can find meFrom 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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A panoramic viewYou 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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TrendyNot 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)

A marketWalk 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

One place I personally recommendLibreria 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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Out of rangeOn 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

Something for freeGet 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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13 A restaurant with no starsPizzeria 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 BrocchiVia Brocchi 30

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Something not to be missedDance & 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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16 A strange placeGarage 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 identityViale 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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A spritz with grandmas… or a cappuccino with the Parkinson dancers at Caffé Danieli, just outside the Museo Civico Piazza Garibaldi 39

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18 DetailFrom 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

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COLLECTION

Athens (GR)

Barcelona (ES)

Bassano del Grappa (IT)

Dresden (DE)

London (GB)

Paris (FR)

Poznań (PL)

Stockholm (SE)

Toulouse (FR)

Vienna (AT)

Coordination of the guide at Centro per la Scena Contemporanea Bassano del Grappa:Roberto Casarotto

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MODUL-DANCE PARTNERSadc 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

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modul-danceBassano del Grappa, an artist’s-eye view

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