With a dance step in the squares and places of art and culture of the city, the European Night of Museums will also be celebrated in Modena on Saturday 18 May with choreographic performances, shows, music and meetings from late afternoon to night.
After the success of the two previous editions, once again for 2024 dance characterizes the Modena version of the event which simultaneously involves museums throughout Europe. Born in France in 2005, Museum Night this year coincides with International Museum Day, established by Icom (International Council of Museums) which falls on May 18th.
In Modena, the European Night of Museums comes to life, under the artistic direction of Monica Ratti, with dancers from 14 city dance associations and schools and six professional companies. But in the afternoon and evening many other open-air spaces and cultural places in the city will also become the stage for concerts, meetings, discoveries and exhibitions intertwined with other events, such as the Belcanto Festival which will offer a concert by the singers of the masterclass in the rooms renovated of the former Estense Hospital where you can also visit in the evening the exhibition “Modena inside” by photographer Franco Fontana and the new immersive space “Avia Pervia” which welcomes visitors to the museum with the interactive history of Modena.
All initiatives have free entry (unless otherwise specified) and free access while places last or by reservation where indicated. The detailed program of the event, promoted by the municipal administration with the support of the Modena Foundation, can be found on the website of the Municipality of Modena (www.comune.modena.it/nottedeimusei) and on the visitmodena tourist promotion portal (www.visitmodena. it).
The event was presented this morning, Tuesday 14 May, at Palazzo dei Musei with a press conference attended by Cristiana Zanasi of the Civic Museum, coordinator of the events proposed by the cultural institutes; Monica Ratti, dance critic and cultural operator, who curated the dance program, Matteo Tiezzi, president of the Modena Foundation.
Classical, modern, contemporary, aerial, acrobatic and hip hop dance will cross the historic center with performances in cultural institutes and main squares. The program offers, in fact, performances in the Civic Museum and in the Roman Lapidary with the Movimento Unico and Talentho schools and the guests Roma City Ballet by Luciano Cannito with the Wonder boys directed by Fabrizio Prolli (choreographer of Viva Rai 2!), Rita Pompili veteran from Amici and the Joffrey concert group of New York, the urban dancers Alfredo De Meo and Marco Bonato in two different hip hop performances. The Sted is staged in the Galleria Estense with guests Mvula Sungani Physical Dance by Mvula Sungani who has choreographed the most important stars of Italian and international dance, and Marco Bonato. The Palazzo del Principe Foresto reopens its doors to host the Alex Atzewi school and the Verona Ballet with its classical and neoclassical repertoire, while the Collegio San Carlo Foundation dedicates the Cardinali room to the Arabesque Ballet Studio with guest Chiara Bergamini from Modena directly from the Mainfrancken Theater in Würzburg, Germany. The cloister of Palazzo Santa Margherita will resonate with new rhythms with Centro la Fenice, Alfredo De Meo and the Raoul Street crew between classic, contemporary, hip hop and urban, while Sacred Music and Gregorian chants will dialogue with the contemporary dance of LaCapriola in the church of Vote.
In Piazza Redecocca acrobatic dance with the Soleil school, in Piazza Mazzini aerial circle and trapeze with Oasi Metropolitana, in Piazza Grande aerial dance with Equilibra and in Piazza XX Settembre a choral show that brings together schools and guests starting from 5.15pm.
Also in Piazza XX Settembre, at 9pm, the final Gala of the event will also take place which will also see the KC dance company on stage with Shorty and Bilbo, two of the most famous international hip hop dancers, and the European artistic gymnastics champions and acrobatics of the La Trottola group.
