Roberto Bolle, principal dancer
étoile at Milan's La Scala, said Tuesday he was dedicating this
year's edition of his On Dance extravaganza around Milan to the
late ballet legend Carla Fracci, who died at the end of May aged
84 - and that the event had been her idea in the first place.
Bolle said that culture, and dance in particular, is necessary
for restarting, because "we can't allow ourselves to get used to
a life without art".
"It's important to go back to culture, beauty, live shows," he
said as he presented a series of initiatives in which he is a
protagonist, tied to the world of dance.
"Dance for me is an essential tool, it is relating, sharing, and
it is the tool I know best and want to share and through which
to launch my message to give confidence and a desire to restart.
"I am sure that everyone will find their own, everyone will do
it in their own way, the important thing is to launch these
messages to return to the way of living, relating like we were
used to doing before," he said.
Starting with On Dance, the major event he conceived in 2018, to
bring dance, in all its forms, around Milan, from 2 to 6
September, involving all fans for free.
This 2021 edition will be special, not only because of the
health protocols that will have to be applied, but above all
because it takes place a few months after Fracci's death on May
27.
Opened by the exhibition 'Passo a due-Roberto Bolle and Giovanni
Gastel', in the Museum of Gallerie d'Italia, the event will
continue with the workshop and a series called Openclass, a
calendar of lessons open to all in the Castello Sforzesco,
teaching a variety of dance styles from musicals to the
Charleston, African dance and swing.
The final show at the Castello Sforzesco will include many
guests and a choral moment, in which all the thousand admitted
spectators should be involved.
"Of course there are problems, related to restrictions, but
there has been a great effort by the city institutions and above
all by the big sponsors, such as Intesa SanPaolo and Pastificio
Rana, who support us, without which, without public and private
synergy, without the support of the Ministry of Culture, all
these events could not take place," Bolle said.
Bolle also agreed to be the spokesperson for an Intesa SanPaolo
fundraiser for the restoration of the Guglia della Madonnina, in
an event scheduled in Milan on 7 September, when a video will be
presented, with the artist dancing in the Duomo, from the halls
of the museum to the Terrazza, at the foot of the statue.
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