Photo by Erin Baiano

From April to June 2022, Palazzo Grassi - Punta della Dogana presents ‘Dancing Studies’, a series of new performances created by a group of internationally-renowned choreographers, invited by Carlos Basualdo and Caroline Bourgeois - curators of the exhibition ‘Bruce Nauman: Contrapposto Studies’, currently on view at Punta della Dogana - to develop a project in dialogue with the work of Bruce Nauman and the show.

Dancing The Studio
Choreography: Pam Tanowitz
Performers: Christine Flores, Zachary Gonder, Lindsey Jones, Brian Lawson, Victor Lozano, Melissa Toogood
Visual Design: Jeremy Jacob
Costume Design: Matthiew Blazy for Bottega Veneta

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Dancing Studies // A unique programme of performances inspired by the work of Bruce Nauman

2 - 3 April 2022, ‘MANUAL LABORS’ selected by William Forsythe
Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi - auditorium: screening of a selection of ‘52 Portraits’ by Francesca Fargion, Hugo Glendinning, Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion
Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi - foyer: live performances of ‘Both Sitting Duet’, by Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion, and ‘Table Music’ by Thierry De Mey, performed by Les Percussions de Strasbourg.
Punta della Dogana: ‘PARAPHRASE’ by William Forsythe

• From 7 to 10 April 2022, ‘52 Portraits’ will once again be screened in the auditorium, whilst in the foyer, there will be screenings of two performances: ‘Table Music’ by Thierry De Mey and ‘Hands’ by Jonathan Burrows, Matteo Fargion and Adam Roberts.
  Punta della Dogana: ‘PARAPHRASE’ by William Forsythe

• 22 - 23 April 2022 ‘Sonatas and Interludes’ by Lenio Kaklea

• , ‘Dancing the Studio’ by Pam Tanowitz
  Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi

• 16-19 June 2022: ‘In Proximity’ by Ralph Lemon
  COSMO, Campo San Cosmo, Giudecca

The interventions by William Forsythe, Lenio Kaklea, Ralph Lemon and Pam Tanowitz will take place at different spaces in the Pinault Collection in Venice, as well as at COSMO, Campo San Cosmo, Giudecca.

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Part of the costumes for the performances of Lenio Kaklea and the costumes for the performances of Pam Tanowitz are designed by Matthieu Blazy for Bottega Veneta, partner of Palazzo Grassi – Punta della Dogana for this program.

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