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The film Memoriography is based on the documentation of the international online seminar Memoriography, the culminating event of the research project Mnemedance.
Discussing issues related to the use of memory as a research tool in dance, the film, as well as the online seminar, is inspired by Fabrizio Caroso’s choreographic pattern Contrapasso (Nobiltà di Dame, Venice, 1600), a historical social dance performed by three couples changing place several times across a chain.
In a similar way, the six invited scholars – Gabriele Brandstetter, Thomas F. DeFrantz, Mark Franko, Jens Giersdorf, Laure Guilbert, Susan L.Foster – engage remotely in a two-part dialogue with continuously shifting conversation partners.

The seminar was part of the research project:
Memory in Motion. Re-membering dance history (Mnemedance 2019-2023) supported by Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (SPIN 2, D.R. 379/2019).

The seminar Memoriography and the revival of Contrapasso nuovo took place at Ca’ Foscari University, Teatro Ca’ Foscari a Santa Marta, June 15th, 2022.
The Teatro Ca’ Foscari a Santa Marta is also the official partner of the event.

Location:
Teatro Ca’ Foscari a Santa Marta, Venice and online.

Index Creator:
Susanne Franco.

Invited Scholars/Artists:
Brandstetter, Gabriele
DeFrantz, Thomas F.
De Soto, Olga
Foster, Susan L.
Franko, Mark
Giersdorf, Jens
Guilbert, Laure

Dancers:
Ajani, Elena
Baldon, Gian Mattia
De Francesco, Alessia
Papini, Flavio
Sainato, Ilaria
Za, Bianca Silvia

Choreographic Score:
Contrapasso nuovo by Fabritio Caroso
Choreographic pattern printed in Fabritio Caroso, Nobiltá di Dame (Venice, Muschio 1600)

Choreographer:
Sainato, Ilaria

Music:
"Contrappasso Nuovo”, parte dell’opera “Balli e Balletti Da Ballare – Danses de la Renaissance Italienne” (Fonti Musicali 1988).
Il brano è inserito gratuitamente nel film Memoriography su gentile concessione di Sergio Balestracci Direttore dell’esecuzione e la riproduzione dell’audio è autorizzata con licenza Creative Commons 4.0.

Filming: Giulia Becattini
Photography: Sara Lando
Editing and post production: Aline Hervé
Assistant editor: Paolo Turla

Special Thanks:
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage, Teatro Ca’ Foscari a Santa Marta
Fondazione di Ca’ Foscari
Alberti, Rosanna
Collauto, Martina
Colleoni, Cristiano
Lucano, Giorgia
Innocenti, Alessio