Two men arrive on the dance floor, holding hands. This is the polka chinata, or crouched polka, a nearly defunct Bolognese folk dance. He had made other works using folk dance, but he had never heard of an Italian couple dance for men. He sought out Giancarlo Stagni, a dance teacher in Castel San Pietro Terme, near Bologna. Stagni told him that the number of people who danced the polka chinata had shrunk to just five.

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Persons: ”, Alessandro Sciarroni, Sciarroni, “, Giancarlo Stagni, Stagni Locations: Italian, States, PS21, Chatham , N.Y, Italy, Castel San Pietro Terme, Bologna