The «bad boy» of contemporary dance Sergei Polunin is inspired by the Comedy for an initiatory journey at a dance pace, on stage until 5 September at the Alighieri Theater, as part of the Ravenna Festival Autumn Trilogy. “Dante Metànoia” – the second word of the title, from the Greek, stands for “conversion” – is a visionary fresco, a story of redemption from one’s demons. Commissioned by the Festival as part of the dedication of love to the Poet that characterized its 32nd edition, this three-part itinerary was composed by several hands in collaboration with choreographers friends Ross Freddie Ray (Inferno) and Jiří Bubeníček (Paradise). Polunin instead addressed the Canticle of Purgatory: «I chose a middle way because I believe I am in this phase of my life. I will take you with me on my journey from Hell to Heaven, no matter how trodden the path is: each one walks a path that no one else has ever crossed before. “
This triple choreography is Sergei Polunin’s metanoia, a journey in which Dante has as guide and companion: the poet and the étoile, rebels and stateless people in search of a lost home, both torn by personal crises, immerse themselves in search for meaning and love, discovering your own personal paradise through art and creativity. “Dante Metànoia” is therefore also a story of the transfiguration of the one who falls and gets up, inspiring others to change as well: Polunin re-elaborates in dance the period of personal crisis that has led him today to a profound transformation as a dancer and as a man.