Danza, performance e museo: riflessioni e prospettive in mostra

The essay offers some reflections on the growing presence of dance in museums in this early part of the 21st century. The examinations are organized by thematic blocks that correspond to a hypothetical exhibition in six rooms, and the reader can follow them in any order. The topics range from the museum's identity in the contemporary world to its missions to the professional figures involved in its management. Altogether these perspectives illuminate how many ways the presence of dance in the museum can foster a new relationship with visitors, mediate knowledge of the art collections on display, and tell its own story. Inside a museum, dance can also transform artistic projects in social processes and make the exhibition halls from transitory to lived-in places.

The essay offers some reflections on the growing presence of dance in museums in this early part of the 21st century. The examinations are organized by thematic blocks that correspond to a hypothetical exhibition in six rooms, and the reader can follow them in any order. The topics range from the museum's identity in the contemporary world to its missions to the professional figures involved in its management. Altogether these perspectives illuminate how many ways the presence of dance in the museum can foster a new relationship with visitors, mediate knowledge of the art collections on display, and tell its own story. Inside a museum, dance can also transform artistic projects in social processes and make the exhibition halls from transitory to lived-in places. ITALIANO Il saggio offre alcune riflessioni sulla crescente presenza della danza all’interno dei musei in questo primo scorcio del XXI secolo. Le riflessioni sono organizzate per blocchi tematici che corrispondono a sei sale distinte di un’ipotetica mostra e possono essere lette in qualsiasi ordine. I temi affrontati spaziano dall’identità del museo nel mondo contemporaneo, alle sue missioni, alle figure professionali che sono coinvolte nella sua gestione, per illuminare in quanti modi la presenza della danza nel museo può favorire un nuovo rapporto con i visitatori, mediare la conoscenza delle collezioni d’arte esposte, ma anche raccontare la propria storia e attivare progetti artistici in processi sociali che trasformando le sale espositive da luoghi transitati a luoghi vissuti.