For the past month, Venice, Italy, bathed in splendorous sun-soaked weather, hosted the 9th InternationalContemporary DanceFestival as part of the performance arm of one of the world's oldest contemporary art exhibitions, the Venice Biennale... His work "Bound" (1982) was restaged with Jurij Konjar dancing Paxton's original role ... "D'apres.." ... .
But the converging Po and Piave rivers will soon revert to a more customary role - acting as a fluid crossroads for a vanguard of cutting-edge art. Starting on Thursday, it is dance ... We need a new story ... Paxton's Bound - a sequence of episodes performed by Slovenian dancer Jurij Konjar - will have its first Italian viewing in 32 years on Friday.