Once upon a time there was the dance (Swiss Press Video 2021, by Resy Canonica)

Once upon a time there was the dance

RSI LaUno

Video

2021

Resy Canonica

Dance and it'll go away. What? Loneliness. The documentary is dedicated to all those elderly people who have found an antidote to loneliness in ballroom dancing. Filming wrapped shortly before dance halls in Italian-speaking Switzerland were forced to close due to the pandemic. Many of them will likely never reopen.

Author

Resy Canonica / Swiss Press Award

Resy Canonica

Giornalista freelance, Lugano, 1969

- Agenzia di Stampa Svizzera (ATS): stage di due anni con iscrizione a Registro professionale RP - Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana (RSI): collaboratrice da Francoforte sul Meno per il Telegiornale e poi inviata, redattrice e conduttrice sempre per il Telegiornale. - Redea Production Sagl: società fondata nel 2014 per continuare a raccontare da freelance le storie che ci circondano.

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Once upon a time there was the dance (Swiss Press Video 2021, by Resy Canonica) - Swiss Press Award