What You Must Never Do When Dancing the Menuetto & Palazzo Living on the Canal Grande

VENICE: If you've ever taken ballroom dancing or swing dance lessons, you might want to consider adding the Menuetto to your repertoire. You know it well, as you've probably seen Mr. Darcy dancing it awkwardly with Elizabeth in Pride & Prejudice. Today, Raffaele shares with us:What makes Venice uniqueThe events in Venice artists shouldn't missSpring Festivals you might want to attendWhy renting a Palazzo is different in Venice than FlorenceHow Raffaele crossed paths with his wife The wisdom of Raffaele's teacherDance vs. Music & the rules of the gameWhat you should never do when dancing Mr. Darcy style....Bio:Raffaele Dessi graduated in architecture in 2003, with a thesis on the representation of Venetian architecture of the second half of the 1500s as a function of public ceremony. A practicing architect for several years, he worked in the restoration of historic buildings in the historic center of Venice. He followed his passion for the study and dissemination of the culture of fashion and customs, leaving the world of architecture and transforming the occasional collaborations with the Atelier Pietro Longhi, taking care of all the cultural projects for the Venetian atelier, from the direction of events to the preparation of performances, as well as communication, social media and the e-commerce aspect. He has developed various training projects and itineraries within public and private structures on the theme of fashion evolution and fashion as a mirror of the cultural evolution of a people. He has created and managed several events from planning to creation of the scenography up to the direction of the entire event with the recruitment and training of the artists. With his previous experience as a restorer architect, he had access to buildings that were otherwise unknown and not open to the public as unique sets for various documentaries, thus creating faithful and reliable reconstructions. ATELIER PIETRO LONGHI Responsible for the direction and subsequent artistic and logistical organization of events within prestigious Venetian structures, such as the museums of the Fondazione Musei Civici Veneziani and the G. Cini Foundation, and numerous other structures in Italy and abroad (Urbino, St. Petersburg, Helsinki, and Los Angeles).Curator for the Italian part of documentaries for ZDF (TerraX programme), Arté, National Geographic, and Magnolia, where in addition to being a scientific consultant he collaborated as location manager and casting director. He has collaborated with the national networks Rai Storia, Canale 5 (“Journey into great beauty”, episode on Venice) and Rai 1 (“A night in... Venice). Latest subjects of the documentaries edited in order of time: Galileo Galilei, Vivaldi, Casanova, Josephine de Beauharnais, Amerigo Vespucci. Within the documentaries on Vivaldi and Galileo, Raffaele is interviewed as an expert on Italian Renaissance and Baroque culture, of which, together with other experts in different fields, where he offers a vision for a great public.Introducing the First Premium, Come to You, Decentralized Dinner Society for Discerning Travelers: The Dinner Story.   Visit us and inquire here: The Dinner StoryThe podcast may be over, but our curiosity and hunger for inspiring people and experiences will never end. Join the WAITING LIST for our most unique experiences, COMMISSION a rare season of modular events, or just say HI:   [email protected] Credits:  INTRO:  Loyalty - Philip Ayers | OUTRO: Grasshopper's Dance - Etienne Roussel