Dancewalk - Ultra Valais


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Between Charrat and Martigny in Guercet there is a chapel entirely decorated by Mizette Putallaz (paintings, altarpiece and statues), the first ever graduate of the school of fine arts (today EDHEA). She even had to design her own Diploma. In the 1950s, in Valais, she had to fight to defend her right to being a female painter.

All day long programming was designed and thought by Daniel Rausis with the participation of the inhabitants of the region

Today’s Dancewalk will freely be inspired by local folk songs and dances

8:00 Meeting at the Church of SaillonPerformance of the Green Garden with the Children of Saillon

8:15 Saillon > Canal de Gru: Dancewalk inspired by traditional steps of dances from the Valais

9:30 Crossing the bridge between Saillon and Saxon near Abricool SA with the children of Saxon

10:15 Crossing the pont de la Solverse near Bruchez fruits with the children of Fully and Saxon

12:00 Lunch break at la Belle Usine de Fully (plan your own picnic): Aperitif offered by the Cultural Commission of Fully

13:00 Dancewalk in the streets of Fully, plus 9 turns around the Church of  Fully

13:30 Crossing the pont du Rhône or so called pont de Fully with the children of Charrat

15:15 Performance-tribute to Mizette Putala in the Chapelle du Guercet with the ladies’ choir La Romaine de Martigny who will carry the flag and scarves designed by Mizette, and also the flags of the local folk bands she has designed

16:30 Passage through the Foire du Valais: entry by the Swisscom door and exit by the Octodure door

17:30 Meeting at Martigny-Expo: Little Dancewalk with dance students from the Conservatoire Cantonal du Valais

18:00 Arrival and performance in the cellars of the Distillerie Morand

18:30 Aperitif in the fermentation courtyard, then readings by Manuella Maury and Mathieu Bessero about liquors