Dance, Les italiens de l’Opéra de Paris on tour

A success in the world, they triumph in major international theaters. A small, large group born for a challenge, won. Les italiens de l’Opéra de Paris (all very young, under 30), the company founded by the premier danseur de l’Opéra de Paris Alessio Carbone will be in Italy as guest of the Ravenna Festival on June 12, one of the most illustrious presences of the historic event. An adventure that smells of enthusiasm, of profound awareness of one’s innate virtues, of made in Italy. “At the Opéra de Paris there is an internal law that prevents the company from having no more than 10 percent of ‘foreign’ dancers – Alessio Carbone said before the debut in Italy – Italians are much more, we are the nationality more represented within the great French institution, I am proud and happy. It was Eleonora Abbagnato and I who paved the way for the ‘Italians’ by defeating a typically French ‘chauvinism’. It was from the end of the 70s with Serge Peretti that a Italian could not enter the Palais Garnier “. Happy to travel to our country ‘Les italiens de l’Opéra de Paris’, a sort of grand tour to discover their roots, sometimes their families of origin. At the beginning Venice, Palermo, Ravello and then on tour in New Caledonia, Uzbekistan, Spain, Switzerland. With a dream in the drawer. “I would like to take a camper with an integrated stage and travel to all those cities or small towns that do not have theaters available to meet an audience that does not expect to see dance or that maybe can not afford to move, a bit like the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma does the Opera truck “, – Alessio Carbone confessed to the Adnkronos again, a family under the sign of Terpsichore (his father Giuseppe was a dancer and choreographer and he directed the ballet corps of the major companies in the world, his mother Iride Sauri was a dancer at the Fenice in Venice and then at the Cullberg Ballet, his sister Beatrice is a soloist at the Scala in Milan, his brother Alvise works in Spain). “I ask my dancers to be family, to give themselves totally during their performance – added Alessio Carbone – I have always forgiven small imperfections, but I don’t accept the lack of motivation. Our career ends in a very short period of time. . We cannot waste a moment. Only in these moments do I play the role of ‘big brother’ alongside a beloved and ‘acquired’ brother Francesco Vantaggio “. The ‘Italian’ heirs of what was once the Académie Royale de Danse founded in 1661 by the Sun King stand out on the international scene. We always leave the floor to Alessio Carbone: “Italian dancers have a particular ability to improvise, they know how to react in the face of difficulties, they are creative – he replied – Undeniable, undoubtedly the generosity of heart, typical of our people, a characteristic trait. We Italians love more, we know how to take advantage of life more. The French and Parisians, in particular, are very elegant, the English aristocrats, the Russians heroic – concluded Carbone- The French are on stage to be admired, the Italians to give themselves generously to their audience “. And in Ravenna we will see Valentine Colasante, Paul Marque, Bleuenn Battistoni, Ambre Chiarcosso, Antonio Conforti, Nicola Di Vico, Giorgio Fourès, Sofia Rosolini, Andrea Sarri and Bianca Scudamore in a program that alternates classic and contemporary, highlighting the qualities of each thanks to the versatile repertoire of one of the most prestigious companies in the world.