At the Parco della Musica the greats of dance, in Rome Les Etoiles

Countdown to the international gala, curated by Daniele Cipriani, of 28 and 29 January 2022. Already announced Marianela Nuñez, William Bracewell, Marcelino Sambé, Anna Rose O’Sullivan (The Royal Ballet), Polina Semionova (Staatsballett Berlin), Sergio Bernal (ex Ballet Nacional de Espana), Maia Makhateli, Giorgi Potskhishvili (Het Nationale Ballet of Amsterdam), Paul Marque, Valentine Colasante (Opéra National de Paris de Paris), Matteo Miccini (Stuttgart Ballet) Virtuosity in flight and on pointe. Countdown to Les Etoiles, international dance gala, curated by Daniele Cipriani, an unmissable event for ballet lovers in Italy (and beyond), now in its eighth edition which will take place at the Auditorium Parco della Musica on 28 and January 29, 2022 (Saturday two dates, afternoon and evening). Already announced Marianela Nuñez, William Bracewell, Marcelino Sambé, Anna Rose O’Sullivan (The Royal Ballet), Polina Semionova (Staatsballett Berlin), Sergio Bernal (ex Ballet Nacional de Espana), Maia Makhateli, Giorgi Potskhishvili (Het Nationale Ballet of Amsterdam) ), Paul Marque, Valentine Colasante (Opéra National de Paris de Paris), Matteo Miccini (Stuttgart Ballet). In the program, like every season, famous steps two sections from the classical repertoire, from Swan Lake to Don Quixote, from Giselle to Sleeping Beauty, to Corsaro, alongside pieces of the 20th century choreography, creations of sophisticated modernity, signed by great masters , some rarely represented in Italy. The winning formula of Les Étoiles is excellence. The dancers come from the major theaters in the world and from the ballet capitals, a real firmament from which the patron of the gala and artistic director, Daniele Cipriani, draws every year. Evenings -events that over the years have become a real brand and that are reaching levels of popularity so far rarely known in the world of ballet. In fact, there were about 8 thousand spectators present overall during the three performances in the Sala Santa Cecilia, Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome in January 2020, sold-out also on the two evenings of January 2022 when the fear of the pandemic was still palpable. Cipriani, ‘a gala against nationalisms, fanaticisms, political and religious oppositions’ “What are Les Étoiles for? – declares Daniele Cipriani – They serve to see exceptionally talented talents from the four corners of the earth, some at their first, gathered on the same stage appearance in Italy, without having to travel the planet. It is not an easy feat to be able to bring them all at the same time – he remembers – Our superstars are in fact in great demand by theaters all over the world “.” A gala that serves above all to convey a very clear message in this moment of profound divisions in which nationalisms, fanaticisms, xenophobias, political and religious oppositions, social unrest are re-emerging – Cipriani specifies – in which a war is being fought that touches us closely, while a sinister danger looms over the world. which unites, not what divides. Les Étoiles, after all, are a hymn to harmony among the peoples of our pious net. The harmony, precisely of the stars – he concludes – of which the great dance becomes the bearer, even presenting itself as a model of a society and a world that is not only ideal “.