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The ASTRA ROMA BALLET Company, founded in 1985 by Diana Ferrara,
Prima Ballerina Etoile of the Opera Theatre in Rome, is formed
by a team of young dancers able to perform in different choreographic
styles.
The freshness and the agility of the team allows the
capillary diffusion of the dance to the public of large cities
in Italy and abroad as well as in small towns, so to make accessible
the live ballet performance, of the classical, neo-classical
and contemporary styles. |
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The ASTRA ROMA BALLET is able to express a
vast production, from Carnaval, Pas de Quatre, Paquita, Les
Silphides, La Morte del Cigno, Gajaneh, to new pieces such
as Lunaria, La Giara, Dafni, Bolero, The Dolls, Carta Bianca,
Fantasia Spagnola, Un Pallone color della Luna, Visioni,
Cinecittà, Incontri a Colori, Ouverture, Concerto
d’Aranjuez , Il Sorriso della Gioconda, Play-Bach,
Scaramouche, Ay España mia, Donne Coraggio, Nostradamus,
Ein kleines Nachtballet,Immaginando, Nodi.
The ASTRA ROMA
BALLET exhibited more than four hundred times in the main
Italian Theatres, such as the Regio of Parma, the Teatro
Verdi of Salerno, the Comunale of Treviso, the Olimpico of
Roma, the ones of Vercelli, Pisa, Pistoia, Arezzo, Foggia
ecc., and in Festivals such as - Settembre al Borgo of Caserta,
Villa Celimontana of Rome, the Festival Pirandelliano of
Agrigento, the Roman Theatre of Benevento, at Tindari, Minturno,
at the Greek Theatre of Syracuse etc., and also abroad, in
Canada, United States, Senegal, Scotland, Germany, Switzerland,
Tunisia, Morocco, Guatemala, Panama, Spain, Syria, Korea,
Hungary.
In 1993 the Company is invited to represent Italy
at Tunis during the "International Dance Week".
In 1994 makes a tournée in Morocco. In 1995 the ASTRA
ROMA BALLET wanted to celebrate the Italian cinema centennial
and performed with the ballet Cinecittà in many Italian
cities that was broadcast in television by RAI UNO.
The 1996 production was performed in many Italian cities.
In 1997 the Company was invited for a tourney in Guatemala and Panama, in the
framework of the celebrations of the centennial of the Panama Canal.
The 1998 activity begins with a tournée in Morocco during the International
Festival of Rabat; it performs at Rabat and Casablanca.
Then it debuts with the new production "Contrasti e Passioni" at the
Teatro Olimpico in Rome extending the activity in the entire Italy. It also participated
at the festival "INVITO ALLA DANZA" performing in the beautiful roman
park of Villa Massimo. |
In November the ASTRA ROMA BALLET participates at the "Festival de Otoño" in
Madrid. The 1999 Season opens with the performance of the new production "Tris
Ballet" at the Teatro Olimpico in Rome on June 15, repeated on July 10 at
Villa Adriana (Tivoli) in the framework of the Musicorum Tempora Festival.
This
Festival dedicated one evening to the Maestro Goffredo Petrassi, this year 95,
and Diana Ferrara presented for the first time her new ballet "Immaginando" on
Petrassi's "8 Inventions for pianoforte" magisterially live played
by the pianist Bruno Canino.
The "Tris Ballet"was then brought in tournée in Sicily, Calabria
and Basilicata.
In August the Company was invited again at a follow on of the Musicorum Tempora
Festival at Villa Adriana.
In September, invited by the Ministry of Culture of
Syria, the Astra Roma Ballet participated at the Festival of Bosra where it performed
in the marvelous roman anphitheatre filled with more than 10,000 people.
It also performed at the Azem Palace in Damascus at the presence of a selected
and knowledgeable public that particularly appreciated the presented program.
In October the Company was invited in the USA where it performed at Philadelphia
and Norristown at during the Columbus Day celebrations. Subsequently it performed
in Germany (Stuttgart) and participated in 2002 participated at the International
Dance Festival in Rome with the ballet “American Songs”.
In 2003 the Company participated to the International Dance Festival in Hungary
(National Dance Theatre of Budapest) with the ballet “Nostradamus”.
The production 2003 “Sul Classico” includes three pieces:
“Incontri
a Colori” music by L.V.Beethoven, choreography by Diana Ferrara, “Nodi” musico
by G.B.Pergolesi, choreography by Enrico Morelli, and “Ein Kleines Nachtballet”,
music by W.A.Mozart and choreography by Luciano Cannito.
Production 2004 “Cyrano
de Bergerac” choreography by Enrico Morelli, and in 2005 “L’Angelo
Azzurro” choreography by Daniela Megna.
The production 2006 is “Terra Nostra” a ballet in two parts that
include “Turris Eburnea” by Enrico Morelli and “Cìciri” by
Daniela Megna.
These two choreographers, young but already well known talents in Italy, produced
their works in contemporary style on classical basis, being inspired by their
regions of origin, Puglia and Sicily respectively.
“Terra Nostra” was firstly performed at the Teatro Olimpico in Rome
and subsequently in about 20 cities all over Italy.
In 2007 the ASTRA ROMA BALLET produced a show "NARCISO, l'io grandioso" choreography by Veronica Frisotti, music by Francesco Lanzillotta.
This ballet was awarded by the "Fontane di Roma" prize in June 2007. The production "NARCISO" was performed in many italian cities and also the Company was invited in Romania: Bucarest, Ploiesti e Iasi and was applauded by the public and well-received by critics.
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