To celebrate 200th Anniversary of the formation of the Ballet School at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, the Academy, which runs the school, threw a Black and White Ball with three exceptional guests: dancers Carla Fracci, Luciana Savignano and Svetlana Zakharova.
The event was held in the ex-ice rink, the Palazzo del Ghiaccio, a 1920s Liberty structure. Almost 500 people (paying €200 for their ticket) attended the evening, which was to not only celebrate the anniversary, but to raise money for a new building which will allow students who live far from Milan to stay in the city during the week.
The school’s ballet students presented extracts from Paquita and Béjart’s Gaîté parisienne, a 60-piece orchestra mixed jazz standards with ballet scores, and fifty tables with names such a ‘Giselle’ (where Carla Fracci was seated, obviously) and ‘Jeune Homme’, let all the guests eat and sip their spumante in comfort.… [continue reading]
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