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The Corps de ballet of the Compagnia Nazionale di Danza Storica has starred in prestigious International Festivals, Galas, and Theater Seasons. It performed in key European and Italian cultural and historical venues – theaters, palaces, castles, monumental complexes and luxury hotels – staging projects and shows such as:

  • GRAND BALL with ROBERTO BOLLE at Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan;
  • LA BOHÈME AND THE GRAND BALL OF THE 19TH CENTURY with ANGELA GHEORGHIU for the 65th Puccini Festival at Torre del Lago;
  • LA TRAVIATA AND THE GRAND BALL OF THE 19TH CENTURY at the Sferisterio Theater for the Macerata Opera Festival;
  • FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DELLA DANZA E DELLE DANZE ( International Festival of Ballet and Dance) with CARLA FRACCI;
  • FROM VENICE TO VIENNA GRAND BALL at the Astrakhan State Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Russia;
  • The IMPERIAL GRAND BALL at the Gala for the King and Queen of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur;
  • NINO GRAZIANO LUCA: THIRTY YEARS OF HISTORICAL DANCE with special guest LUCIA LACARRA, international ètoile, at Danzainfiera, Florence;
  • SUITE FROM THE GRAND BALL OF THE LEOPARD for the Taormina Art Festival with CLAUDIA CARDINALE at Messina;
  • PREMIO ROMA PER IL BALLO E LA DANZA with ELISABETTA TERABUST, ATERBALLETTO, MIGUEL ANGEL ZOTTO and VITTORIA OTTOLENGHI;
  • ROSES FROM THE SOUTH CHARITY with the Ballet Academies of TEATRO DELL’OPERA DI ROMA, director Laura Comi and VIENNA STATE OPERA, managing director Simona Noja, and VIENNA ELMAYER DANCE SCHOOL;
  • WALTZ, A CHOREOGRAPHIC CONCERT at the Conservatory, Milan;
  • WHO’S ON NEXT: LA PRIMA as guest star invited by VOGUE ITALIA and ALTAROMA with costumes designed by Gattinoni, Villa Giulia, Rome;
  • WINE OSCAR 2014, an event co-organized by Bibenda and AIS, Cavalieri Waldorf Astoria, Rome;
  • THE 18TH CENTURY, A CHOREOGRAPHIC CONCERT , Aurum, Pescara;
  • Elimination of Archiectural Barriers – International Day of Persons with Disabilities with the Orchestra of TEATRO DELL’OPERA di Roma and Annalisa Minetti at the National Museum of Folk Arts and Traditions, Rome;
  • GRAND BALL OF THE 19TH CENTURY AT THE LISZT FESTIVAL, director M° Maurizio D’Alessandro;
  • GRAND BALL OF THE 19TH CENTURY at the Narnia Festival, director M° Cristiana Pegoraro;
  • VERDI TALKS ABOUT VERDI, Sala Squarzina of Teatro Argentina, Rome, Artistic director and narrator Gaia Verdi;
  • GRAND BALL OF THE 19TH CENTURY in the 2018-2019 Playbill of Teatro Garibaldi, Modica, director M° Giovanni Cultrera.

Guest Appearances and Appearances in TV Shows and in Films


The CNDS Corps de Ballet, that sometimes included also the Association’s students of all ages playing the "Aristocrats", has performed in some prestigious European theatres, such as the Astrakhan state theatre of Opera and Ballet, in Russia, and in some prominent Italian theaters -Teatro Olimpico, Rome; Greek Theater,Segesta; Teatro Argentina, Teatro Ambra Jovinelli and Teatro Greco, Rome; Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania; Teatro Quirino, Rome; Teatro Giuseppe Manini, Narni; Teatro Sociale, Como; Teatro Garibaldi, Modica; Sferisterio, Macerata; Gran Teatro Puccini, Torre del Lago.


CNDS Corps de Ballet was cast in many TV shows and films with a view to promoting Historical Dance and the values and vision of the Compagnia Nazionale di Danza Storica. It is worthy of mention, by way of example only, that the Corps de Ballet was a guest star at several RAI television shows like: Ballando con le Stelle, Uno Mattina, La Vita in Diretta, Portobello, I Soliti Ignoti, La prima volta, Ritorno al Presente, Festa Italiana, Casaraiuno, Tg2 Costume e Società, Mattina in Famiglia, Detto Fatto, Magazine sul 2, Voyager, Glam, Cose dell’altro Geo, Cominciamo Bene, Stranger Europe, Viaggio nell’Italia che cambia. It was also a guest star on CANALE 5 on its newsreel TG5; on RETE 4 for Vivere Meglio; on LA7 for its M.O.D.A. show and on TV2000 L’Ora Solare.


The Compagnia Nazionale di Danza storica starred in the following shows and films: Il Caso Mattei, a RAI UNO fiction; L’esilio dell’Aquila, a film on Napoleon, Italiane, il Risorgimento delle Donne, a docufilm produced by RAI STORIA; Processo a Madame Bovary, a docufilm aired by RAITRE and RAI STORIA as part of Passato e Presente, a program presented by Paolo Mieli; Raffaello, a docufilm produced by RAIUNO, filmed in the beautiful VILLA MADAMA in Rome and aired as part of Paesi che Vai, a program presented by Livio Leonardi; Figli del Set a docufilm, the Amaro Lucano spot, with costumes designed by Milena Canonero; and I Medici, a TV series.
Docufilms on the Compagnia Nazionale di Danza Storica were produced by PBS, a US public broadcaster and television, and the Russian network RTVi.

Shows for Galas and Conventions in Luxury Hotels


The Compagnia Nazionale di Danza Storica has organized shows, performances, galas and conventions in several luxury hotels like St Regis Grand Hotel, Rome, Shangri – La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Park Hotel Schönbrunn,Vienna, San Domenico Palace, Taormina, Grand Hotel Villa Igiea Hilton, Palermo, Hotel Excelsior, Rome, Grand Hotel, Paris, Hotel Brufani, Perugia, Stefania Palace, Budapest, Grand Hotel et des Palmes, Palermo, Kempinski Hotel Giardino di Costanza, Mazara del Vallo, Parco dei Principi, Rome, Grand Hotel Palazzo della Fonte, Fiuggi, Hotel Ambasciatori, Rome Cavalieri Waldorf Astoria, Rome.



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