Thursday, August 31, 2023

Fini Italian International Dance Festival

Antonio Fini Rachel Neville

Producer/dancer Antonio Fini announces the 2023 Fini Italian International Dance Festival and Awards, with performances by artists from Italy and NY.  Hosted by Milan's glamorous Tabata Caldironi, the evening will include performances by the Fini Dance Co. of Calabria; Ermanno Rava and Cristian Prebabaj from the Italian TV "Dancing with the Stars"; NY-based Dzul Dance; and Jonathan Mendez of Ballet Eloelle Grandiva in "The Dying Swan' Janet Eilber, Artistic Director of the Martha Graham Dance Company, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award, with more awards going to Mendez and Marzia Memoli of the Graham Dance Co.  Special guest performers are Aulone Nuihu and Fatmir Smani, principal dancers with the National Ballet of Kosovo, who will perform a duet from "Migrations," Fini's second ballet for that Company.  ADDED TO THE PROGRAM:  Jennifer Muller/The Works in "Misere Nobis," (2014) in memoriam: Jennifer Muller (1944-2023)

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A dancer in a black tutu and leotard and pointe shoes stands on one leg, with the other leg extended behind the body in a straight line. One arm is raised above the head and the other extended to the back parallel to the extended leg. The school director is opposite the dancer and wears a red DTH logo t-shirt and black pants and ballet slippers. She holds the hand of the arm raised above the dancer’s head with one arm and her back arm is extended and she is smiling at the student.

 

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A dancer in a black tutu and leotard and pointe shoes stands on one leg, with the other leg extended behind the body in a straight line. One arm is raised above the head and the other extended to the back parallel to the extended leg. The school director is opposite the dancer and wears a red DTH logo t-shirt and black pants and ballet slippers. She holds the hand of the arm raised above the dancer’s head with one arm and her back arm is extended and she is smiling at the student.

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