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Week of Friday, February 3 -Thursday, February 9, 2012

Equilibrio. Festival della nuova danza
The annual festival brings together an international roster of cutting-edge choreographers, from the most influential and renowned in the field, to young artists at the threshold of a career.
Auditorium Parco della Musica
tel 892 982 www.listicket.it

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui "TeZukA"
A new work by Cherkaoui, one of the most important and innovative choreographers of his generation. The work is inspired by the animator and manga artist Osamu Tezuka with an international cast of 10 performers and three musicians with music composed by Cherkaoui's long time collaborator Nitin Sawhney. Tezuka's original drawings will be shown together with images by the video artist Taiki Ueda and calligraphy by Tosu Suzuki.
Sala Petrassi, Monday-Tuesday, February 6-7, 9 pm €25
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Giulio D'anna "Parkin'son"
Winner of the 2011 Equilibrio prize.D'anna, thirty-two years-old, performs the dance in duet with his 62 year- old father Stefano, who is afflicted with Parkinson's disease.
Teatro Studio, Wednesday, February 8, 9 pm €12
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Coppelia
The classic ballet with music by Leo Delibes, directed by Koen Kessels with choreography re-realized by Eric Vu-An, who is artistic director of the Ballet Nice-Mediterranée, in a production that originated at the Opéra de Nice. With Vu-An alternating with Opera di Roma etoile Mario Marozzi in the role of Coppelius; Alessio Passauqidici alternating with Alessio Rezza in the role of Franz, and Paula Acosta alternating with etoile of the Rome Opera Ballet Gaia Straccamore in the role of Swanilda.
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Piazza Beniamino Gigli (Esquilino)
Friday, February 3, 8:30 pm; Saturday, February 4, 6 pm; Sunday, February 5, 4:30 pm; Tuesday, February 7, 8:30 pm; Wednesday, February 8, 8:30 pm.
€€80-12 tel 06 4817003 www.listicket.it¨

Tap Dogs
This tap dance production, created by Australian dancer and choreographer, Dein Perry, is credited with having revived and revolutionized the form. As children, Perry and the other original cast members of Tap Dogs lived in the steel manufacturing town of Newcastle near Sydney, where they learned to tap dance in a garage behind the local dance teacher's house. Perry eventually decided to pursue a career as a professional dancer, and created Tap Dogs around the themes of his experience with his former dance class colleagues from Newcastle. He was awarded a Government grant to form the dance company which would later become Tap Dogs. Tap Dogs went on to play Sadler's Wells in London; a West End engagement, for which Dein won a second consecutive Olivier Award in 1996 for his choreography; and an off-Broadway, New York season in 1997. So far the company has won 11 International Awards including a Pegasus Award at the Spoleto Festival in Italy and an Obie in New York. The group reached a global television audience when they performed at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. The show, which bills itself as "Part Theater, Part Rock Concert, Part Construction Site", has been touring the world, with a cast that now includes three women drummers, and six American, English and Australian dancers.
Teatro Olimpico, Piazza Gentile da Fabriano
January 30 - February 4
€39,50 - €34, children aged 4-14 €28,50 - €15 tel 06 3265 991 biglietteria.teatroolimpico.it
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Arsenic and Old Lace
The comedy by Joseph Kesslering has become a classic. Here it is presented by the excellent Rome Savoyards, directed by Sandra Provost.
Teatro San Genesio, Via Podgora 1 (near Piazza Mazzini, Lepanto metro stop)
Tuesday- Friday, February 7-10, 8:30 pm;
Saturday-Sunday, February 11-12, 5:30 pm €15 reduced 12,
children and students €10 tel 347 824 8661 playsinrome@yahoo.com

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