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[Viviane]

The most wellknown are :
"Scuola di ballo del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma " in Rome, and "Scuola di ballo del Teatro alla Scala" in Milan.
Don't know of a website though and don't expect it to have an English translation !
You always can ask on the most known Italian balletwebsite runned by a group of balletdancers from La Scala : http://www.balletto.net

[fabiana]

The link for La Scala school (only in italian)
http://www.teatroall.../dsfs_home.html

The opera of Rome
http://www.operaroma...HI/scudan00.htm

There is also the school of San Carlo in Naples (only an historical background, but in english)
http://www.teatrosan.../uk_Fscuole.htm

And the national academy in Rome, the only school that gives a diploma recognised by the sstate
http://www.accademianazionaledanza.it/

Fabiana

[Mel Johnson]

A word of caution, though; I had a friend who was a dancer for a major Italian opera company, and they were on strike so often, or honoring another picket line, that she had to quit in order to be able to dance more.