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[dcportrait]

The Festival of Two Worlds is being held in Spoleto, Italy June 29 to July 15. This is the 50th year of the festival, and for the first time, Youth America Grand Prix has been asked to bring children to perform as well as the professionals slated to attend. Is anyone planning to attend this festival who can report?

[stephie]

dcportrait, on Jul 5 2007, 09:08 AM, said:

The Festival of Two Worlds is being held in Spoleto, Italy June 29 to July 15. This is the 50th year of the festival, and for the first time, Youth America Grand Prix has been asked to bring children to perform as well as the professionals slated to attend. Is anyone planning to attend this festival who can report?

hello, our names are stephanie and daniil gaifullin, we are the artistic directors of ballet amarillo. our two eleven year olds were invited to perform. nikolas gaifullin and alexis stroud.  they were given the honor of opening the festival with their pas de deux from the flames of paris.  it was a wonderful experience for them. the yagp is a wonderful organization that is giving students from around the world opportunities , that when we were younger never dreamed of.
the students that participated held their own performing with the stars . it was wonderful to see the present and future of the ballet world on the same stage.  the city is beautiful and the stage and whole set up for the dancers was well done.  thank  you for receiving our email.  best wishes, stephie and daniil gaifullin