20 years of dreams, 1996- 2016

Saturday November 26 is the date!

To celebrate 20 years of 19th century dances here in Rome, under the expert guidance of Maestro Paolo Di Segni, we will welcome you at the Auditorium delle Fornaci, just off St. Peter’s square.

The musicians of the Orchestra del Teatro della Memoria will accompany our steps, with their usual flair and good humor: the  Maestri, we know from experience, are quite ready  to join us on the dance floor!

The evening is open to all lovers of 1860’s and there-about dances. We hope to have friends from all groups and nations. The programme is especially thought out for them: it will include both some of the best known quadrilles and dances that can be just joined in… and of course… waltzes!

A bubbly aperitif will help us while time away as we wait for all to arrive. An elegant candle-lit gala dinner will be laid out for us, all seated around tables sparkling with crystal and silver.

A lively evening to meet up with friends old and new!

Costume: 1860, white tie

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

* Saturday 26 November 2016 (doors at 19h30, ball begins at 20h)

* Admission: 100 € (includes ball and Gala dinner)

* Accommodation: we will give you good hints of holiday homes and hotels, info from real Romans.

* Payment: by bank transfer (IBAN and swift code upon request)

The Dancing master

Paolo Di Segni

Born in Switzerland in 1960, Maestro Di Segni started his musical education following the Jaques-Dalcroze method. He specialized in historical dance under the guidance of well-known teachers such as Barbara Sparti, Francine Lancelott, and Sherley Winne.

Maestro Di Segni researches and reconstructs nineteenth-century ballroom dances, presenting them both as shows and overtures at balls, or by serving as Maître de Cérémonie. He regularly directs nineteenth-century balls in Rome (Palazzo Barberini, Palazzo Taverna, Hotel Quirinale, Borgo di Tragliata, and Accademia Nazionale di Danza).

He has taken part in numerous tours in Italy and abroad, with such Renaissance and Baroque dance ensembles as Il Gruppo di Danza Rinascimentale, La Cortesia del Ballo, and La Follia.

He has often been on programmes for Telemontecarlo and RAI DUE, while teaching at Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera school and in Catania at Balletto di Sicilia. He has a long standing collaboration with the ‘Il Teatro della Memoria’ association.

He has taught courses in Naples for the ‘Dimensione Polifonica’, developing and directing shows and events on the Renaissance and the nineteenth century for the municipality and the Province of Naples, and the Campania Region. He has worked with the Orchestra of the Teatro del Petruzzelli in Bari, conducted by Janosh Acs.