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At the same time as the 2022 call for entries for the International Ballet Award for the Young, named after Maria Antonietta Berlusconi, the association of the same name is continuing its work in favour of the dance sector and is organizing a series of international events, not only open to Italian schools, but designed to support them.
If a dance school is the centre of lots of young people’s hearts, then it must also be the centre of the world: the living, active hub of their passions and purest dreams, of their time and commitment.
And this is how MAB, with a precise choice made by its President Silvio Beretta, wanted to see it: as a second home for the young, who spend most of their time in theatres, even at the cost of enormous sacrifices and renunciations, which can, today more than ever, be called choices.
In 2022, the legacy of the pandemic, still undeniably present and conditioning, is transformed into a precious inheritance: solutions were born from the problem, which have now become opportunities.
The academic year of the schools included in the support plan of the association named after Maria Antonietta Berlusconi, thanks to the Silvio Berlusconi Special Prize, begins with an intensive course, in collaboration with a prestigious New York reality: the Ballet Hispanico, in November, opens its doors to Italian students.
Under the guidance of their teachers and thanks to their professionalism, with the coordination of the current artistic director, the American Yarden Ronen, the young dancers will face a path of international opening, previously unthinkable.
“Returning to the school means opening up to the world, in all artistic and geographical senses,” recalls general manager Gisella Zilembo.
The November appointments literally open the dances for a series of world-class events in synergy with the most important personalities and institutions in the world of Ballet, until next July.
With a mix of activities in presence in schools, connected together online with every part of the planet wherever Dance calls, what until yesterday were dreams, today become concrete and achievable goals.

Discover the final of the Premio MAB Ballet + on our social networks

Gisella Zilembo, General Manager of the MAB Prize, illustrates this splendid initiative.

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During the work sessions, which will involve MAB teachers and professionals from Italian dance schools participating in the Re-Star program, the selections for access to the 2022 Artistic Residences will be made.
For information: info@premiomab.it; info@eventidanza.it

Dedicating this edition to students, to “normal” kids with the desire to learn, was a rewarding choice, of which we are enormously satisfied, because this year the idea of not giving up, of continuing to study won the Dance is a tool (even for those who may not do this profession) to be able to face difficulties, with courage, determination and trust.
We felt we had to focus, today (in a different and exceptional version of the MAB Award) on virtue rather than on virtuosity, certain that talent has many forms and there is a time for the purely scenic and one for the distinctly human, with the hope that in its best versions, the two expressions coexist.

Premio MAB Ballet + 2021 Winners: Reiana Ceka and Andrea Padoan (ex aequo)
The winners will receive the document awarding the cash prize (€ 3000 per person, gross of legal charges) within one week of the conclusion of the activities.

General classification

Winner of the Premio MAB, “Entertainment” sector: Matilde Bisi (the prize consists of an individual personal branding session.
(information and details by writing – from 2 to 10 May 2021 – to info@premiomab – subject: Entertainment Award \ Matilde Bisi)

Scholarship for “Ballet Beyond Borders” (USA) – dir. art. Mrs Charlene Carey 2021 : Alice Bersini and Arianna Fioravanti
interested parties can receive information and details by writing – from 2 to 10 May 2021 – to info@premiomab – subject: BBB Award \ Name and surname winner)

Scholarship for Summer Intensive Peridance 2021 – dir, art. Mr Igal Perry : Reiana Ceka and Andrea Padoan
(interested parties can receive information and details by writing – from 2 to 10 May 2021 – to info@premiomab – subject: Entertainment Award \ Name and Surname Winner)

Scholarship for Special Masterclass “Horton Tecnique” (con Mrs Melanie Person, co-direttrice di Alvin Ailey School, NY – USA) : all the students of the Dancers class of RA MAB 2021
(the masterclass will be included in the planning of the MAB summer school – info and details on www.premiomab.it from 10 May)

Scholarship for Special Masterclass “Contemporary Tecnique and Choreography” (con Mr Igal Perry, dir. Peridance, NY – USA) : all the students of the Dancers class of RA MAB 2021
(the masterclass will be included in the planning of the MAB summer school – info and details on www.premiomab.it from 10 May)

The final will be broadcast on the social channels (IG: @premiomab FB: premiomab) of Premio MAB on 29 April 2021 (World Day of Dance)

The students of the nursery class report overall positive results both in the theoretical test (in which they stand out for their brilliant, proactive and accurate approach) and in the practical ones (demonstrating, albeit with differences depending on individual characteristics) acquisition and adequate mastery of the technical topics covered.

Award “Gioia di danzare, Sabrina Beretta” (100% scholarship for the frequency of AR MAB 2022): Naoko Sala

Scholarship:

(the masterclasses will be included in the planning of the MAB summer school – info and details on www.premiomab.it from 10 May)

• Virginia Franzi
• Adriano Loggia
• Ludovica Meroni
• Aurora Pregnolato
• Camilla Valneri
• Claudia Scrocca
• Diana Pusceddu
• Caterina Peressini
• Caterina Tassi
• Cecilia Launaro
• Alessandra Prosperi

Transfer to the Dancers class for the 2021 edition:

• Virginia Franzi
• Adriano Loggia
• Ludovica Meroni
• Aurora Pregnolato
• Camilla Valneri
• Claudia Scrocca
• Diana Pusceddu
• Caterina Peressini
• Cecilia Launaro

Admission to the mixed training course for the 2022 edition:

• Caterina Tassi
• Alessandra Prosperi
• Naoko Sala
• Aurora Ceste

The students of the Dancers class report overall positive results both in the theoretical test (in which some differences in the goals achieved emerge, with particular reference to the use of an accurate specific language) and in the practical ones (demonstrating, albeit with variations dependent on individual characteristics) acquisition and adequate mastery of the technical topics covered and of the stylistic specifications covered by the course.

Scholarship:

The scholarships give access to the “Backstage Spotlight” event, promoted by Ass. MAB in collaboration with the external dance partner Antonio Desiderio Management and consists of a meeting with the Founder and director of the Miami Ballet Festival (USA), Mr Eriberto Jimenez, with a view to an in-depth study of the methods of artistic selection for access to the event and the related organizational issues
(interested parties can receive information and details by writing – from 2 to 10 May 2021 – to info@premiomab – subject: Spotllight backstage scholarship \ Name and Surname Scholarship holder).

• Bianca Mancuso
• Nika Caprara
• Nicole Furlan
• Sofia Vertugno
• Eleonora Scaglione
• Matilde Bisi
• Elena Telesca
• Andrea Rachele Bianchi
• Emma Fin
• Matilde Bottigelli
• Adele Speranza

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