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The famous choreographer Giuliano Pepariniwho from 2013 to 2019 was artistic director of “Friends“, he gave the newspaper “Repubblica” an interview in which he spoke of his past in the talent show, of his Career and future projects. A spectacular career will be first dancer of the Ballet National de Marseille, then curated the Choreography for companies from all over the world: France, Russia, Japan and Italy. At the moment he is preparing a performance of “The Last Odyssey” dedicated to Odysseus at the Greek Theater in Syracuse, which will premiere in July. He is also artistic director of the tour for the fourth time Claudius Baglioni and prepares the opening of a school where dance, singing and acting will be studied, with teachers like Eleonora Abbagnato and her sister, Veronica Peparini. Referring to the “fundamental” years with Maria DeFilippiHe, who “always let him go”, let himself be told about this time.
What Giuliano thinks about working for 6 years at “Friends“? “When you have the opportunity to be close to a person like Maria De Filippi who gives you confidence, you can only be grateful,” said the former dancer first. Afterwards, he also revealed that he was an art director a lot challengingsometimes difficult. He thanked Maria for that was always close to him:
I’m a pain in the ass, I don’t show things first, I don’t know how he tolerated me. I couldn’t stand myself anymore either. I’m a perfectionist and insecure.
Peparini was one of the choreographers most appreciated within the program, so much so that many would like to see it again backstage of talent. Here’s what Giuliano said about his possible return: “I would do it again tomorrow. Beyond tiredness, Maria taught me to work with young people. It was 150 pictures per season, in the end I had to load up.”
Giuliano Peparini then spoke about his parents Debut in the theater with Francesco Pannofino when he was only 14 years old. Then came the big turning point abroad, where he really felt valued: “They opened their doors to me, when I left Italy nobody came here for me. Maybe because of the shape, I was ugly as a kid, not that I’m pretty now. I saw myself as Edith Piaf because she was ugly but sang well. The great dancer Paola Cantalupo wrote a letter, I accepted a scholarship to the American Ballet. In New York in class I was proud to be the only Italian. Then France, étoile in Marseille by Petit”.
For some time he has been collaborating with one of the most important songwriters on the Italian scene, Claudius Baglioni. This year he will direct again tours:
I heard his songs. I was in Paris and wrote to him: “I am a choreographer and director and I would like to work with you”. Message never read. But then, when I returned to Italy, he contacted me. Came to see Romeo and Juliet the musical. David Zard tells me: “Baglioni is coming”. When he was doing the tour in the center he called me, wonderful meeting. For the next tour I turned the stage upside down and worked on the verticality.
In addition to the Baglioni tour, he also debuts in July with a great show in Syracuse. Giuliano teased what viewers might expect from the show, trusting he was inspired by his grandson: “Ulysses is an opportunity for me, I had never experienced the Greek tragedy. When the Inda Foundation asked me to think about a show, I was excited. My 13-year-old nephew inspired me: ‘I’m studying Ulysses, it’s beautiful’”.
In addition, among the future projects there is the opening of one Art school in Rometo transmit to the youngest the beauties of dancing, singing and acting. For Peparini, this academy is one of his Goals most important and significant: “There are three thousand square meters in the area of San Giovanni – Ponte Lungo in Rome, in the neighborhood where I was born. I have invested everything. I surrounded myself with people who were better than me. There will be a special class of students with scholarships: many have the talent but not the opportunities. We will open registrations in October, we will be operational from 2024″. His dream is to be found the little ones their way Just as Giuliano’s parents helped him find his: “My mother protected me. Dancing is freedom and that was my way”.
After all, Giuliano Peparini also wants his school clear up the various taboos Dance world present, still influential today: “In my school I want to compare many boys. I can talk to it, I know it can be complicated. Taboos don’t go away in the blink of an eye. My nephew stopped dancing because of it. It’s been almost 40 years since I was little, there has been minimal development. What is the difference between kicking a ball and jumping, learning the steps? When there is passion, that’s all.”