Located in Pontevalleceppi, Perugia, the school of ballet by Daria Ermakova founded three years ago has a suggestive name: Arabesque Scuola Danza. Russian origin, she tells that she studied in Saint Petersburg.
Daria is happy for this interview because to her, it is important to speak of ballet.
"I want to try to let understand to people what ballet is.'
What is it ms. Ermakova?
"Discipline, severity, considering also that the body will work per hours everyday if this one will become a profession. Ballet is, realistically, a sort of intersection of beauty, sport, art. As I say often, we live in another world."
"It's a beautiful reality. Sure, age makes the difference because, well it's a story of corp of ballet. We start at 18 and we go to pension at 38 years. At the Theater of L'Opera of Rome I think that the age of ending is 44. It depends by the various realities taken in consideration."
Why this?
"Well: you must consider that everyday we use our body at the extreme. Junctures, back, knees, with the time become more suffering and they lose the old elasticity. But, after this process, being very young, in general dancers become teachers."
Dancing is a sacrifice for many reasons: "A daily activity is indispensable. If you lose a day of exercise, the day after you feel that you are not OK and you are less flexible, for example."
Daria's school is divided in various levels: pre-dance for kids of 3-4 years and so on till to arrive at the 4th level that means, explains Daria the 6th year of study of ballet.
"And each student can, with flexibility, understands which kind of level she wants to reach. We don't have just ballet, but also hip hop and name a modern dance, be sure we teach it. You know: we want to give to all children what they need, in terms of versatility and offer."
Not just this, Daria tries also to help with costs. Ballet is expensive...
"Under many ways it is true. The cost of theater could be at the end of the year, but we do our best for giving the best offer to everyone, to me this one is a sort of crusade. A single tutu costs 50-60 euros per year, affordable to everyone."
Who can learn ballet?
"I start to tell you: everyone, although of course students must be in love for dancing. Then of course, a dancer is another story. They study dance everyday, per hours and they must be skinny. It's important their physical structure like also their character."
A mixture of body and soul...
"It's important to start ballet at 3-4 years because at that age muscles, tendons, bones are more than OK. If a person would want to start to study ballet at 20 years it would be too late."
Let's speak of this big prejudice involving male kids. In Italy it's difficult to find a male student. The situation in your school?
"Just two male students and I have wagons of students. They are involved in modern dance. Yes, it's an italian history this one; in Russia there is not this discrimination regarding this art; if a little male kid wants to practice ballet it's not a tragedy at all!"
Why would you suggest to parents of a male kid to permit him to dance instead of playing at soccer?
"Because these children would become gentle, educated people, tender. They're young men of culture, of peace. They interact with beauty environments."
Recently you received in your school Dorian Grory a name of the italian ballett.
"Yes, he became an important voice in Reggio Emilia at the Nuovo Balletto Classico where they prepare dancers who, later will dance in prestigious italian or foreigners theaters. Substantially Dorian studied at the Academy of Tirana and only later he afforded to Italy. This school was founded by Stefanescu and other people many years ago. It is a pretty known reality in the environment. We have also given hospitality to other prestigious dancers as well."
Anna Maria Polidori
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