Tiziana Lauri (born 25 December 1959) is a retired Italian ballet dancer. Lauri-Paganini

Early life and education

Daughter of noted dancers

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and Anna Maria Paganini, she followed in her parents's footsteps (although against their will) by training with

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at the

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. She entered the Rome Opera Ballet school at age 13, without having taken any previous dance classes.V. Ottolenghi, ''Triste esame per dieci fatine con coroncina'' - PAESE SERA (July 31, 1977).

Dancing career

After less than three years at the Rome Opera Ballet school she joined the Rome Opera Ballet company, becoming a soloist at the age of 18. A very versatile, gifted and impetuously talented artist, she danced a wide range of Ballerina roles from Kitri in ''Don Quixote'' to Juliet in ''Romeo and Juliet''. She worked with a variety of personalities such as

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, André Prokovsky,

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, Vladimir Vasiliev,

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and many others.

TV career

Lauri often appeared on Italian television''Quell'antico amore''
TV mini-series (1982). as a performer but also as a brilliant anchorwoman and interviewer.

Awards

Lauri was a recipient of the Gold medal at Carlo Blasis 1981 competition in Turin and of various prizes (''Apollon Musagète'' 1986, ''Golden Perseus'' 1987, ''Michelangelo's David'' 1988, ''Talenti dello Spettacolo Internazionale'' 1989, and Berlin's ''Golden Bear and Cup'' 1990).

Family

In 1987 American review Dance Magazine wrote about her unusual kinship with several artists: four cousins were her colleagues and two paternal aunts, a paternal uncle and a maternal aunt and uncle were all Rome Opera Ballet dancers of the older generation. Her genealogical tree also includes grandfather Eliseo Paganini, a world-champion athlete, and famed opera singer

Giulio Neri Giulio Neri (21 May 1909, in Torrita di Siena – 21 April 1958, in Rome) was an Italian operatic bass, particularly associated with the Italian repertory. Neri studied first in Florence with Ferraresi, and completed his studies in Rome. He made ...

, her uncle.

Sources

$Cenerentola lauri fracci$ * ''WHO'S WHO IN THE WORLD'', Sixth Edition 1982/83 U.S.A. * ''DANCE MAGAZINE'', "Rome Opera Ballet's talented première danseuse", April 1987. * ''CHI E' DELLA DANZA IN ITALIA'', ''L'Arabesque'' editrice (1992). * ''TIZIANA LAURI'': "Noi tutti dobbiamo imparare a corporizzare lo spirito e a spiritualizzare il corpo" - interview, 23/09/1
giornale della danza.com
* ''TIZIANA LAURI''
Archivio Storico e Audio-Visuale del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Capitale
(partial list).

References

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