Italy: the door of dreams opens for a girl passionate about dance 

A video posted by La Repubblica on Facebook shows the girl dancing Galerie Umberto, in Naples Facebook screenshot

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The dance school in her popular district having been closed for several months due to Covid-19, an eight-year-old Neapolitan, from a poor family, trained alone to dance in the Umberto shopping arcade.

A place of great passage, located in the heart of Naples, where she was noticed by Stéphane Lissner, who will leave the Paris Opera in 2021 and has been appointed head of the prestigious San Carlo theater.

He opened the door of dreams to her. 

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Face with fine features, covered with a mask in cheerful colors, very tight bun, gloved hands, feet shod in sneakers or ballerinas, little Miriam, aged eight, amazed passers-by at the Umberto Gallery in Naples for weeks.

The dance school that she had been attending assiduously since 2017 being closed, it was on the mosaic pavement of this jewel of Art Nouveau that she trained. 

Pirouettes, adages, arabesques… So many exercises under the watchful eye of his father, one of the guardians of the famous gallery.

Classical dance teachers noticed her and suggested to her parents that she join the academy of the theater-opera San Carlo.

But the registration fees were far too high for this very modest family.

The epilogue has the flavor of a dream.

After admiring his prowess, the new director of San Carlo,

, decided to offer him a scholarship.

A gesture that rewards the courage and creativity of this Neapolitan, who has become a symbol of hope for Italian youth.

A video, posted by

on Facebook, shows her dancing.

It virus not closed Miriam, the ballerina di 8 anni in Galleria Umberto a Napoli

Miriam, 8 anni, incanta tutti in Galleria Umberto.

Sul marmo del monumento si esibisce in acrobazie da giovane ballerina ora che le lezioni di ginnastica ritmica sono sospese per il Covid.

Chignon, mascherina con gli unicorni colorati, guanti per non infettarsi quando poggia le mani sul pavimento

Publicado por la Repubblica em Domingo, 11 de outubro de 2020

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