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By Laman Ismayilova

Famous Italian ballet troupe flies for the first time over the Black Sea stopping to the City of Winds.

Spellbound Contemporary Ballet will perform in Baku on April 21.

The ballet show is a joint cultural program of the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater and the Italian Embassy in Azerbaijan.

The troupe will present a mixed programme, a collection of the most recent and successful creations as well as an extract from the well received production "Rossini Ouvertures", all works by Mauro Astolfi.

Spellbound Contemporary Ballet was established in 1994 by choreographer Mauro Astolfi. Since 1996, Astolfi has run the project with Valentina Marini, who helped the company evolve internationally and set up worldwide transversal collaborations.

Rich artistic direction, together with the brand’s constantly evolving and dynamic vision has seen the company produce a wide variety of creations in different fields.

With the modernity of its programs and its active, rich repertoire, the company is one of the most renown and competitive Italian artistic contributors to international culture.

Spellbound has a strong presence in top theatres and international festivals in Serbia, Germany, Spain, Israel, Canada, Panama, France, Croatia, Cyprus, Thailand, Switzerland, Austria, Belarus, the U.S., etc.

The ballet has also laid the foundations for a course where the line between the audience, enthusiasts, and artists become less distinctive, fuelling, through nearly twenty years of seminars and workshops, a creative chain which has brought thousands of dancers and onlookers closer to the stage.

The foreign press and ballet critics always highly appreciate the professional level and spectacular performance of Spellbound troupe.

The ballet's first ever performance in Baku will be a great event in the cultural life of the city.

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Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Lam_Ismayilova

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