Giorgio Mancini

The judging panel is formed by the permanent staff of the academy and from an external commission composed by famous personalities of the dance world (Directors of companies, Ballet Masters and internationally renowned Teachers and Dancers such as in the past: Wilfride Piollet and Jean Guizerix, Formerly Etoile of Paris Opera, Giorgio Mancini, Director of MaggioDanza, Tamas Detrich, Co- director of the Stuttgart Ballet, Marion Jaeger, Formerly a Principal Dancers with the Stuttgart Ballet and Egon Madsen, Formerly Director to NDT III).

Italy influences the company's style, says Artistic Director Giorgio Mancini, because Italian dancers come together on the stage with the same kind of energy they would have if they were meeting each other on the street.

"Dancers from Italy are very interesting in their personality," says Mancini.
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Before Mancini took his position in 2003, he directed the Geneva Ballet in Switzerland.

The company regularly performs full-length classics, and Mancini has expanded the repertoire to include more contemporary ballet, often including his own prize-winning choreography. He hires dancers who can adapt to the repertoire and who are confident and willing to take risks.

"These dancers are very capable in their technique, but they can also be very free," he explains.
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Even though MD is based in one of the world's most renowned artistic centers, Mancini still must educate audiences about ballet. He says funding for the arts is not automatically guaranteed, so as part of an effort to reach out to new patrons, he recently adapted a concert created for schoolchildren into an evening for regular audiences.

"As is the tradition here, the company is part of an opera house," Mancini says. "People who come to our performances don't always have a knowledge of dance."

Honoring Mozart's birthday, the "Mozart per Gioco" program in April 2005 featured classical ballet excerpts and a première by Mancini.
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"Mancini is trying to work a miracle on such a low budget," Giuliani says.

Giorgio Mancini Artistic Director Maggio Danza - Firenze

The judging panel is formed by the permanent staff of the academy and from an external commission composed by famous personalities of the dance world ( Directors of companies, Ballet Masters and internationally renowned Teachers and Dancers such as in the past: Wilfride Piollet and Jean Guizerix, Formerly Etoile of ParisOpera, Giorgio Mancini, Director of MaggioDanza, Tamas Detrich, Co- director of the Stuttgart Ballet, Marion Jaeger, Formerly a Principal Dancers with the Stuttgart Balletand Egon Madsen, Formerly Director to NDT III, Thierry Guiderdoni Assistant to Mister Forsythe at the Forsythe Company and Renata Calderini, Formerly a Dancer with the London Festival Ballet).

FEBRUARY 2007 - FOUR STUDENTS OF THE ACADEMY WERE ADMITTED TO THE "Y.A.G.P. FINALS IN NEW YORK, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL DANCE COMPETITION WITH THE COHOREOGRAFY "IN-CONTRO" BY GIORGIO MANCINI, DIRECTOR OF "MAGGIO DANZA" BALLET COMPANY IN FLORENCE

MaggioDanza - artistic director Giorgio Mancini - will be auditioning for corps de ballet on 20 February, 9.00 (for male dancers), and 21 February (for female dancers).

After Frédéric Olivieri, Elisabetta Terabust, Florence Clerc and Giorgio Mancini, the present director of the MaggioDanza is Vladimir Derevianko.