Sunday, October 25 | 5:00pm | Dante Alighieri Society | 41 Hampshire Street, Cambridge: Parlare con la Musica e il proprio Corpo - Petra Conti Interview. Stefano Marchese interviews Petra Conti, first ballerina at the Boston Ballet, with screening of video clips. Petra Conti graduated from the National Academy of Dance in Rome in 2006. In 2007 she joined the Mariinsky Ballet in St. Petersburg where she danced for one year before joining the Bavarian State Ballet Company in 2008.

In 2009 Conti joined La Scala Ballet Company, where she was promoted to Principal Dancer. She represented the Company on tour in Italy, Brazil, Russia, Oman and Poland. She performed with La Scala until November 2013, when she was invited to join Boston Ballet as a Principal Dancer. Sponsored by the Consulate General of Italy in Boston Light refreshments will be served

Source: Italian Consulate in Boston