{"id":2380,"date":"2025-06-13T15:13:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T15:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.professionedanzaparma.com\/francesco-frola\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T12:40:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T12:40:38","slug":"francesco-frola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.professionedanzaparma.com\/en\/francesco-frola\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis Frola"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Francis began his studies at the Ballet and Modern Dance Study Center directed by Tiziana Alia in Saint Vincent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He studied at the dance academy of the New Theater of Turin and participated in the Professional Course of the New Theater of Turin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduated from the Royal Academy of Dancing in London as an honors dancer (elementary honours-intermediate honours-advanced honours)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduated as a teacher from the Royal Academy of Dancing with highest honors (distinction).  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Study the Cecchetti method at the intermediate level ( elementary honours- intermediate higly commended).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>History of Ballet (Royal Academy of Dance).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Psychology (Royal Academy of Dance).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 1987 he joined the Dance Company of the Teatro Nuovo in Turin, first as a corps de ballet and later as a soloist.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dances in numerous ballets in the classical repertoire such as La fille mal Gard\u00e8e, Nutcracker, Coppelia, Swan Lake.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As first dancer he danced Coppelia, The 4 Seasons (choreographed by Marco Pierin), Giselle (first guest dancer at the Bucharest Opera) reconstructed for him by Ileana Iliescu.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He also dances numerous pieces from the classical repertoire such as The Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker, Vivandi\u00e8re, The Carnival of Venice, Don Quixote, Romeo and Juliet and many others.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He reconstructs numerous pieces of the classical repertoire for the New Theater.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Many choreographers create neoclassical and contemporary choreography for him.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participates in major company tours in Italy, Switzerland, Korea and Brazil.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He danced as a principal dancer at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and as a soloist in the Asmed Ballet company directed by Paola Leoni where he danced in contemporary choreography by Mario<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Piazza and Cornelia Wildisen.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He danced as First Dancer in the Young Classical Ballet Company in Coppelia and as a soloist in Carmen, La Fille mal Gard\u00e8e, Don Quixote, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 1995, he was invited by the Royal Academy of Dancing in Tokyo to take part in a Gala on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Academy to dance as a soloist in Raimonda and in one of the principal roles in Kennet Mc Millan&#8217;s Solitaire.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 1993 he was first dancer and artistic director of the Balletto di Parma association, which owns a ballet and contemporary dance company and a four-year training course for dancers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He is the official choreographer of Corrado Abbati&#8217;s operetta company from 1998 to 2004.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From 1999 to 2001, he organized a major summer dance school in Aosta Valley and Parma with many internationally renowned teachers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From 2000 to 2006 he was artistic director, together with Lucia Giuffrida, of the International Dance Center of Parma.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From 2004 to 2006 he was artistic director of the International Musical Centre.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Since 2006, he has been the artistic director of &#8220;Professione Musical,&#8221; a three-year professional school for musical artists.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She has been teaching ballet, pas de deux, repertoire and ballet history at the Professione Danza school in Parma since 2006<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He is a lecturer of classical technique and repertoire in the Professional Training Course for Dancers Di Professione Danza and the Professional Course for Musical Artists<a href=\"http:\/\/www.professionemusical.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(www.professionemusical.com).<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Since 2020, he has been the Artistic Director of the &#8220;Balletto di Parma&#8221; Youth Dance Company.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He has been a lecturer in ballet history for the university course for accompanying masters at the &#8220;A. 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