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After renovating old industrial warehouses, in 1996 we set up the headquarters of our professional company, Euroballetto, i.e. CED - , that is a point of reference for Rome professional dance. CED, a cultural association, immediately started its activity by promoting and spreading amateur dance and theatre. It is supplied with wide halls for the study of dance, theatre and music, a store for staging materials and another one for costumes and dressmaking. CED increased its interest in theatre in 1998 with the inauguration of the experimental theatre space “ L’Isola che non c’è” (Neverland), made up as follows: a 10x 10mt stage, 99 wooden stand seats and dressing rooms for artists. This particular location is derived from the renovation of old industrial warehouses and this is why Fernando Balestra, a journalist and theatre critic, compared it to American lofts.

Events and activities:

• Theatre and drama courses, held with the collaboration of P.R.O.T.E.I. Association, that thanks to the professional training of its teachers, introduced in Italy techniques of Russian research derived from Grotowsky studies
• Seminars on the analysis of speaking linked to body movement, held by CANTIEARTE, guided by Chiara Crupi
• Renaissance dance; Israeli, Greek, Hungarian and Indian folkloristic dance
• African dance and rites, creative movement labs coordinated by Mrs. Tiziana Persichetti Auteri
• Courses of ballet, modern and contemporary dance held by well-known teachers.
• Coordination and organization of exhibitions for dance and theatre schools - attended by pupils from schools in Rome and Lazio region - as an occasion to compare different artistic experiences of younger and budding groups and to develop their skills towards a more professional level. Said exhibitions are also attended by professional dancers, artists, companies and artistic directors, who not only dance and act together with budding artists but make their experience and artistic knowledge available to them, too.
• Organization of the inauguration ceremony of Piazza di Pietralata (Pietralata Square) together with the V District of Rome; said event fell within the project for “a hundred new squares in Rome”.
• Participation, with the Rome Municipality, in the Biennial Exhibition of budding artists, during FROG exhibition, when our Centre hosted Butho Dance Companies.
• Organization of the Exhibition “University Students in Motion” - together with A.I.N.A (Italian Association of Love Nomads) for school sponsorship - promoting university active involvement in Theatre, Music and Dance live exhibitions.
• Among our dance exhibitions mention should be made of “Narni Danza”, held in cooperation with the Municipality of said town in Umbria region.
• Specialization courses for professional dancers. Classes are conducted by outstanding teachers belonging to the world of dance.
• Organization of experimental performances on stage improvisation, entitled “Chiavisto Chissà”
• “Gioie Inattese” aimed at collecting funds in favour of the care home “La casa della Mamma”
• Organization of seminars to spread information on the differences in style and culture characterizing the various kinds of dance, theatre and music
• CED hosts Tribal Jazz Company, guided by Mrs. Tiziana Persichetti Auteri

CED activity is aimed at promoting dance, music and theatre both on a training and professional specialization level.
In 2007 “L’Isola che non c’è” (Neverland) became Theatre “Il Piccolo di Pietralata”.
So far CED-Centro Eurodanza has been an Association that, within a wider activity carried out by “Il Piccolo di Pietralata”, performs activities and courses concerning professional and amateur dance.