As every Sunday, the appointment with Domenica In on Rai 1 returns. From Maria Grazia Cucinotta to Il Volo, there will be many guests today in Mara Venier's living room. Among these, also the étoile Eleonora Abbagnato who will share about her career and private life as well as give some previews regarding the special "A Star that Dances" which will air on Friday, March 29 in prime time on Rai3. Let's discover more about the ballerina.
Domenica In, today's guests (March 24): from Eleonora Abbagnato to Federico Zampaglione
Who is Eleonora Abbagnato
Eleonora Abbagnato is an Italian ballerina and actress. Since 2015, she has been the director of the ballet company of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. The ballerina is the wife of Federico Balzaretti and is a true Italian success.
Eleonora Abbagnato was born in Palermo on June 30, 1978 (she is 46 years old). She made her television debut at 12 years old when she danced live in a program hosted by Pippo Baudo. At just 12 years old, Eleonora moved to Monte Carlo: here she studied at the school of Marika Bresobrasova and in the same year won the DanzaEuropa.
The career
At 13 years old, she is already touring between Marseille and Paris, and was admitted as a scholarship student to the Ecole de Danse of the Paris Opera. She graduated in 1996 and joined the ballet corps of the Opera. Parallel to her career as an étoile, in 2007 she made her debut as an actress in a film by Ficarra and Picone. Since May 2015, Eleonora has been the director of the ballet company of the Opera di Roma.
The threats
Since 2015, the étoile has been the director of the ballet company of the Opera di Roma. “At the Opera di Roma I received anonymous letters - she revealed -. Then I had death threats in the days when, using acid, they burned the face of the Bolshoi's director. I was not in Moscow but I was emotionally affected. When I was an étoile in Paris, a letter arrived saying: let's get rid of the Sicilian mafiosa." she told to Corriere
The TV
In 2005, she participated in the show by Ficarra and Picone Ma chi ce lo doveva dire? and in 2007 made her debut in the cinema as an actress in the film by the two Sicilian comedians Il 7 e l’8. The same year she participated as a dancer for one night in Dancing with the Stars. In 2009 she joined Paolo Bonolis and Luca Laurenti during the hosting of the second evening of the Sanremo Festival. In 2009 Rizzoli published her autobiographical book An Angel on the Tips. In 2013, she replaced Miguel Bosé as the head of the blue team in that year's edition of Amici di Maria De Filippi. The same year, the photographer Massimo Gatti portrayed her and the shots went to compose a book entirely dedicated to her.
The private life
In 2010, she met Federico Balzaretti, then a player for Palermo and currently a manager for Roma. It was their hairdresser who introduced them, thinking that the two might have something in common. The couple got married on June 13, 2011, in the Cappella Palatina of the Palazzo dei Normanni in Palermo. In 2012, Eleonora became a mother to Julia and in 2015 to Gabriel.
Before meeting Eleonora Abbagnato, Balzaretti had two daughters from a previous relationship, Lucrezia and Ginevra, who now live in Rome with him, Abbagnato, and their children in a large blended family.
The husband's daughters
Eleonora lives in Rome. With her are also the two daughters that Federico Balzaretti had in his first marriage. Lucrezia is 18 years old and Ginevra 15. “I am not Lucrezia and Ginevra's mom but I raised them - Eleonora Abbagnato said -. It's a special story, Federico got the exclusive custody. Their biological mom? Had other things to do. I love them, it's as if they were my own daughters. But if they don't study I get angry, if they behave badly I scold them and take away the cellphone. The younger one calls me mom, the older one calls me Ele. She was one and a half when I first saw her.”
The diet
In an interview with Ok health and wellness in 2018, the ballerina talked about her diet. For breakfast, she eats toasted black bread with jam accompanied by an indispensable coffee. She often skips lunch but when she can, she indulges in a plate of pasta ranging from carbonara, amatriciana, pesto, or norma, all followed by a light second course accompanied by vegetables. She is not very fond of sweets.
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