Eleonora Abbagnato: A Dancing Star

Past, present, and future linked by a dream: this is the journey told in A Dancing Star, the docufilm dedicated to Eleonora Abbagnato that will be broadcast tonight on TV, Friday, March 29, on Rai 3. Directed by Irish Braschi, "Eleonora Abbagnato - A Dancing Star" is an emotionally rich journey that showcases the power and effort of dance through the story of one of the most important dance icons, étoile of the Paris Opera and today director of the ballet corps and the Dance School of the Rome Opera House. Let's discover the true story of Eleonora Abbagnato. Eleonora Abbagnato, tonight on TV "A Dancing Star" the docufilm dedicated to the Étoile: in the show also acts her daughter Julia. Who is Eleonora Abbagnato? Eleonora Abbagnato is an Italian dancer and actress. Since 2015, she has been the director of the ballet corps of the Rome Opera House. The dancer 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 in the school of Marika Bresobrasova and in the same year won the DanzaEuropa. "If I could say goodbye" is the new fiction of Canale 5, who is the protagonist Anna Safroncik? Age, career, personal life, Miss Italia, and origins. The career: At 13 years old, she is already on tour 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. In parallel to her career as étoile, in 2007 she debuted as an actress in a film by Ficarra and Picone. Since May 2015, Eleonora has been the director of the ballet corps of the Rome Opera. The threats: Since 2015, the étoile has been the director of the ballet corps of the Rome Opera. "At the Rome Opera, I received anonymous letters," she revealed. "Then I had death threats on the days when, using acid, they burned the face of the director of the Bolshoi. I was not in Moscow but I was emotionally affected. When I was étoile in Paris, a letter arrived saying: let's get rid of the Sicilian mafiosa," she told Corriere. Eleonora Abbagnato, who is the daughter Julia Balzaretti? The passion for dance and the undeniable resemblance with her mother: the girl protagonist of the docufilm dedicated to the Étoile. TV: In 2005 she participated in the show by Ficarra and Picone Ma chi ce lo doveva dire? and in 2007 debuted 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 the edition of Amici di Maria De Filippi of that year. The same year, the photographer Massimo Gatti portrayed her and the shots went to compose a book totally dedicated to her. Personal 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 the mother of Julia and in 2015 of 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 the first marriage. Lucrezia is 18 years old and Ginevra 15. "I am not the mother of Lucrezia and Ginevra but I raised them," Eleonora Abbagnato said. "It's a special story, Federico had exclusive custody. Their biological mother? Had other things to do. I love them, it's as if they were my daughters. But if they don't study I get angry, if they behave badly I scold them and take away the mobile phone. The little one calls me mom, the older one calls me Ele. She was a year and a half when I first saw her." The diet: In an interview with Ok health and wellness in 2018, the dancer 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 enjoys a plate of pasta ranging from carbonara, amatriciana, pesto, or norma, all followed by a light second course accompanied by vegetables. She doesn't like sweets much.