Dance Invasion with Jeune Ballet Rosella Hightower directed by Paola Cantalupo - photo @jessikina_dancer
The poetry of precision meets the rhythm of the sea
At sunrise or sunset, few things rival the beauty of a pier reaching into the horizon—unless it’s filled with dancers sculpting space with their bodies. In this extraordinary Dance Invasion, the Jeune Ballet Rosella Hightower, directed by Paola Cantalupo, brings the ballet barre’s timeless ritual to the pier of Marina di Pietrasanta.
The barre is more than a warm-up. It is the sacred foundation of classical ballet training—a daily practice of discipline, grace, and alignment. It’s where dancers refine their technique, awaken their muscles, and connect breath with movement. Every plié, tendu, and battement is an exercise and a moment of transformation: structure becoming art.
Imagine witnessing this ritual surrounded by wind, salt, and sea. The dancers, silhouetted against the vast blue, will stretch and flow in unison—framing the ocean with lines of extraordinary beauty. The wooden pier becomes an open-air studio, and the audience is invited not just to watch but to breathe it in, to feel what it’s like to be inside the poetry of ballet before it ever reaches the stage.
A rare chance to experience ballet in its purest form, suspended between earth and sky, discipline and freedom. A sunset in motion
