Paris, August 29 - Giulia Pauselli has become the third Italian ever at the legendary CrazyHorse in the French capital. Prior to her, the only dancers from Italy to be granted a placewere Rosa Fumetto in the 1970s and Gloria di Parma (stage name used by DeborahLettieri) in 2012. "Getting into the Crazy Horse was my dream, and I had alreadyauditioned for a place three years ago in Paris. In June I tried again, showing up for thecasting call during the 'Forever Crazy' tour at Milan's Teatro Nuovo, and was selected,"Pauselli, 23, told ANSA.
Born in Florence, she has in the past been a competitor on Maria De Filippi's talent show'Amici'. For the past few weeks she has been in Paris, getting the training necessary tobecome a true 'Crazy Girl' in terms of posture, physical shape, and choreography. Pauselli'sdebut is slated for October 7, when she will be given a stage name that befits herpersonality and origins and will be used for her entire career in the renowned Paris cabaretof nude, seductive dancing created by Alain Bernardin in 1951. "When I was a a little girl,every December 31 I always used to watch the Crazy Horse show on TV with my parents,"the she said, smiling, her hair worn in a black bob and with red lipstick, stiletto heels and at-shirt on. "These topless dancers on their toes have always fascinated me. I have alwaysaspired to their sensuality." "This is the first time that I will be performing nude, but itdoesn't bother me," she said. "We are very protected and it is not a striptease. The dancersare clothed in the projections of colored lights. The show is a celebration of women, nevervulgar." At age 14 Giulia moved to Milan to study at La Scala, dreaming of becoming a starballet dancer at the famous opera house.
"But I am too curvy, and it would have been too difficult," she said. "So I sought outanother way to keep dancing with a smile on my face. The Amici school helped me a lot."For the Crazy Horse, Pauselli - who recently appeared in the theater tour 'Cinecittà' withChristian De Sica - gave up a chance to take part in the new dance team of 'Sogno o SonDesto', a TV show with Massimo Ranieri that will go on air starting September 13 on statebroadcaster RAI. "I put Crazy Horse in front of all else," she said. "The Crazy Horse is abrand name, it marks you for life." Her favorite choreography is called 'Rougir de Desir', asolo number. Though the rehearsals are tiring - requiring up to six hours a day of training -she is "happy". "I try to separate my work from my life," she said. "Inside I am a CrazyHorse dancer and outside I have my own identity. My place is here. I will never go back."
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