Roberto Ricciuti and Claudia Fusillo are a tango couple since 2003.
Both professional dancers, come from a wide an solid theatrical experience.
Claudia is an Accademia Nazionale di Danza di Roma (National Dance Academy of Rome) and Schweizerische Ballet Beruf Schule (Zurich/CH) graduate.
She has been awarded the "Adelaide Ristori" prize and the "Città di Rieti" contest (first classified), receiving, moreover, a special mention in the "Giovani Talenti - Li Galli d'oro" (Positano) contest.
Roberto has a modern and jazz dance background.
They both performed in ballet, musical, drama.
-Claudia
Some of the coreographers whose Claudia danced for:
Mario Piazza, Gabriella Borni, Fredy Franzutti, Milena Zullo.
She was Virginia in the "The Canterville ghost " from Oscar Wilde, one of the brides in "Seven brides for seven brothers " and Sara in "Dance" for the Compagnia della Rancia .
Raffaele Paganini' s partner in "Tanghi" , she was first dancer in "Sirtaki" for the "Compagnia nazionale di danza classica Raffaele Paganini" .
Performing in Teatro Sistina (Rome) she worked with the coreographer Gino Landi in “I Figli della Lupa” and "Aggiungi un posto a tavola".
She was Crisotemide in “Elettra” directed by Alberto Di Stasio, coreographed by Gloria Pomardi.
-Roberto
Roberto was the first dancer in Renato Greco dance company, actor and dancer in Vittorio Gassman' s “Ulisse e la balena bianca”, author and performer of two theatrical monologues: "Codice a barre" and "L' interpretazione del gatto".
Co-starring (Bernardo) in Compagnia della Rancia' s “West Side Story".
He, too, did work in Teatro Sistina, in Rome, as a co-starring (Scardocchia) in “Un paio d’ ali” and in the role of Scariotto in “Rugantino”.
Coreographer-assistant at the Teatro stabile di Trieste with Gino Landi in Strauss' “Lo zingaro barone” and “Il pipistrello”.
As a tango dancer, he' s been on tour with Proyecto Tango, Garua Tango Ensemble , Four for tango, Corrientes de tango, Viento de tango, Progetto Piazzolla, Nonsolotango, Tango jazz quartet.
Author, director, coreographer and performer in the musical comedy “Cafe Tango” he' s been also the coreographer and director of ”Uno” (a teatro stabile di Trieste production), performer and coreographer in Gianni Clementi' s “Il tango del marinaio”, author, coreographer, director and performer of "El abrazo del tango" yet performed on stage in the summer of '07, but still in progress, on the way to be updated and reproposed in a new version on summer '08.
He teaches tango argentino from '97.
Roberto and Claudia teach and perform together, dancing in the Four for tango, Nonsolotango, Proyecto Piazzolla , Viento de tango and Tango jazz quartet' s shows.
They were, moreover, on stage in Michele Placido' s "Concierto de alma", Mauro Barreras' "Sognando tangos" and Victoria Arenillas e Leonardo Elias' "100 anni di tango".