‘Don’t Be Idle: if You Can, Move!’
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‘Don’t be idle: if you can, move!’
Bopping to Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley in a Roman square, an elderly dancing duo has become a viral sensation in Italy – something they hope will inspire other seniors to take up a more active lifestyle.Retired dance teacher Pasquale Iannotta, 70, and his dancing partner Elisa Fava, 79, have won praise from Rome's mayor...
Their steps of dance on music by Michael Jackson or Elvis Presley conquered social networks, Italian television and politics. Elisa and Pasquale, two Roman seven-year-olds, want
Two seniors dancing on Rome Square to the music of Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley have become an Internet sensation in Italy. 70-year-old former dance teacher Pasquale Iannotta and his 79-year-old partner Elisa Fava hope that their story will encourage older people to live more actively, writes the AFP news agency.
Pasquale Iannotta, 70, retired dance teacher, and his partner Elisa Fava, 79, received the congratulations of the mayor of Rome and turned off on national television since one of their street performances was shared online in August by a ferruous social network tour operator, The Tour Guy. "No one would ever have imagined that such a buzz would be made," said Mrs Fava at the AFP on Wednesday, as the couple returned to Testaccio Square, in the hi…
A few days ago, a couple of retirees were seen dancing on Michael Jackson's 'Beat It' in the heart of Rome. Their choreography quickly became viral.
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