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Venue: Teatro Civico Garybaldi. Address: Via Partigiani, 4 10036 Settimo Torinese TO, Italy View on Map. End: 22:15 Taken from Irène Némirovsky’s novel of the same name, Il ballo is a musical reading that stages a story of family rivalry, ambition and desire for redemption. Laura Morante plays Rosine Kampf, a mother obsessed with social advancement, while Eugenia Costantini plays the part of her daughter Antoinette, a teenager wounded by humiliation and eager for redemption. Mother and daughter in real life too, the two actresses give voice to an intense confrontation that lays bare the fragilities and conflicts of the relationship between the two characters. The Kamps, who have recently become a wealthy family, organize a sumptuous reception with the aim of obtaining recognition from high Parisian society. Antoinette, excluded from the party at her mother’s request, turns her pain into a silent revenge: instead of sending the invitations to the guests, she throws them into the Seine. On the evening of the ball, no one shows up. With an essential and cutting writing style, Némirovsky builds an ironic and merciless portrait of the French bourgeoisie, telling a family drama in