(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 9 - Alessio Carbone, the 46-year-old former Paris Opera Ballet etoile, has opened a new chapter of his life in Nairobi, teaching his art to some 40 kids in a slum in the Kenyan capital through the organization Still I Rise.
    The Venetian native, one of the first Italians to become a principal dancer at the prestigious ballet company, said he has "received life lessons" from his young pupils.
    After retiring during the pandemic and leaving Paris, where he spent half of his life, the artist said he felt the urge to make himself useful to those who never had the opportunity of getting acquainted with classical ballet and to express their talent.
    He said that he got in touch with Still I Rise, an organization founded by Nicolò Govoni that has been providing education to refugee and vulnerable children around the world since 2018.
    (ANSA).