In Rome, Elderly People Who Have Become Viral Thanks to Their Dances, Hope to Set the Example

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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.

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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…