This week end: Acrobatic Pizza at Eataly ­ Friday 15 from 1PM to 4PM

On Friday 15th May Eataly at Dubai Mall will celebrate Campania region (the Italian region where Pizza was born) with a special lunch show by Saltimbanco Italiano Global Art Theatre Company.

Pizza acrobatics is both an explosive sport and an art form.

Pizza Free style in its modern form, with tomatoes and cheese on crust was born 1889 in Naples, Italy.

Despite its long history, most people think it is only a myth that pizziaolo can do tricks or fancy moves with pizza dough. Most people think it is only a myth that competitions test these pizzaiolo.

Pizza dough freestyle acrobatics is done by individuals and by teams. The sport of pizza acrobatics was born, growing and evolving into a sport which impacts the world! Pizza spinning did not require much training at this point. There were individual and team acrobatics, the largest dough, the longest spinning dough, the highest tossed dough, and the fastest dough to test these new pizza superstars' skills.         

The show will be from 1pm to 4pm.