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Carla Fracci, the queen of dance, is dead

2021-05-29T10:32:14.647Z


He would have turned 85 on 20 August. The tribute of Naples for its 80 years. She started dancing at the age of 10 at the Scala school, of which she later became an étoile. La Scala: 'A legendary figure disappears'. Muti: 'In the history of dance and in everyone's heart'. Draghi: 'It was a great Italian'. The condolences of the institutional world and culture. The funeral home will be set up in the foyer of the La Scala theater in Milan, tomorrow from 10:30 to 18 (ANSA)


Carla Fracci died in Milan.

He would have turned 85 on 20 August. '

A historical and legendary figure

who has left a very strong mark', this is how the La Scala theater in Milan remembers her. The President of the Republic Mattarella: '

He honored the country

with his elegance and his artistic commitment, the result of intense work'. Prime Minister Draghi:

'It was a great Italian

'.


Condolences from the institutional world and culture.



Carla Fracci's funeral home will be set up in the foyer of the Milanese theater, tomorrow from 10:30 to 18.

"We will make a funeral home at La Scala, something that has been done very few times" announced superintendent Dominique Meyer.

Rare thing "but being Carla Fracci ..." he added emphasizing that "she was the most important dancer of the theater of the last century but also a very important star in international dance".

"We must bow in front of Carla Fracci's career - he observed - who was born here doing the dance school".

The tribute of Naples for its 80 years (VIDEO).




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Farewell to Carla Fracci, a life on the tips - THE PHOTOS

The queen of Italian dance

. Born in 1936 in Milan, she built the central part of her career by studying at the La Scala dance school, of which she later became an étoile. She was always tied to the theater (with some ups and downs), so much so that on January 28th and 29th she held a masterclass with the protagonists of the ballet Giselle which was streamed on the profiles of La Scala and also available on Raiplay. In 1955 his debut on the stage of the Piermarini which had been a springboard for the most famous theaters in the world.

Daughter of a tram driver, she

began to dance at the age of 10

at the Scala school and has Vera Volkova among her teachers, graduating in 1954 and becoming, following some international stages, prima ballerina three years later. Yet the beginning was "by chance, at the suggestion of a couple of friends of the parents, who had an orchestral relative at La Scala in Milan. At the beginning I did not understand the meaning of the repeated exercises, of the sacrifice,

of the total mental commitment and physical up to the little finger

"as she recounted, referring to the day when, fascinated by the dance of Margot Fonteyn, she saw in a pause the choreographer approach and correct the position of the little finger.

Until the 1970s he had danced with various foreign companies, from the London Festival Ballet to the Royal Ballet, from the Stuttgart Ballet to the Royal Swedish Ballet, being a guest artist at the American Ballet Theater since 1967. From the 1980s he directed the corps de ballet of the San Carlo, then of the Verona Arena, and finally of the Rome Opera, where he remained until 2010, also faithful to his beloved didactic activity, paying attention to young talent.

Her artistic notoriety was mainly linked to the interpretations of romantic roles such as Juliet,

Swanilda, Francesca da Rimini and above all Giselle, to whom she had given a modern personal imprint, with her hair down and a very light tutu, dancing her with highly renowned companions, even if it was the one with Erik Bruhn that remained unforgettable, so much so that in 1969 she a film was made.

At his side, great partners were Rudolf Nureyev, Vladimir Vasiliev, Henning Kronstam, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Amedeo Amodio, Paolo Bortoluzzi.

An ever growing fame

, a great popularity that is always alive.

It is no coincidence that Eugenio Montale dedicated a poem to her, 'The tired dancer', and still they stopped her on the street no longer for an autograph, but for a selfie, which she did not escape from, always present in her time, full of vitality and spirit.



Farewell to Carla Fracci: diva of world dance

Source: ansa

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