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Mastronardi, my strong and contemporary Carla Fracci

2021-12-05T08:04:45.754Z


She had never worn ballet shoes before, but when they offered her to play Carla Fracci, "I was immediately available" says Alessandra Mastronardi, who plays the La Scala etoile in the film 'Carla', in prime time. .. (ANSA)


 She had never worn ballet shoes before, but when they offered her to play Carla Fracci "my availability was immediate" says Alessandra Mastronardi, who plays the role of the La Scala etoile in the film 'Carla', in prime time on Rai 1 on December 5th. "Every scene I shot, every emotion I experienced, I dedicated to her: my great regret is that she was unable to see the film, but with her presence she gave me a huge gift" says the actress. , who, before and during the shooting, met the great dancer, consultant of the film together with her husband Beppe Menegatti. "When I asked her what emotion she wanted me to convey with my interpretation, - she remembers today - she answered decisively:" Strength "".And it is precisely that tenacity that transpires from the film "Carla", freely inspired by 'Step by step', the autobiography of the etoile, which passed away last May. A large part of the film, directed by Emanuele Imbucci, was shot at La Scala, where everything was born, and which for the first time opened the doors to the filming of a film. It is here that little Carla, accompanied by her father tramviere, is immediately recognized not only for her talent and her grace, but for that discipline and willpower that led her to be defined by the New York Times, in the 1981, the 'absolute prima ballerina'. Another element on which the film focuses - which also went to the cinema last November - is the absolute modernity of Fracci. She, who was one of the most famous dancers in the world, did what for theera in the sphere of ballet was a revolutionary choice: to become a mother. In 1969 her son Francesco was born and a year later Rudolf Nureyev - in the film played by Leo Dussollier - brought her back to the stage of the Scala for the Nutcracker, whose choreography she had to learn in five days. "We didn't make a 'santino' - underlines the Neapolitan actress - but we wanted to emphasize her modernity in breaking the mold, at that time motherhood for a dancer was a taboo and she, even in this, was a pioneer of respect for being a woman ". Behind that grace and that lightness, there was a character forged by discipline: "we are used to seeing her dancing smiling on stage, but we have never seen - the actress continues - the tears, the falls, the injured feet,that we wanted to show to make it clear how much they have to pull the tendons to become so light on stage. "Among many memories, the 35-year-old actress - who had Susanna Salvi, prima ballerina of the opera in Rome as her stunt double - chooses one above all : "while I was dancing on stage she was behind the scenes, the opposite of what she had always been.


Then between one take and another she, who had never gone up on the stage of La Scala without dancing, began to do exercises at the barre on a toolmakers' cart. "As for the physical preparation to get into the part" it was a small miracle : we faced the first part in lockdown, with the choreographer who, via zoom, taught me to walk and stand upright like a dancer, too bad that, in the absence of a bar, I had to arrange - jokes Alessandra - with my iron ".

Source: ansa

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