Farewell to Carla Fracci. The queen of Italian dance passed away at 84, after a long illness lived in complete secrecy. Born in August 1936 in Milan, daughter of a tram driver of line 1, the one who passes in front of the Milanese theater par excellence, La Scala, where she built her career by studying first in the dance school, and then becoming star. Eugenio Montale described it as «l‘eternal dancing girl », Alda Merini come “A fairy that generates other times”.
The debut, on the stage of Piermarini, in 1955. From there everyone the most important theaters in the world: the Royal Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet, and since 1967 guest artist of the American Ballet Theater. He danced with partners such as Erik Bruhn, Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gheorghe Iancu, Vladimir Vasiliev, Henning Kronstam, and the Italians Amedeo Amodio, Paolo Bortoluzzi. To then return, between ups and downs and after 20 years, where it all began, at La Scala – last March, after the lockdown – to prepare the Corps de Ballet with two masterclasses in streaming for Giselle, one of his most iconic roles.
Days, years, a life of absolute dedication to dance. «And to think that I wanted to be a hairdresser», He once said in an interview,« My approach to dance was completely random: some friends of my parents saw me dance a waltz, and almost forced my parents to send me to auditions at the dance school of the Teatro alla Scala. I remember the very strict director who, after the selections, put me in the group of dancers to be reviewed: «She is very fragile, but she has a beautiful face». And again: «I was a farmer, I grew up with geese, in the middle of the earth. I never imagined that there was a theater ». A waist on pointe, but with your feet firmly planted on the ground.
Infinite love with the director husband Beppe Menegatti, today 91 years old, married in 1964: «I have had a lot of life, a wonderful son and two grandchildren. I wanted a son because I always thought about continuation ».
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