"I had extraordinary encounters, such as Visconti, gruff and very sweet. Like Herbert Ross, for whom I played Karsavina in the film Nijinsky. Or like Peter Ustinov, with whom I filmed Le ballerine (The Ballerinas). And Cederna, and Manzù. And the magnificent Eduardo. At a gala in his honour in Viareggio, I played Filumena Marturano, Titina's role, and he sent me a note saying, “Now I can call you sister”. I remember the charm and irony of Vittorio De Sica. He wanted to give me the role in La vacanza that Bolkan ended up playing. And I remember the summers with Montale in Forte dei Marmi. Every day we would meet people like Henry Moore, Marino Marini, Guttuso. Montale was always drawing: the sea, the Apuan Alps... He used everything, from wine to lipstick. He dedicated a beautiful poem to me: La danzatrice stanca (The Tired Dancer). No, at seventy I don't feel tired at all. And I am who I am thanks to them."
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Carla Fracci
1936 – 2021
Carolina "Carla" Fracci (1936 – 2021) was an Italian prima ballerina, actress and ballet director. Considered one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century, she was a leading dancer of La Scala Theatre Ballet in Milan, then worked freelance with international companies including the Royal Ballet, London, Stuttgart Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. Fracci is known for her interpretation of leading characters in several Romantic ballets, such as La Sylphide, Giselle, S
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