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Carla Fracci

1936 - 2021

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Carolina "Carla" Fracci (Italian: [ˈkarla ˈfrattʃi]; 20 August 1936 – 27 May 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, Swan Lake, and Romeo and Juliet. She also performed in ballets such as Nijinsky and Complete Bell Telephone Hour Performances: Erik Bruhn 1961–1967. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carla Fracci is the 57th most popular dancer (down from 55th in 2019), the 2,960th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,892nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Carla Fracci ranks 57 out of 116. Before her are Enrico Cecchetti, William Forsythe, John Neumeier, Antonio Gades, Kurt Jooss, and Jean Coralli. After her are Lindsay Kemp, Lucile Grahn, Hans van Manen, Micheline Bernardini, Adam Darius, and Olga Preobrajenska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Carla Fracci ranks 264. Before her are Birthe Wilke, Guillermo Endara, Ivan Marchuk, Jair Marinho, Abbie Hoffman, and Al Oerter. After her are Fang Lizhi, Knud Enemark Jensen, Rachid Mekhloufi, Touria Chaoui, Moacir Claudino Pinto, and Marion Chesney. Among people deceased in 2021, Carla Fracci ranks 267. Before her are Alberto Grimaldi, Yury Vlasov, Ivan Patzaichin, Nick Kamen, Budge Patty, and Anatoliy Zlenko. After her are Philippe Jaccottet, Marc Ferro, T. B. Joshua, John Warner, Ester Mägi, and Joseph Benz.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Carla Fracci ranks 2,960 out of 5,161. Before her are Rose McGowan (1973), Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu (1963), Claudio Villa (1926), Clemente Micara (1879), Proculus (300), and Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici (1904). After her are Gino Fano (1871), Stefano Domenicali (1965), Pietro Loredan (1482), Rino Fisichella (1951), Benny Benassi (1967), and Francesca Neri (1964).

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Among DANCERS In Italy

Among dancers born in Italy, Carla Fracci ranks 6. Before her are Carlo Blasis (1797), Filippo Taglioni (1777), Pierina Legnani (1863), Gaétan Vestris (1729), and Enrico Cecchetti (1850).

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