Word: fracci
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...threatened by the censor: an undulating dance by an all-but-nude ballerina waiting for the arrival of her lover; a passionate embrace in the course of which two lovers move across the stage in angular jetés. The best dancing was provided by young Italian Ballerina Carla Fracci (TIME, Feb. 22), who gave a moving, superbly disciplined portrayal of a grieving girl. The whole thing ended with an epilogue demonstrating that for all the Boccaccian low jinks, virtue triumphs after all. Somewhat baffled critics found Comedy "monumental" and an "extraordinary spectacle," but the highest praise came from Massine...
...Russian boccie bowlers. But audiences at La Scala last week cheered a 23-year-old dancer, daughter of a Milan streetcar conductor, who was all but stealing the stage from Britain's famed Margot Fonteyn. Occasion: the world premiere of Fantasy at Grand Hotel, starring Ballerina Carla Fracci...
...told of a girl who is wooed by a gangster, framed in a gangland shooting, sentenced to death, but liberated by a previous lover. The short piece was lavishly costumed-busboys in scarlet monkey suits, red-robed judges, policemen dressed in dominoes-and it amply displayed Ballerina Fracci's hard-edged, superbly controlled style...