Carla Fracci

Who is Carla Fracci?

Carla Fracci is a ballet dancer and actress. Her career highlights include Nijinsky, Giselle, Complete Bell Telephone Hour Performances: Erik Bruhn 1961-1967.

Fracci studied at La Scala Theatre Ballet School starting in 1946. She graduated to La Scala Theatre Ballet in 1954, where she was promoted to soloist in 1956, and to principal in 1958. Other ballet companies she appeared with include: the London Festival Ballet, the Royal Ballet, the Stuttgart Ballet, and the Royal Swedish Ballet. She was a principal guest artist with American Ballet Theatre from 1967.

She was known for her performances in Giselle, dancing in with partners such as Rudolf Nureyev, Vladimir Vasiliev, Henning Kronstam, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Erik Bruhn. In 2014 Carla Fracci took part in documentary film "29200 Puthod, l'altra verità della realtà" directed by Federico Angi biography of Dolores Puthod international painter.