Carolina Carla Fracci was an Italian ballet dancer, actress and ballet director. 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 1961â1967. She danced with partners including Erik Bruhn, Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov. Later, she directed several ballet companies in Italy, including at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples and the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in Rome.