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Italian Dance

Cia Fornaroli Collection: 500 Years of Italian Dance.Created by: NYPL's Public Domain ArchiveDated: 1930
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Il dissoluto punito osia Don Giovanni, Title page

Cia Fornaroli,1888—1954, was an Italian dancer who studied at the La Scala Ballet School. She was prima ballerina at New York's Metropolitan Opera Ballet in 1910–1914. She was married to Dr. Walter Toscanini, 1898 - 1971, who was an Italian-American historian and ballet choreographer and a son of Arturo Toscanini, an Italian conductor and one of the most acclaimed musicians of the early 20th century. Arturo Toscanini was at various times the music director of La Scala in Milan, the New York Philharmonic and the first music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra.

After Cia Fornaroli death, her husband Walter Toscanini handed over their collection of dance memorabilia to the New York Public Library. NYPL Cia Fornaroli Collection represents Italian dance from the Renaissance to the early twentieth century. The collection includes the finest renaissance dance manuals, scores of books, letters, programs, hundreds of designs, photographs, lithographs, and ephemera.
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Magnifica via nel ballo Gengis Kan. Lit. Ricordi. Sanquirico, inv.

Magnifica via nel ballo Gengis Kan. Lit. Ricordi. Sanquirico, inv.

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Melle Emma Livry, dans Herculanum. [Lithograph by Marie-Alexandre Alophe]

Melle Emma Livry, dans Herculanum. [Lithograph by Marie-Alexandre Alop...

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Fanny Cerrito nel ballo fantastico Aglaja, o la fata del lago, Roma, l'autunno 1843.

Fanny Cerrito nel ballo fantastico Aglaja, o la fata del lago, Roma, l...

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Ameno boschetto con tempio consacrato a Venere. Questa scena fu eseguita pel ballo mitologico, Mirra, ossia La vendetta di Venere, inventato, e messo sulle scene dell'I. R. Teatro alla Scala dal Sig. Salvatore Viganó. Nella primavera dell'anno 1817. A. Sanquirico inv. e dip. Carolina Lose inc.

Ameno boschetto con tempio consacrato a Venere. Questa scena fu esegui...

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Spiaggia d'Argo nel ballo Oreste, atto I. [After a set design by Sanquirico]

Spiaggia d'Argo nel ballo Oreste, atto I. [After a set design by Sanqu...

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Gran sala di ballo nel palazzo ducale di Venezia. Questa scena fu eseguita pel ballo tragico L'Otello, ossia El Moro di Venezia, inventato, e posta sulle scene dell'I. R. Teatro alla Scala dal Sig. Salvatore Viganò, il carnevale dell'anno 1818. A. Sanquirico inv. e dip.  A. Biasioli incise.

Gran sala di ballo nel palazzo ducale di Venezia. Questa scena fu eseg...

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Padiglione.  Ballo, La presa di Babilonia. Stucchi inc. Landini acq. [after a set design by Sanquirico].

Padiglione. Ballo, La presa di Babilonia. Stucchi inc. Landini acq. [...

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Esterno di una piramide. Vedi il N. 27. Ballo, Psammi re d'Egitto. G. B. inc. Fumagalli acq. [after a set design by Sanquirico]

Esterno di una piramide. Vedi il N. 27. Ballo, Psammi re d'Egitto. G. ...

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Atrio interno. Questa scena fu eseguita pel ballo eroico Ramesse, ossia Gli Arabi in Egitto, inventato e posto sulle scene dell'I. R. Teatro alla Scala da Alessan. Fabbri, la primavera dell'anno 1819. A Sanquirico inv. e dip. G. Castellini inc.

Atrio interno. Questa scena fu eseguita pel ballo eroico Ramesse, ossi...

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Fanny Cerrito nel ballo La Silfide di Cortesi, al signor Bartolomeo Merelli che diede occasione ai Milanesi di ammirare sulle scene del gran Teatro della Scala, l'esimia artista, l'autore Roberto Focosi D. D. D.

Fanny Cerrito nel ballo La Silfide di Cortesi, al signor Bartolomeo Me...

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Le Palais de Thélémaque. Executé en mille sept cent quarante et un.

Le Palais de Thélémaque. Executé en mille sept cent quarante et un.

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Parco nel castello nel ballo Toscar. Lit. Ricordi. Sanquirico inv.

Parco nel castello nel ballo Toscar. Lit. Ricordi. Sanquirico inv.

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Amina Boschetti, celebre danzatrice.

Amina Boschetti, celebre danzatrice.

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Ottavio Memmi, Pia Cavalieri, di anni 11, nella compagnia Senese diretta dal coreografo F. Marrocchesi in Roma, Teatro Argentina, la primavera 1855, gli amatori D. D. D.

Ottavio Memmi, Pia Cavalieri, di anni 11, nella compagnia Senese diret...

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Fanny Elssler - Public domain portrait print

Fanny Elssler - Public domain portrait print

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Al merito della prima ballerina danzante Carolina Galletti, Teatro di Apollo in Roma, carnevale 1841.

Al merito della prima ballerina danzante Carolina Galletti, Teatro di ...

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Carlotta Grisi. - Public domain portrait engraving

Carlotta Grisi. - Public domain portrait engraving

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Paolina Künzler - Public domain portrait print

Paolina Künzler - Public domain portrait print

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Nicola Molinari. Rados inc. - Public domain  print

Nicola Molinari. Rados inc. - Public domain print

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Salvatore Taglioni. L. Rados inc.

Salvatore Taglioni. L. Rados inc.

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Officina gas di Bovisa, Italy

Officina gas di Bovisa, Italy

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Dance L'Ammazzone [balletto] - Public domain musical sheets
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