Up for sale is a RARE! Rosina GalliHand Signed 3 Page Letter.This item is authenticated By ToddMueller Autographs and comes with their certificate of authenticity.RosinaGalli(1892 – April 30,1940) was an Italianballet dancer,choreographer, ballet mistress,and dance teacher. After early years inItaly, she moved to the US, where she was associated with theMetropolitan OperainNew York City.Prima ballerinaatLa Scala Theatre Ballet,andtheChicago Ballet, she wasalso thepremière danseuseattheTeatro di San Carloandthe Metropolitan Opera. Galli was born in Naples, where her father was alawyer. She studied dance at theTeatro di San Carlo'sballet school, becoming the company'spremière danseuseat theage of 14.When she was offered the première danseuseposition at La Scala Theatre Ballet, the family moved to Milan. She debuted in1910, at the age of eighteen, dancing inPietro MiccaandBalloExcelsiorofLuigi Manzotti. In 1911, her father and two brothers escortedGalli toGenoa, from where Galli and her mother proceeded toChicago, US. Galli performed first as soloist,and thenas prima ballerina of the Chicago Ballet. In 1913,she was hired by the Metropolitan Opera House.Though she sported a petite figure, characterized aselfish,Galli demonstrated a rigorous technique and performed powerfulpirouettes, continuing to dance there until 1931.Herpartner at the Met was Giuseppe Bonfiglio. Her studies in America wereunderLuigiAlbertieri. In 1919, she began teaching dance at the Met, alsoserving as ballet mistress until 1935.As a teacher, she applied thestrict program from her days at La Scala, teaching theCecchetti method.Helen Tamiris, who formed the School of American Dance in1930, was a pupil under Galli.Her expanded responsibilities includedchoreography, and in that respect, Galli is credited for over 100 offerings atthe Met,such asCarmen(1924),La traviata(1925), andMerry Mount(1934).It was at the Met where Galli met her future husband,Giulio Gatti-Casazza,former superintendent at La Scala and director of the Met since 1908. Initiallyshe was his mistress;they married in 1930 at St. Joseph's Roman CatholicChurch inJersey City, New Jersey.Whenher husband retired in 1935, the couple returned to Italy, residing at a villaonLake Maggiore.Shedied in Milan on April 30, 1940. Gatti, 23 years older, died the followingSeptember.
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