Oriella Dorella
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Oriella Dorella (born 25 January 1952) is an Italian ballet dancer. From 1986 to 1994 she was principal dancer of La Scala in Milan.{{Cite web |last=Borelli |first=Francesco |date=10 June 2021 |title=Intervista a Oriella Dorella: "mi addormentavo come Carmen e mi svegliavo Gelsomina". |url=https://www.dancehallnews.it/oriella-dorella-mi-addormentavo-come-carmen-e-mi-svegliavo-gelsomina-prima-parte/ |access-date=28 November 2024 |website=Rivista di Danza Online |language=it}}
Life and career
Born in Milan, Dorella studied at La Scala Theatre Ballet School for 8 years,{{Cite web |date=29 July 2021 |title=Oriella Dorella: "Qui i miei ricordi d'infanzia" |url=https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/rimini/cronaca/oriella-dorella-qui-i-miei-ricordi-dinfanzia-f91a83ed |access-date=28 November 2024 |website=Il Resto del Carlino |language=it}} and in 1975 she made her official debut as a dancer, becoming the étoile of La Scala Theatre Ballet in 1986.{{cite book|author1=Felice Cappa |author2=Piero Gelli |author3=Marco Mattarozzi |title=Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900|year=1998 |publisher=Baldini & Castoldi, 1998|isbn=8880892959}}Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini
Catalogo dei viventi. Marsilio, 2009. {{ISBN|978-88-317-9599-9}}.
Throughout her career she has danced in major Italian theaters, including at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Verona Arena, Teatro Comunale di Bologna and Piccolo Teatro di Milano, dancing in original productions of George Balanchine's Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2, Gian Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors, Mario Pistoni and Nino Rota's La Strada, and in Franco Zeffirelli and Rosella Hightower's revival of Swan Lake.
Dorella has also danced in productions by Giuseppe Carbone, John Cranko, Hans van Manen, Gheorghe Iancu, Birgit Cullberg, Elisabetta Terabust, Roland Petit, Alvin Ailey and Flemming Flindt.{{Cite web |last=Olivieri |first=Michele |date=2 August 2016 |title=Oriella Dorella, la luce e la bellezza della danza |url=https://giornaledelladanza.com/oriella-dorella-la-luce-e-la-bellezza-della-danza/ |access-date=28 November 2024 |website=Giornale della Danza |language=it}}{{Cite web |last=Olivieri |first=Michele |date=22 March 2018 |title=Attualità dal mondo: intervita a Oriella Dorella |url=https://www.sipario.it/attualita/dal-mondo/item/11415-intervista-a-oriella-dorella-di-michele-olivieri.html |access-date=28 November 2024 |website=www.sipario.it |language=it}}
She was also a television personality, and her television appearances include the Saturday night variety show Fantastico and several television films. In 2006 she ran for the Senate in Milan with Rose in the Fist, without being elected.
Personal life
Dorella was married to journalist Eugenio Gallavotti from 1986 to 1994. During the course of their marriage they adopted two sons, Moises and Marco of Brazilian origin.{{Cite web |date=17 December 2020 |title=Oriella Dorella si confessa a Eleonora Daniele: «La mia vita è cambiata da un giorno all'altro» |url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/televisione/storie_italiane_oriella_dorella_ballerina_eleonora_daniele_oggi_ultima_puntata-5468859.html |access-date=28 November 2024 |website=Il Messaggero |language=it}}
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Category:Italian television actresses
Category:Italian television personalities
Category:La Scala Theatre Ballet dancers
Category:20th-century Italian ballet dancers
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