Floria Capsali was an Ottoman-born Romanian ballerina, choreographer and dance teacher.
11 Facts About Floria Capsali
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Floria Capsali was born at Bitola, a midsized town and commercial centre in the hills south of Skopje, which at that time was in the ethnically and linguistically diverse Manastir Vilayet district of the Ottoman Empire and today is in North Macedonia.
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Floria Capsali was the elder by nine years of her parents' two daughters.
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Floria Capsali's mother, born Maria Manolescu, came originally from Breaza de Sus, in the Duchy of Bukovina, and had moved to Bitola as a young woman in order to take a position as head and teacher at the girls' secondary school in the town.
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Floria Capsali began her school career at a primary school in Bitola, from where she moved on to the "primara franceza Saint Vincent de Paul", a French-language primary school.
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Floria Capsali went to Paris and studied classical ballet, finding opportunities to pursue an interest in rhythmic and acrobatic dancing, attending classes with Jeanne Ronsay.
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In 1926 Floria Capsali married the sculptor Mac Constantinescu.
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Floria Capsali travelled all over Romania with one of Gusti's teams of "monographic school city-intellectuals", collecting folkloric materials over an "extended period".
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Floria Capsali built an international career, accepting invitations to perform in France, Germany, Greece and Yugoslavia between 1926 and 1933.
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In 1938 Floria Capsali took charge of the ballet at the Romanian National Opera, becoming the first ballet teacher to be employed there.
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Floria Capsali reorganised the troupe, increasing the number of soloists and established a group of leadership assistants within it, with whom she co-ordinated directly.