1960 Passi di danza, conceived and written by Carmela Piccione on commission from Luciano Carratoni, General Director of the Balletto di Roma, is a book that—as dance critic Donatella Bertozzi writes in the preface—represents ‘the result of a meticulous work of research and reconstruction of the past, organised into an agile and vivid compendium that offers a rich tapestry of over sixty years of dance and ballet history in Italy. This history is framed through the lens and perspective of a unique and fascinating artistic, personal, and emotional journey: that of Balletto di Roma, the company founded in the capital in 1960 by Franca Bartolomei and Walter Zappolini, principal dancers of rare talent and visionary professional initiative. A journey that is truly one of a kind within the vast and vibrant history of dance and performance in Italy.’