by Pointe Magazine | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Like an actor’s monologue, a ballerina’s solo must achieve the difficult balance between drama and ostentation, controlled technique and theatrical abandon. In the ballet rendition of Rossini’s play, Guillaume Tell, Alessandra Ferri dances the...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
It takes the work of a ballet dancer to embody the words of Shakespeare. With the help of Sergei Prokofiev’s masterful score, the Royal Ballet’s Alessandra Ferri and Wayne Eagling approach this task with heartbreaking beauty. They perform the iconic balcony...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Choreographer Roland Petit was for years the ballet world’s master of theatrical showmanship. Bolstered by rich, beautifully designed costumes and decor, his works oozed sensual style. Yet even stripped of all that pageantry, his choreography retains an electric...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Few things in life are more beautiful than Alessandra Ferri. Personally, I could watch old videos of her for hours on end. And it turns out I’m not the only one still in love six years after her retirement: This Friday, the Italian International Dance Festival...