by Amy Brandt | May 21, 2026 | Career, Pointe+, Profiles
In 2023, Nicoletta Manni became La Scala Ballet’s first company woman to be promoted to étoile in 37 years. The Italian ballerina, who recently sat down for an interview with Pointe during a trip to New York City, talks about performing alongside her husband, the role...
by Lilliana Miller | Sep 25, 2025 | TBT
Alessandra Ferri, a former principal dancer with The Royal Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and La Scala Ballet, was known for bringing dramatic flair to her roles. In this clip from La Scala Ballet’s 1996 production of Giselle, Ferri demonstrates her animated...
by Marina Harss | May 11, 2022 | The Latest
In 2016, a few years after David Hallberg’s famous move to the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, the Italian dancer Jacopo Tissi took a similar step. A product of the Ballet School of the Teatro alla Scala, he had been quickly singled out for principal roles at La Scala,...
by Toba Singer | Jun 21, 2021 | Profiles
Last month, the legendary Italian ballerina Carla Fracci passed away at the age of 84. A star whose name was eponymous for La Scala Ballet in Milan, she went on to have an international career with companies including The Royal Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. Over...
by Julia Rosica | Jun 9, 2021 | TBT
The ballet community bid a bittersweet farewell on May 27, 2021 when the ever-luminous Italian ballerina Carla Fracci passed away from cancer. Fracci was beloved in Italy and around the world, having started her career at La Scala Ballet in Milan and then guesting...
by Julia Rosica | Jan 20, 2021 | TBT
Carla Fracci, a former principal dancer of La Scala Ballet in Milan, is among the rare class of ballerinas who continued to perform into her 50s and beyond. Romantic ballets were her calling card throughout her career. In 1987, when Fracci was 51, she was featured in...
by Julia Rosica | Sep 9, 2020 | TBT
Creating an authentic, youthful character onstage often requires an enormous amount of artistic maturity. Such is the case with former American Ballet Theatre principals Alessandra Ferri and Angel Corella. In this 2000 performance of Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s...
by Amy Brandt | Feb 20, 2020 | News, The Latest
Former Paris Opéra Ballet etoile Manuel Legris has just been appointed artistic director of La Scala Ballet in Milan. Legris, who has directed the Vienna State Opera Ballet since 2010, posted on his Instagram page that he will assume his new position in December 2020....
