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Alessandra Ferri was born in Milan, Italy and studied at Teatro alla Scala until the age of 15 when she joined The Royal Ballet School.
She joined The Royal Ballet in 1980 and danced leading roles in The Sleeping Beauty, The Two Pigeons, Swan Lake, Mayerling, the title role in Manon and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet.
She created roles in Sir Kenneth MacMillan's Valley of Shadows and A Different Drummer, as well as Anna in Seven Deadly Sins. She danced Odette in Franco Zeffirelli's Swan Lake in Milan, and the title role in Roland Petit's Carmen with the London Festival Ballet (now English National Ballet).
Ms. Ferri joined American Ballet Theatre as a Principal Dancer in 1985.
Her roles with the Company include the title role in Anastasia, Nikiya in La Bayadère, the pas de deux from Roland Petit's Carmen, Titania in The Dream, Katherine in Christopher Wheeldon's VIII, The Accused in Fall River Legend, the Glove Seller in Gaîté Parisienne, the title roles in Giselle and Manon, Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow, Tatiana in Onegin, the pas de deux Other Dances, the Youngest Sister in Pillar of Fire, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, a featured role in Sinfonietta, Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty, the leading role in Some Assembly Required, the Sylph in La Sylphide, the leading role in Les Sylphides and Katherina in The Taming of the Shrew.
A permanent guest artist with La Scala in Milan, Ms. Ferri has also appeared with the Ballet National de Marseille in Roland Petit's Le Diable Amoreux, which Petit created especially for her. Other guest appearances have included the role of Juliet in John Cranko's Romeo and Juliet with National Ballet of Canada, Manon with Kirov Ballet, Blanche Du Bois in A Streetcar Named Desire, Tatiana in Onegin and Katherina in The Taming of the Shrew with Stuttgart Ballet, and the title role in Roland Petit's Carmen and Esmeralda in Notre Dame de Paris with Paris Opera Ballet. She has also appeared with the National Theatre of Tokyo, the Colon Theatre in Buenos Aires and the Ballet Nacional de Cuba.
Alessandra Ferri won the Prix de Lausanne in 1980 and the Sir Laurence Olivier Award in 1982 (for her role in Valley of Shadows).
In 2005, Ms. Ferri celebrated her 20th year with ABT.
In the same year, she received the honor of Cavaliere della Repubblica Italiana by the President of the Italian Republic.
The Interview with Alessandra Ferri (by Paola Calvetti, Oct 2006)

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*La Dame aux camélias*

alessandra Ferri - Roberto Bolle
AT THE TEATRO alla Scala IN Milan

START TIMES:

20 March - 8:00 P.M.
21 march - 8:00 P.M.
22 march - 8:00 P.M.
23 march - 8:00 P.M.
29 march - 8:00 P.M.
30 march - 8:00 P.M.

Teatro alla Scala
Via dei Filodrammatici, 2
21021- Milan (MI)
Italy

+39 02 72003744

Alessandra Ferri – Roberto Bolle
At the Giardini Reali (Royal Gardens) in Turin
A gala performance for her farewell to the ballet

First Show Time:

17 Jul 2007 - 9:30 p.m.

Giardini Reali (Fondazione Teatro Regio di Torino)
Piazza Castello, 215
I - 10124 Torino (To)
Italy

+39 011 88151

Alessandra Ferri - Roberto Bolle
At Ravenna Festival 2007
A gala performance for her farewell to the ballet

First Show Time:

22 Jul 2007 – 9:00 p.m.

Palazzo delle Arti e dello Sport ‘Mauro De Andre'’
VIALE EUROPA, 1
48100 - Ravenna (RA)
Italy

+39 0544 249244

Alessandra Ferri - Roberto Bolle
At Ravello Festival *Tendenze
A gala performance for her farewell to the ballet

First Show Time:

24 Jul 2007 – 9:45 p.m.

Belvedere di Villa Rufolo
+39 089 230411 - EPT SALERNO
84010 - RAVELLO (Sa)
Italy

+39 089 858422

Alessandra Ferri - Roberto Bolle
At Sferisterio Opera Festival
“più stelle che in cielo"
A gala performance for her farewell to the ballet

First Show Time:

27 Jul 2007 – 9:15 p.m.

Arena Sferisterio
PIAZZA Nazario sauro
62100 - Macerata (MC)
Italy

+39 0733 230735

Alessandra Ferri - Roberto Bolle
at the Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo
A gala performance for her farewell to the ballet

Start times:

2 Aug - 6:30 p.m.
3 Aug - 7:00 p.m.
6 Aug - 7:00 p.m.

Bunka Kaikan
5-45 Uenokoen
Taito-ku
Tokyo 110-8716
JAPAN

+81 03 3828 2111

*PASSI DI STELLE: ALESSANDRA FERRI GALA*
(Stars' steps: Alessandra Ferri gala)

Alessandra Ferri & Friends
at the Teatro Antico in Taormina (Sicily)
A gala performance for her farewell to the ballet

First Show Time:

10 Aug 2007 - 9:30 p.m.

Teatro Antico
Via del Teatro Greco, 40
98039 -Taormina (ME)
Italy

+39 0942 24291

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*The Night Of The Shooting Stars: Alessandra Ferris Farewell

How fitting that Alessandra Ferri has chosen San Lorenzo, the night of the shooting stars, to bid adieu to the world of ballet. The 44 year old dancer has danced for the last time last night in Taormi...
Posted by *Alessandra Ferri* Official Space on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:34:00 PST

*Alessandra Ferri Farewell Gala [Tokyo]

Many people are wondering why distinguished Italian ballerina Alessandra Ferri has decided to withdraw from the stage while she is still in her prime. Ferri, who had been a principal dancer with the A...
Posted by *Alessandra Ferri* Official Space on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 03:18:00 PST

Dance Review | Romeo and Juliet @ ABT

Dance Review | 'Romeo and Juliet'A Final, Radiant Juliet, Then FarewellAlessandra Ferri, the fiery dancer-actress, bade farewell to American Ballet Theater on Saturday night as the crowd roared back w...
Posted by *Alessandra Ferri* Official Space on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:15:00 PST

Video recordings

Romeo and Juliet As Juliet, with Angel Corella (La Scala Ballet - 2000)Romeo & Juliet Pas de Deux with Julio Bocca (American Ballet Theatre) on a mixed bill DVD titled *American Ballet Theatre Now - V...
Posted by *Alessandra Ferri* Official Space on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 01:26:00 PST

Alessandra Ferris Roles

BALLETS PERFORMED WITH LONDON's ROYAL BALLETNapoli Divertissements (first performances)Illuminations (first performances)Return to the Strange Land (first performances)The Sleeping BeautyAfternoon of ...
Posted by *Alessandra Ferri* Official Space on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 01:15:00 PST