Alessandra Ferri
Alessandra Ferri was born in Milan, Italy. She studied at Teatro alla Scala in
Milan until the age of 15, and then attended The Royal Ballet School. She won
one of the three Prix de Lausanne for 1980, which enabled her to continue her
studies at The Royal Ballet School on scholarship. She joined The Royal Ballet
in 1980.
With The Royal Ballet, Ferri created roles in L'Invitation au Voyage, Valley
of Shadows (for which she won the 1982 Sir Laurence Olivier Award), Isadora,
Consort Lessons, Different Drummer, and the pas de deux Chanson.
Alessandra Ferri was born in Milan, Italy. She studied at Teatro alla Scala in
Milan until the age of 15, and then attended The Royal Ballet School. She won
one of the three Prix de Lausanne for 1980, which enabled her to continue her
studies at The Royal Ballet School on scholarship. She joined The Royal Ballet
in 1980.
With The Royal Ballet, Ferri created roles in L'Invitation au Voyage, Valley
of Shadows (for which she won the 1982 Sir Laurence Olivier Award), Isadora,
Consort Lessons, Different Drummer, and the pas de deux Chanson.
She also danced in The Royal Ballet's first performances of Napoli Divertissements,
Illuminations, and Return to the Strange Land. Also with The Royal,
she danced in The Sleeping Beauty, Afternoon of a Faun, The Two
Pigeons, Swan Lake, Mayerling, the title role in Manon,
Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, as well as roles in Voluntaries, Konservatoriet,
Cinderella, La Bayadère, and Les Biches. She was cast in the
dancing role of Anna in Kenneth MacMillan's Seven Deadly Sins, and 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 the English
National Ballet).
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,
Titania in The Dream, The Accused in Fall River Legend, the Glove
Seller in Gaîté Parisienne, Giselle in Giselle, the
title role in Kenneth MacMillan's Manon, Hanna Glawari in The Merry
Widow, Tatiana in Onegin, the pas de deux Other Dances, Taglioni
in Pas des Déesses, 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. She created a leading role in In
Volo.
In the 1989, Ferri appeared with the Ballet National de Marseille where she danced
in Roland Petit's Le Diable Amoreux, which Mr. Petit created especially
for her. Her guest appearances have also included dancing the role of Juliet in
John Cranko's Romeo and Juliet with the National Ballet of Canada, and
the title role in Roland Petit's Carmen with the Paris Opera Ballet.
Ferri is a permanent guest artist with La Scala in Milan.
2002/2003
