| Alessandra Ferri... continued |
| Her roles with the company have included the title role in "Anastasia," Nikiya in "La Bayadère," The Accused in "Fall River Legend," the Glove Seller in "Gaîté Parisienne," the title role in "Giselle," the title roles in Kenneth MacMillan's "Manon," Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet," Katherina in "The Taming of the Shrew," among others. |
| In 1989, Ferri appeared with the Ballet National de Marseille where she danced in Roland Petit's "Le Diable Amoreux," a role Petit created especially for her. |
| Though small and delicately built, the youthful 44 year-old is known for her onstage fearlessness, and fiery temperament off-stage. The consummate dancer-actress, her wide range has proved invaluable in ballets entrenched in story and character-the type of roles which made her internationally famous. |
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| Ferri concluded her farewell performance at ABT with a role she had been performing since her teens: as Juliet in MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet." Her final moment of the performance, where the hand of Juliet's dead body had reached out to her dead Romeo, will be eternally burned into the memories of the sold-out, standing room only audience. |
| Ferri may continue to perform elsewhere, but where is not yet known. She enjoys an international following throughout Europe and Japan, and has been a permanent guest artist at La Scala in Milan. |
| In a twist of fate, Alessandra Ferri and Kyra Nichols-two dancers as different in style and temperament as possible-gave their farewell performances just one day apart (and within walking distance) from the other: Nichols, with NYCB at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, on June 22nd; Ferri with ABT at the Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, on June 23rd. |
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