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Performer: Alessandra Ferri

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Uneven Woolf Works is a strong vehicle for a legendary ballerina

Alessandra Ferri in Wayne McGregor's Woolf Works © Kyle Froman
Final verdict on Woolf Works? It’s sprawling, uneven, with parts that are thrilling and other parts that are prosaic and shallow.
***11
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Enchanting Alessandra Ferri returns in Wayne McGregor's Woolf Works

Alessandra Ferri and William Bracewell © ROH | Asya Verzhbinsky
Every decade or so, The Royal Ballet creates a new work that will endure in its signature collection, and there's little doubt that Woolf Works deserves its place among that elite.   
****1
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McGregor takes Stravinsky's rituals to desolate and cruel lands

McGregor's new creation for the Milanese company imagines Les Noces as a sequel to his take on The Rite of Spring.
***11
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La Scala's home-made tribute celebrates Carla Fracci's legacy

The first Fracci Gala at the Teatro alla Scala celebrates the memory and the stature of a child of the house, who not always considered so in life. 
***11
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An exquisite hour with Alessandra Ferri in the Linbury Theatre

Celebrating Alessandra Ferri's 40-year association with The Royal Ballet by reviving Maurice Béjart's L'Heure exquise, a rarely-seen work by one of Europe's great 20th-century choreographers. 
****1
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Dance@TheGrange: McGregor, Marston and young choreographers

The second Dance@TheGrange builds on its reputation for fearless programming, with performances from Company Wayne McGregor and Ballet Black, and a standout new work by Ballet Black's Mthuthuzeli November
****1
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Alessandra Ferri on taking over at the Vienna State Ballet

Alessandra Ferri © ASH
The great ballerina Alessandra Ferri talks with candour about her long career and how excited she is to become Artistic Director of the Vienna State Ballet.

How McGregor works: Ferri, Bonelli and Watson rehearse Woolf Works

Alessandra Ferri and artists of The Royal Ballet in Woolf Works © Tristram Kenton/ROH
A few weeks before the 2015 première of his first full length work for The Royal Ballet, Wayne McGregor rehearses Woolf Works with Alessandra Ferri, Federico Bonelli and Edward Watson