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“Alessandra Ferri's stature of artistry... reminds us of the true meaning of star quality in dance.”
Reviewed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 9 April 2022
Giselle (From Act 2: Myrtha and the Wilis) (Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot)
Excelsior pas de deux (Ugo Dell'Ara, Luigi Manzotti)
Chéri (excerpt) (Roland Petit)
Romeo and Juliet: pas de deux (Balcony Scene) (Rudolf Nureyev)
L’Heure exquise (excerpt) (Maurice Béjart)
The Merry Widow (Act 3 pas de deux) (Ronald Hynd)
The Nutcracker (Waltz of the Flowers, Pas de deux) (Rudolf Nureyev)
La Strada (Pas de deux) (Mario Pistoni)
La Péri (Pas de deux) (Jean Coralli)
Cachucha (Jean Coralli)
The Sleeping Beauty (Rose Adagio) (Rudolf Nureyev)
Onegin (Act 1 Pas de deux) (John Cranko)
Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company
Valery Ovsyanikov, Conductor
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Alice Mariani, Dancer
Alessandra Vassallo, Dancer
Agnese Di Clemente, Dancer
Virna Toppi, Dancer
Mattia Semperboni, Dancer
Emanuela Montanari, Dancer
Nicola del Freo, Dancer
Vittoria Valerio, Dancer
Claudio Coviello, Dancer
Alessandra Ferri, Dancer
Carsten Jung, Dancer
Marianela Núñez, Dancer
Roberto Bolle, Dancer
Nicoletta Manni, Dancer
Timofej Andrijashenko, Dancer
Antonella Albano, Dancer
Massimo Garon, Dancer
Martina Arduino, Dancer
Marco Agostino, Dancer
Caterina Bianchi, Dancer
Olga Smirnova, Dancer
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