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Alessandra Ferri’s return to Romeo and Juliet nine years after her supposed retirement from American Ballet Theatre was a triumph. She displayed the exquisite lines, gorgeous feet and dramatic flair we know and love her for. But more than that, her portrayal cut to the quick of human emotion. At the end, the whole audience […]

Alessandra Ferri‘s career has long been marked by extraordinary onstage partnerships—Mikhail Baryshnikov, Julio Bocca and Herman Cornejo immediately leap to mind. But in a video released last month, Ferri managed to share the stage with none other than her 19-year-old self. In an advertisement for UK-based pharmacy chain Boots, Ferri, now 52, dances opposite a holographic […]

On November 14, the 51st annual Dance Magazine Awards will be presented to five outstanding people in the dance field: Alessandra Ferri, Donald McKayle, Christopher Wheeldon, Jimmy Slyde, and Clive Barnes. The awards program, which includes excerpts of performances, takes place at Florence Gould Hall in New York City. For more information, see page 72. […]

On Friday March 22nd Alessandra Ferri will receive the Italian International Dance Festival’s A Heart for Art Extraordinary Dancer Award. The presentation will take place in NYC at the Julia Richman Theater. You can be there to see it! Tickets are $20 and are available for purchase at  www.theatermania.com. For a little more about Ferri, […]

I was so choked up that I couldn’t bravo or whoop. Alessandra Ferri had just done Macmillan’s Manon with Roberto Bolle. She had transformed from powerful to passionate to pathetic. A feast for the eyes and the heart. This is what you go to see ballet for: the possibility of being utterly transported. When you […]

Winners of the Dance Magazine Awards, from 1954 to the present

Here are the latest promotions, appointments, and departures, as well as notable awards and accomplishments, from October 2023.

Here are the latest promotions, appointments, and departures, as well as notable awards and accomplishments, from June 2023.