I’m enjoying a new chapter in my life having the fortune to play women of my age and not romantic roles like the Giselles, Carmens, Juliets, Manons… all wonderful, but enough, they’re part of another Alessandra. Now I’m a 55-year-old with the knowledge of how extraordinary that is. Alessandra Ferri, now in Milan for a […]
Carolyn Carlson
To Carla Fracci, on your 80th Birthday, from your colleagues and friends
Today is the 80th birthday of the Italian ballerina, Carla Fracci. She was born in Milan on 20 August 1936. To celebrate we asked fellow ballerinas, as well as actresses and designers she has worked with, for messages and best wishes on a very special day. with thanks to Merrill Ashley – Aurora Benelli – Rebecca Bianchi […]
Diana Vishneva brings new Carlson and Maillot works to London
Diana Vishneva’s dance programme On the Edge will get its UK début when it comes to the London Coliseum in April 2015. The evening consists of two works commissioned specifically for Vishneva: Jean-Christophe Maillot’s intriguing pas de trois Switch, and Carolyn Carlson’s profound solo work Woman in a Room. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, […]
