Alessandra Ferri brings Martha Clarke's Chéri to the Ravenna Festival in two weeks, with the same cast that accompanied her for the piece's début at The Signature Theatre in New York: ABT's Herman Cornejo and actress Amy Irving. Although Charles Isherwood for The New York Times said that Clarke's choreography "sometimes falls into patterns of swooning sameness", of Ferri and … [Read more...]
Natalia Osipova: I could only live in London or Milan, New York’s too stressful
I'll be a specially wicked Black Swan. I can't believe that I'm to dance with a Siegried younger than me, the 21-year-old Claudio Coviello, who is making his début in the role: my Odile will seduce him, break his heart and destroy him. says Natalia Osipova on the eve of her début in Rudolf Nureyev's version of Swan Lake (Lago dei Cigni) that he created for La Scala in … [Read more...]
Alessandra Ferri returns to dance the end of her marriage
At the end of June Alessandra Ferri will return to the stage after an absence of 7 years, and, at the age of 50, will restart her dancing career. At Spoleto, where she is the artistic director of the dance component, she will dance in The Piano Upstairs, a new work for which she is also choreographer. The piece recounts the end of a marriage, and, although it has been in the … [Read more...]
Eleonora Abbagnato talks about becoming Paris’ new étoile
This week, Eleonora Abbagnato became the first Italian étoile at the Paris Opera Ballet for generations. The only other was Carlotta Zambelli who became one of the company's stars at the end of the 19th century. Quite an achievement for the 34-year-old dancer from Palermo. Valeria Crippa of the Corriere della Sera spoke to her. When I first heard that I was being promoted … [Read more...]
Sylvie Guillem on why she’s still ‘Mademoiselle Non’
Sylive Guillem will be in Venice tomorrow to receive from the Biennale the Leone d'oro (Golden Lion) for "having redesigned the form of the dancer, defying the laws of physics". Valeria Crippa of the Corriere della Sera talked to her about aspects of her career. I could have ended up like a cork bobbing along on the water at the whim of the currents. Instead … [Read more...]