2018 - Afterite Choreography by Wayne McGregor, American Ballet Theater, New York Metropolitan Opera HouseĪs an international guest artist, Ferri performed with the Paris Opera Ballet at the Palais Garnier and the Opéra Bastille, the Kirov Ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre, the National Ballet of Canada, the Tokyo Ballet, the Cuban National Ballet, the Hamburg Ballet, the Stuttgart Ballet, the Ballet National de Marseille, the Ballet National de Nancy and others.2017 - Witness Choreography by Wayne McGregor, City Center, New York.2016 - Duse - Choreography by John Neumeier, Hamburg Ballett, Hamburg.2015 - Woolf Works - Choreography by Wayne McGregor, Royal Ballet, Covent Garden London.2013 - Cheri - Choreography by Martha Clarke, Signature Theater, New York.2013 - The Piano Upstairs - Choreography by Alessandra Ferri, Spoleto Festival dei 2 Mondi.
1985 – Swan Lake – Choreography by Rosella Hightower, with La Scala Ballet.1984 – Different Drummer – Choreography by Sir Kenneth MacMillan, with the Royal Ballet.1983 – Valley of Shadows – Choreography by Sir Kenneth MacMillan, with the Royal Ballet.1983 – Consort Lessons – Choreography by David Bintley, with the Royal Ballet.1982 – Invitation au Voyage – Choreography by Michael Corder, with the Royal Ballet.1981 – Chanson (pas de deux) – Choreography by Sir Kenneth MacMillan, with the Royal Ballet.Statue of Alessandra Ferri as 'Juliet' by Nathan David inside the Royal Ballet School In June 2017, she appeared at the Royal Opera House in the ballet Marguerite and Armand. Performances since have included Lea in Cheri for Signature Theatre, The Raven for Gotham Chamber Opera and in Woolf Works with Royal Ballet. She returned to dance after retirement in 2013, starring in The Piano Upstairs at Spoleto. In 1992, Ferri became a Guest Star of American Ballet Theatre and began a very close collaboration with La Scala Theatre Ballet, becoming recognised as Prima Ballerina Assoluta of the company. In 2007 she brought Roberto Bolle to dance opposite her in her farewell performance of Romeo and Juliet. She stated that she needed a more rigorous training program that the company could provide. In 1985, Ferri left the Royal Ballet at the request of Mikhail Baryshnikov to become a Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre, under Baryshnikov's own direction. In 1983, she was promoted to the rank of Principal Dancer.
In 1983, she was nominated for and won the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Dance Production for her role in Sir Kenneth MacMillan's Valley of Shadows. Royal Ballet įerri joined the Royal Ballet in 1980, and in 1982, for her first major role in the ballet Mayerling, she was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding First Achievement of the Year in Ballet. She represented the Royal Ballet School in the 1980 Prix de Lausanne, winning a scholarship which enabled her to continue studying at the school. She began studying ballet at the La Scala Theatre Ballet School, later transferring to the upper school of the Royal Ballet School. Alessandra Ferri was born in Milan, Italy.