Comments on: Farewell To My Favorite Ballerina

By: Isabella

Isabella — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:15:52 +0000

Yes ABT's men are glorious but please
can someone tell me who could come close to
the most amazing dancer since Misha, JULIO BOCCA.

By: Isabella

Isabella — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:15:52 +0000

Yes ABT's men are glorious but please
can someone tell me who could come close to
the most amazing dancer since Misha, JULIO BOCCA.

By: Swan Lake Samba Girl » Blog Archive » Alessandra Ferri Is Here | Tonya Plank | Writer, Dancer and Public Interest Lawyer

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:12:22 +0000

[...] At the ABT gala performance, that is. Not dancing, but watching. Fun, sitting behind my, still, favorite ballerina. [...]

By: Benita

Benita — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:18:03 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing your experience and these great photos! I saw her and Bolle dance “Manon” and Bolle is a star in the making!

I am going to miss Ferri like whoah but I am happy to see that she is deservedly going to be spending hard earned time with her beautiful family!

By: delirium tremens

delirium tremens — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:22:30 +0000

Oh its reviewed. But not by him.

By: tonya

tonya — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:47:52 +0000

Oh no, I HOPE he writes a review of Ferri’s farewell — maybe it’s just not up yet? He seems to really like Balanchine, but then is kind of critical of NYCB’s treatment of him. I think he wants to like NYCB because of his love of Balanchine. He preferred ABT’s R&J to Martins’s R+J… We’ll have to keep checking the Times — I’m sure there will be some good wrap-up reviews when the season’s over — at least I hope.

By: delirium tremens

delirium tremens — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:46:02 +0000

Well looking at the times I can now see how Macaulay could do it. While he reviewed Kyra’s final performance, he did not review Alessandra’s. You’d think a chief critic might not show his bias for one company over the other so quickly in his tenure, but hey, I’m not a critic, what do i know? (I’m not basing this statement merely on his treatment of the 2 farewells, but on that combined with the number of reviews he’s bestowed on each company)

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Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:23:06 +0000

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By: jennifer

jennifer — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 02:00:53 +0000

I read Gia’s article…I thought it was utterly selfless of her to use this opportunity to introduce Bolle to American audiences. Bolle has won international dance competitions, just like some of the ABT principals…and is a proud Italian representative as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, which I think is ultra cool.

I’m glad the New Yorkers have also had the chance to see him (as I did! Live, onstage, instead of on video and TV). What a treasure. What I meant to say is that I can’t imagine him staying away from New York due to “lack of opportunity”…Ferri’s invitation can’t be the only opportunity he’s had to dance in NEw York…for me, somehow, I saw him staying in Italy as his own choice. Perhaps I’m wrong though. This is all speculation of course.

By: tonya

tonya — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:19:31 +0000

Oh thanks, “Bolle Fever” — I just received your comment. I feel like I just heard about David Howard’s studio today at NYCB but I can’t remember exactly in what context… I know, wasn’t the curtain call amazing — the audience definitely did not want to let her go…

By: tonya

tonya — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:55:09 +0000

Oh I totally forgot they were married. I didn’t hear anything about anything bad happening … I hope nothing did!

By: delirium tremens

delirium tremens — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:20:26 +0000

Melissa Thomas I believe.

I have to say i got momentarily paranoid something horrible had happened to them (abrera and radetsky) being that they are married and both didn’t show, and clearly last min as there were not even any inserts. But fortunately that seems to not have been the case!

Im so jealous you got to see NYCB today. I didnt get tix in time. Boo!

By: tonya

tonya — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:24:11 +0000

Thanks, Art

Jennifer, Alessandra’s the one who said in her interview with Gia that it was her gift to him — to introduce him to new audiences and vice versa — by inviting him to dance with her in her final performance. Unfortunately I don’t think there are really any famous ballet dancers in the world right now regardless of where they live and work but I didn’t mean to say you had to be in NY to be famous…
Delirium — I forgot you were going to be there! Haha, well, I realized today that Ashley Bouder had her debut performance in Rubies last night, so I’m sure that’s why he wanted to skip over there for the second half. I saw Bouder today in it and she was just amazing. No, I didn’t hear about the last minute subs — I know Jared danced instead of Sascha, but I couldn’t remember what ballerina danced in Stella’s place.

By: jennifer

jennifer — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:23:37 +0000

Bolle is not in his “beginning” stages, he is well established as a famous (and hot!) ballet dancer. I sorta resent the fact that just because he’s not in NYC, he’s not considered “famous”

I actually love the fact he is staying in his native Italy…He performed a ballet/modern dance solo in the opening ceremonies in Torino a few years ago during the Winter Olympics….which I was lucky to catch as well. He is obviously very proud to be an Italian. It was fabulous seeing him perform “Manon” in person.

By: Bolle Fever

Bolle Fever — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:26:04 +0000

I was at Ferri’s amazing farewell gala last night as well. Looks like we were sitting on the same side of the house. I have been watching Alex dance since I was studying on scholarship at David Howard’s studio, Buying standing room tickets to see her in Don Q, Bayadere, Giselle, Romeo & Juliet, Merry Widow, Manon, Gaite Parisiene, etc. I learned so much from watching her and Julio dance-in performance and rehearsal. She is such a complete artist. Keyword: ARTIST. I was also there on Bolle’s ABT debut with her in Manon last week. The Act 1 solo was so smooth and stretched and beautiful. He had us in the palm of his hands after that! The partnering between Ferri and Bolle was risk taking and exciting.–much like Bocca and Ferri’s perfect connection but in a different way. And Alex, simply stunning. It was absorbing and a riveting performance in which she, once again, immersed herself into the character. Last night’s curtain call was amazing. Nearly 35 minutes long. An homage and thank you to this wonderful artist that is Alessandra Ferri. Thanks for posting those pictures.

By: delirium tremens

delirium tremens — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:07:23 +0000

i forgot my camera! so no pictures from me

It was wonderful though!

I cant believe Macaulay would do that (i mean I can, I just find it unbelievable!). To leave for an act during her final performance?? Granted she does almost nothing in act II but STILL!

Did you hear anything about the last min substitutions?

By: Art

Art — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:40:54 +0000

Wow, such great photos! Thanks for sharing. She was a truly spectacular ballerina and it’s sad to see her go, but I loved your comment about having it be a new beginning with Roberto Bolle.