By Sanjoy Roy Many recent London performances were not strictly recent at all, but rather programs that had been on hold through several waves of COVID restrictions, and revived in the autumn while the going looked good (not before time: a new wave has put the dampers on again). These works emerged into a different
By Silvia Poletti Wayne McGregor’s full-evening Woolf Works, created for the Royal Ballet in 2015, arrived last April to La Scala’s stage thanks to Alessandra Ferri, whom McGregor cast as the lead in the original production. On that occasion, Ferri returned to the stage after a leave of more than seven years and, at 52,
by Gary Smith Stepping into the bar of Hamburg’s Side Hotel, a deconstructionist building with ugly lobby lights, Alessandra Ferri wraps her pale, diaphanous shawl tighter around her shoulders. Sitting gingerly on an uncomfortable banquette, she orders tea. “Herbal tea,” she says. “No caffeine, it’s lethal, caffeine and jet lag.” Ferri smiles one of her