Legendary ballet dancer Alessandra Ferri says not knowing if each performance could be her last keeps her “fresh”.
The 55-year-old, whose career has already outlasted most major dancers, opened the Royal Opera House’s new multi-million pound Linbury Theatre last night.
Ferri said she had no idea how long she would keep dancing for. “I take it day by day, performance by performance,” she said.
“Somehow I’m a pioneer but I don’t know how it’s going to work out. It’s fresh because every production I do I’m so grateful.
“I’m so amazed I’m dancing and who knows if this performance is the last one?”
The Italian-born mother-of-two, who retired in 2007 before returning six years ago.
Ferri said it was “intense” performing on a new stage, adding: “I felt like there was a presence in this theatre. When you say you can cut the air, it was definitely one of those performances that one remembers. There is still history, the place might be new but it’s like the Opera House has given birth to a little something.
“It is still the Opera House so the history is here even if the space itself is new.”
