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I have one word for Alessandra Ferri's performance on June 23: Glorious! Anyone would have believed that she was 14-year-old Juliet. Her dancing was exquisite…and her feet…I could have stared at those mighty arches the entire night. The ending was beautiful, as people, including myself, could not stop applauding while bouquets continued to pile up on the stage. After so many curtain calls Alessandra, followed around by her two daughters, seemed to not be able to convince people that it was time to let her go. The Met was beautifully decorated with pictures of Alessandra, some of them including Bolle or Bocca. These gave a nice touch to such special night. Alessandra will be missed.

Hello everyone!! After reading the posts on ballet talk for a while I have finally taken the time to join! Ballet is my passion, my love. I felt in love with ballet when I was 11 years old, and realized at that point that I had always been in love with dance. At that age I started taking classes until I moved to the US at the age of 16. After that, even though I danced for 3-4 more years, it was at a much lower level and intensity. Then, unfortunately, I had to stop taking classes, though to this day I still do whatever I can in order to get small doses of dance (different styles of dance I have had access to) in order to survive! I am very happy to have found Ballet Talk because I don’t know that many people who share the same love I feel for ballet. It’s also really nice to find more people like myself, who live in the New York area and attend a number of ABT and NYCB performances every season. Monica