{"id":57749,"date":"2024-01-18T14:53:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T14:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/?p=57749"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:25:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:25:40","slug":"prix-de-lausanne-alessandra-ferri-to-receive-lifetime-achievement-award-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/prix-de-lausanne-alessandra-ferri-to-receive-lifetime-achievement-award-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Prix de Lausanne: Alessandra Ferri to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alessandra Ferri to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award will be handed to Alessandra Ferri, the 1980 Prix de Lausanne Prize Winner and the future Director of the Wiener Staatsballett. The Prix de Lausanne is honoured to welcome Alessandra Ferri for its 2024 edition. Ferri, a laureate of the Prix de Lausanne in 1980, has had a distinguished career with the most prestigious choreographers and companies worldwide. Her exceptional talent and dedication to dance have rightfully earned her the esteemed title of \u201cprima ballerina assoluta\u201d. In recognition of her illustrious career, the Prix de Lausanne is thrilled to confer upon her the Lifetime Achievement Award 2024.<\/p>\n

New Additions to the Artistic Team<\/strong><\/p>\n

This year, the Prix de Lausanne is excited to introduce three new teachers to its artistic team. Yoel Carre\u00f1o, a former Principal Dancer with the Cuban National Ballet and the Norwegian National Ballet, and currently a Professor at the Oslo National School of the Arts, will lead the warm-up classes. Two additional teachers, Jorge Garc\u00eda P\u00e9rez (coaching variations by Cathy Marston) and Zenaida Yanowsky (coaching variations by Christopher Wheeldon), will guide the contemporary variations chosen by the candidates. Yanowsky, a jury member for the Prix de Lausanne 2020, also serves on the board of the Fondation en faveur de l\u2019Art Chor\u00e9graphique, the organizing body of the Prix de Lausanne.<\/p>\n

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Alessandra Ferri \u00a9 Andrej Uspenski<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alessandra Ferri: A Lifetime of Ballet<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hailed by the New York Times as \u201cone of the greatest dramatic dancers of all time\u201d, Alessandra Ferri was born in Milan in 1963. Her initial training took place at the Teatro alla Scala, followed by the Royal Ballet School. Representing the school, she participated in the Prix de Lausanne in 1980 and emerged as a Prize Winner. At the tender age of 19, she joined the Royal Ballet as a Principal Dancer.<\/p>\n

From the outset of her career, Alessandra was given the opportunity to perform the most significant roles in the ballet repertoire. Her expressive performances quickly gained international recognition. She collaborated with numerous iconic figures in the world of ballet, including Sir Kenneth MacMillan, who choreographed new ballets for her, and Mikhail Baryshnikov, who invited her to join the American Ballet Theater as a principal dancer when she was just 22. She shared the stage with illustrious dance partners such as Wayne Eagling, David Wall, Anthony Dowell, Rudolf Nureyev, and Julio Bocca. In 1989, she embarked on a long artistic collaboration with Roland Petit, performing in his ballets worldwide.<\/p>\n

In 1992, Alessandra Ferri became a permanent guest artist at Teatro alla Scala. The renowned Milanese theatre bestowed upon her the title of Prima Ballerina Assoluta, a historic title first created by Marius Petipa in 1894. Between 2008 and 2014, she directed the dance section of the Spoleto Festival. More recently, Wayne McGregor created the role of Virginia Woolf for her in Woolf Works, and Martha Clarke created the role of Lea in Cheri. She has also deepened her long-standing collaboration with John Neumeier, who created Duse for her in 2016. She has produced and performed in her own productions, notably Maurice Be\u0301jart\u2019s L\u2019Heure Exquise, in which she portrays the Beckettian heroine Winnie.<\/p>\n

In recent years, Alessandra has passionately dedicated herself to coaching Principal dancers. In 2023, she was appointed as the future director of the Vienna State Ballet. Alessandra is a two-time winner of the Laurence Olivier Awards and the Prix Benois de la Danse. In 2006, she was honoured with the title of Cavaliere della Repubblica Italiana by the President of the Italian Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.<\/p>\n

Further Informations about Prix de Lausanne 2024 HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

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Alessandra Ferri bekommt den Lifetime Achievement Award des Prix de Lausanne 2024 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Die weltber\u00fchmte Ballerina Alessandra Ferri, Preistr\u00e4gerin des Prix de Lausanne 1980 und zuk\u00fcnftige Direktorin des Wiener Staatsballetts, wird mit dem Lifetime Achievement Award des Prix des Lausanne 2024 ausgezeichnet. Sie hatte ihre Karriere mit einem Stipendium des Prix de Lausanne im Jahr 1980 begonnen.<\/p>\n

Ferri wurde 1963 in Mailand geboren und wird heute von der New York Times als \u201eeine der gr\u00f6\u00dften dramatischen T\u00e4nzerinnen aller Zeiten\u201c beschrieben. Ihre Ausbildung absolvierte sie zun\u00e4chst am Teatro alla Scala und anschlie\u00dfend an der Royal Ballet School. Anschlie\u00dfend trat sie dem Royal Ballet bei und wurde dort bereits mit 19 Jahren Solot\u00e4nzerin. Gleich von Beginn ihrer Karriere an wurden Ferri die Hauptrollen des Ballettrepertoires anvertraut, die sie mit gro\u00dfer Ausdruckskraft interpretierte. Sie arbeitete mit vielen gro\u00dfen Pers\u00f6nlichkeiten der Ballettwelt zusammen, darunter Sir Kenneth MacMillan, der neue Werke f\u00fcr sie kreierte, oder Mikhail Baryshnikov, der ihr im Alter von 22 Jahren die Chance bot, als Solot\u00e4nzerin am American Ballet Theatre zu arbeiten. Zu ihren Tanzpartnern geh\u00f6rten neben Baryshnikov auch Wayne Eagling, David Wall, Anthony Dowell, Rudolf Nureyev oder Julio Bocca. 1989 begann Ferri auch eine lange k\u00fcnstlerische Zusammenarbeit mit Roland Petit und tanzte in seinen Balletten auf der ganzen Welt. 1992 wurde sie st\u00e4ndige Gastk\u00fcnstlerin am Teatro alla Scala. Das ber\u00fchmte Mail\u00e4nder Theater verlieh ihr den historischen Titel Primaballerina Assoluta, der 1894 von Marius Petipa geschaffen wurde.<\/p>\n

Von 2008 bis 2014 leitete Alessandra die Tanzabteilung des Spoleto Festivals. Nach l\u00e4ngerer Pause steht sie seit wenigen Jahren wieder auf der B\u00fchne, erst vor Kurzem schuf Wayne McGregor f\u00fcr sie die Rolle der Virginia Woolf in \u201eWoolf Works\u201c und Martha Clarke die Rolle der Lea in \u201eCheri\u201c. Sie hat auch ihre langj\u00e4hrige Zusammenarbeit mit John Neumeier intensiviert, der 2016 \u201eDuse\u201c f\u00fcr sie kreierte. Ferri produziert und tanzt auch eigenen Produktionen, etwa Maurice B\u00e9jarts \u201eL\u2019Heure Exquise\u201c, wo sie die Beckett-Heldin Winnie spielt. In den letzten Jahren widmete sich Ferri auch mit gro\u00dfer Hingabe dem Coaching von Solot\u00e4nzern. Im Jahr 2023 wurde sie zur n\u00e4chsten Direktorin des Wiener Staatsballetts ernannt, sie wird die Kompanie im Sommer 2025 \u00fcbernehmen. Ferri gewann u.a. zwei Olivier Awards in London und den Prix Benois de la Danse. 2006 wurde sie vom Pr\u00e4sidenten der Italienischen Republik, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, mit dem Titel Cavaliere della Repubblica Italiana geehrt.<\/p>\n

Der Prix de Lausanne gab ebenfalls bekannt, dass man dieses Jahr drei neue Lehrer im k\u00fcnstlerischen Team begr\u00fc\u00dfen werde. Die Warm-up Classes werden von Yoel Carre\u00f1o geleitet, ehemaliger Solot\u00e4nzer des Kubanischen Nationalballetts und des Norwegischen Nationalballetts sowie Professor an der Oslo National School of the Arts. Zwei neue Lehrer werden die zeitgen\u00f6ssischen Variationen aus dem von den Kandidaten gew\u00e4hlten Repertoire unterrichten: Jorge Garc\u00eda P\u00e9rez die Variationen von Cathy Marston und Zenaida Yanowsky die Variationen von Christopher Wheeldon.<\/p>\n

Die diesj\u00e4hrige Jury besteht aus Darcey Bussell (Vorsitzende), Federico Bonelli, Edson Barbosa, Sarah-Jane Brodbeck, Tracy Inman, Sue Jin Kang, Rainer Krenstetter, Aki Saito und Yohan Stegli.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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