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Vienna has blank-sheet ballet chief

Vienna has blank-sheet ballet chief

The Italian ballerina Alessandra Ferri starts work today as director of the Vienna State Ballet, taking responsibility for ballet to both the Staatsoper and Volksoper, and at the Ballet Academy.

Ferri, 62, has starred as prima ballerina at American Ballet Theatre, Covent Garden and La Scala, Milan. She has no prior involvement with the dance world in Vienna.

image: Vienna State Ballet

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