Alessandra Ferri: 'Dancing with Nureyev​,​ I swear he had an energetic aura around him'
The principal ballerina on portraying Virginia Woolf, why she's so enthusiastic about ageing, and what she learned from the greats Born in Milan in 1963, Alessandra Ferri was a principal with the Royal Ballet at 19, and two years later was invited by Mikhail Baryshnikov to join American Ballet Theatre. After a glittering career, she retired in 2007 before returning in 2013. She is now in the rare position of being a …