At 61, ballerina Alessandra Ferri is giving her pointe shoes one last โ maybe? โ glorious whirl
When Alessandra Ferri, one of the world's most celebrated dramatic ballerinas, takes the stage Friday at the Metropolitan Opera House to channel Virginia Woolf, logic dictates it will be her last dance appearance.
Twyla Tharp, nearing 80, isn't slowing down. Next question?
NEW YORK โ The new PBS documentary on dancer-choreographer Twyla Tharp is called โTwyla Moves.โ In retrospect, that sounds a bit weak. AdGiven all that, it would seem obvious that something like a global pandemic wouldn't force Tharp off course, or keep her on the sofa binge-watching Netflix. Tharp explains it simply: "Part of the adventure for me has always been a physical challenge." In one old clip, TV host Dick Cavett asks Tharp what she does to relax after a long period of work. Tharp didnโt want the film, directed by Steven Cantor and part of the American Masters series, to feel like a biography.