L'Heure Exquise review " a Beckettian ballerina buried in pointe shoes
Royal Opera House, Linbury theatre, LondonMaurice Béjart's adaptation of Happy Days sees Alessandra Ferri up to her hips in ballet shoes in this sparse, dreamlike work Alessandra Ferri is drowning in a mountain of pointe shoes. A huge pile of pink satin almost fills the stage, and in the centre the 58-year-old ballerina, visible only from the waist up, is buried in the tools of her trade. Every shoe is a link to the…