Taking a very short pause from her collaboration with Russell Maliphant this year, Syvlie Guillem will be returning to the repertory and dance three performances of Manon at La Scala.
The ballet, which last time out in Milan saw her taken to hospital after a miscalculation brought her down on her chin during the final pas de deux with Massimo Murru, has always been a favourite with the Milanese public. Now fans are curious to see how she copes with the fiendish lifts and pointe-work.
Gramilano will tell you all about it after the 27th!
Graham Spicer is a writer, director and photographer in Milan, blogging (under the name ‘Gramilano’) about dance, opera, music and photography for people “who are a bit like me and like some of the things I like”. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy.
His scribblings have appeared in various publications from Woman’s Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the ‘Danza in Italia’ column for Dancing Times magazine.
