At the Musée Bourdelle until 14 March is an exhibition devoted to Isadora Duncan.
Duncan was the muse for many artists, including Antoine Bourdelle (1861–1929) who used her as inspiration for his renowned decorative series of friezes executed for the exterior of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (1913). More than 300 drawings and sculpures are on view.
Graham Spicer, aka ‘Gramilano’, is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. His articles have appeared in various publications from Woman’s Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the Danza in Italia column for Dancing Times magazine. Graham was the historical advisor on Codice Carla, the 2023 documentary on Italian ballerina Carla Fracci.
Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in many books, theatre programmes, and magazines, including Dancing Times, Dance Spirit and Ballet2000, as well as all the major Italian newspapers.
He is a member of the Dance Section of The Critics’ Circle.
Jonathan Gray is “disappointed” by English National Ballet’s new Nutcracker but finds “elegance and refinement” in Precious Adams as the Sugar Plum Fairy.
Today – 20 August 2026 – would have been Carla Fracci’s 90th birthday. To mark the occasion, we look back at one of the most audacious projects of her career.