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Osipova and Vasiliev shine in the live relay of Don Quixote from Moscow

ByGramilano 6 March 20117 March 2011 Reading Time: 1 minute

23 countries shared the experience of this broadcast in high-definition from the Bolshoi with 460 cinemas around the globe participating. Imagine the pressure that the dancers of this Don Quixote were under. How they rose to the occasion.

Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev added in more difficulties than we saw at the New Stage in Moscow last year (and maybe than in the performances at Covent Garden which I didn’t see). Same extraordinary lifts and fiery solo technique drew collective gasps from the audience. The applause in the Milanese cinema was enthusiastic. The emotions big, like the dancers on the screen before our eyes.

Photo: The cinema audience in Milan watching the big screen

Gramilano

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.