The brain and dance: Rodolfo Llinas, professor of neuroscience at NYU School of Medicine, explains

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“You have only so many variables you can hold in your brain. If those variables are stage elements, one must be actively engaged with all of them to draw a rich experience from a show. If the music and dance are somehow synchronized and coherent, they become one entity. If the tempo of the music and speed of the dancing is not in register in any way, they don’t become one entity. You are forced to either look at the guy jumping or listen to the music.”

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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.