Pan’s People choreographer Flick Colby dies at 65
Flick Colby, a dancer and choreographer who helped make Top of the Pops troupe Pan’s People a national institution, has died at the age of 65. Colby co-founded the group, who, in the days before music videos, accompanied hits on the weekly TV show when artists could not perform. They first appeared in 1968 and spent eight years as the resident dancers.
Colby died of bronchial pneumonia at her home in Clinton, New York, on Thursday.
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 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.
