Steven Melendez narrowly misses six New York Theatre Ballet ballerinas!
An amusing image from The New York Times photographer Andrea Mohin.
New York Theatre Ballet are performing the world première of Richard Alston’s “Rugged Flourish”. The six girls seem to be ducking to avoid being hit by 25 year-old principal dancer Steven Melendez.
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.
