American comedian and tv host, Stephen Colbert better brush up on his pliés, says the New York Times. On December 7, the Comedy Central pundit will play host to David Hallberg, the American dancer who announced earlier this week that he will join the Bolshoi Ballet — the first time an American has enlisted with the Russian company.
Hallberg, a principal dancer at The American Ballet Theatre is due to start at the Bolshoi on November 4. The Colbert Report has previously featured Mikhail Baryshnikov, but not to dance, which means that Hallberg will be the first ballet dancer to perform on the show.
Graham Spicer is a writer, director and photographer in Milan, blogging (under the name ‘Gramilano’) about dance, opera, music and photography for people “who are a bit like me and like some of the things I like”. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy.
His scribblings have appeared in various publications from Woman’s Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the ‘Danza in Italia’ column for Dancing Times magazine.
