75 year-old Carla Fracci, receives Milan’s Carlo Porta Award
A youthful Carla Fracci, at 75, receives Milan‘s prestigious Carlo Porta Award yesterday at Teatro Manzoni.
A youthful Carla Fracci, at 75, receives Milan‘s prestigious Carlo Porta Award yesterday at Teatro Manzoni.
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.
Jonathan Gray sees Gary Clarke Company’s Detention reminding its audience that the freedoms we enjoy today shouldn’t be taken for granted.
The 69th record-breaking edition of the Spoleto Festival, the first under the leadership of the new Artistic Director Daniele Cipriani, draws to a close this evening.
Georgina Butler sees The Royal Ballet School Summer Performance 2025 celebrating tradition, innovation and passion and danced by remarkable students.
Graham Watts sees a triple bill from the Paul Taylor Dance Company, including one of the best pieces of pure modern dance of the last half-century.
Lucía Piquero Álvarez sees the Royal Ballet in McGregor’s Maddaddam – “it fails to achieve the emotionally charged embodied power of some of his other work”.
Joe Powell-Main, the freelance dancer and choreographer “on wheels and crutches”, has begun a ‘GOFUNDME’ project to support his new company, JPM Productions.