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Keenan Kampa of Boston Ballet to join Mariinsky

ByGramilano 20 January 201222 April 2013 Reading Time: 1 minute

One of Boston Ballet‘s dancers Keenan Kampa will join Mariinsky Ballet over the next few months, US media say.

An official announcement to this effect will be made at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, which has become a venue for current performances by Mariinsky‘s lead dancers.

Keenan Kampa, 22, is the first US dancer who graduated from the Vaganova Ballet Academy in St Petersburg.

She was officially invited to join Mariinsky Ballet during her Russia tour last summer.

via Voice of Russia

Photo © Gene Schiavone

Gramilano

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.