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The Bolshoi’s new principal dancer Jacopo Tissi returns to La Scala with Zakharova

ByGramilano Reading Time: 2 minutes
Jacopo Tissi In La Bayadére, Photo By Damir Yusupov, 2018
Jacopo Tissi In La Bayadére, Photo By Damir Yusupov, 2018

La Scala‘s new production of , which was moved from the holiday period to the end of January because of multiple Covid-19 infections among the dancers, has resulted in recasting because of the change of dates.

, who will now arrive in Milan only for a single performance, will now be dancing with the Bolshoi’s newest principal dancer, . Presumably because rehearsal time with her scheduled partner at will be tight and she is already dancing with Tissi in this period. On Sunday 23 January, the opens its 2022 cinema season with ‘s and Zakharova and Tissi will be dancing in Diamonds: www.BolshoiBalletInCinema.com.

Tissi – who trained at La Scala’s academy – first danced with Zakharova in ‘s in 2015 just before he left Milan for Moscow. He returned to La Scala with the Bolshoi company in 2018 to dance in Yuri Grigorovich’s version of La Bayadère when the Bolshoi was on tour.

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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.

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