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Promotions at La Scala Ballet announced with Alice Mariani as new Principal Dancer

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Emeralds by George Balanchine - Alice Mariani with Marco Agostino

The International Competition organised by Teatro alla Scala for awarding the posts of prima ballerina, soloists, and corps de ballet has been announced.

Happily, as I predicted in the current issue of magazine, the exciting and expressive dancer has been promoted to principal dancer (prima ballerina).

Principal dancer

Alice Mariani

Soloists

Gaia Andreanò

Camilla Cerulli

Corps de ballet

Benedetta Montefiore, Giorgia Sacher, Sena Motoyoshi, Chiara Ferrara, Sabrina Solcia, Edward Cooper

THE VERTIGINOUS... Gaia Andreanò, Nicola Del Freo, photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala
THE VERTIGINOUS… Gaia Andreanò, Nicola Del Freo, photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala
GALA FRACCI - Excelsior - Camilla Cerulli Mattia Semperboni - photo by Brescia e Amisano © Teatro alla Scala
GALA FRACCI – Excelsior – Camilla Cerulli Mattia Semperboni – photo by Brescia e Amisano © Teatro alla Scala
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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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