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Donatella Bertozzi

Review: Rome Opera Ballet’s magical performance of La Bayadère

10 February 2026 by Donatella Bertozzi Leave a Comment

La Bayadère - Sae Eun Park (Nikiya), Paul Marque (Solor), photo Fabrizio Sansoni-Opera di Roma 2026 (2)

Donatella Bertozzi sees La Bayadère in Rome and has a 'magical, priceless evening' with Paris Opera Ballet's Sae Eu Park and Paul Marque. TitleLa BayadèreCompanyRome Opera Ballet VenueTeatro … [Read more...] about Review: Rome Opera Ballet’s magical performance of La Bayadère

Review: West Side Story at the Caracalla Baths in Rome – thoroughly enjoyable, but where was Robbins?

9 July 2025 by Donatella Bertozzi Leave a Comment

West Side Story - photo Fabrizio Sansoni, Opera di Roma, 2025

Donatella Bertozzi sees West Side Story in Rome with its strong and pervasive rhythmical sense of staging. TitleWest Side StoryCompanyTeatro dell'Opera, RomeVenueCaracalla Baths, RomeDate5 July … [Read more...] about Review: West Side Story at the Caracalla Baths in Rome – thoroughly enjoyable, but where was Robbins?

Review: Las Estrellas in Rome, with “some of the most brilliant dance and music talents of Spain”

26 January 2025 by Donatella Bertozzi 2 Comments

Manuela Carrasco 2, photo by Damiano Mongelli

Donatella Bertozzi sees the Las Estrellas gala in Rome featuring a dizzying array of flamenco talent. TitleLas EstrellasCompanyDaniele Cipriani EntertainmentVenueAuditorium Parco della Musica Ennio … [Read more...] about Review: Las Estrellas in Rome, with “some of the most brilliant dance and music talents of Spain”

Review: The Nutcracker with Rome Opera Ballet showing choreographer Paul Chalmer’s “wisdom, passion and finesse”

23 December 2024 by Donatella Bertozzi 1 Comment

The Nutcracker - photo by Fabrizio Sansoni, Opera di Roma (3)

Donatella Bertozzi sees The Nutcracker in Rome and finds in Paul Chalmer “a strong narrator and an expert dance maker”. TitleThe NutcrackerCompanyRome Opera Ballet VenueTeatro dell'Opera, RomeDate15 … [Read more...] about Review: The Nutcracker with Rome Opera Ballet showing choreographer Paul Chalmer’s “wisdom, passion and finesse”

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Gramilano newsletter 2019

INTERVIEWS

17th WBF Programme B - 12 Le Parc - Ferri & Bolle, photo Kiyonori Hasegawa

Interview: Roberto Bolle on turning 50 – I want to bring all those years to the stage

Roberto Bolle, photo by Bruce Weber 2008 crop

Dancing Words – Roberto Bolle talks about his new book

Bella Ratchinskaia

Bella Ratchinskaia and Manuel Legris talk about the abuse allegations at Vienna State Opera’s Ballet Academy

Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov in cover art for the Romanza album

Interview with Anna Netrebko on her son, his autism and his abandonment by his father Erwin Schrott

Davide Dato rehearses Uwe Scholz's Rite of Spring with Giovanni di Palma © Gabriele Schacherl (5)

Davide Dato stars in the Italian premiere of Uwe Scholz’s The Rite of Spring

Martha Graham Dance Company Costumes by Martha Graham for Night Journey © Ken Browar and Deborah Ory

The Style of Movement: Fashion and Dance – dance photography from NYC Dance Project

Davide Dato as Lensky © Wiener Staatsballett

Meeting Davide Dato, the Italian ballet star who’s finally hitting the headlines in his homeland

Francesco Gabriele Frola. Photo By Karolina Kuras, 2016 01

Meet Francesco Gabriele Frola — National Ballet of Canada and English National Ballet’s new Principal Dancer

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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 Carla Fracci.

Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in 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.

Since 2022, Gramilano has been pleased to welcome guest authors: Paul Arrowsmith, Donatella Bertozzi, Georgina Butler, Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel, Jonathan Gray, Marina Harss, Ann Haskins, Lily Hyde, Marta Mele, Matthew Paluch, Jann Parry, Lucía Piquero, Graham Watts, Deborah Weiss, and Lydia Wharf.

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