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The National, the Donmar and the Royal Court rake in the Laurence Olivier Award nominations – but Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies is up there too

ByGramilano 7 February 20118 February 2011

17 nominations for the National Theatre, 9 for the Royal Court and 9 for the Donmar is hardly a surprise, but Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s much criticised Phantom follow-up Love Never Dies has garnered an impressive 7 nominations. Andrew Lloyd Webber can hold his head up high – Love Never Dies, his sequel to Phantom of the…

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Beckhams’ son goes to ballet class

ByGramilano 2 February 201113 April 2013

Celebrity couple David and Victoria Beckham’s youngest son, Cruz, wants to be a ballet dancer. Five-year-old Cruz became inspired when he attended a class with his cousin. Though he is the only boy in the group, he has now started taking regular lessons and is said to be making “brilliant” progress. “Cruz absolutely loves ballet…

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The guile and pathos of Guillem’s Manon: Sylvie Guillem’s triumphant return to La Scala

ByGramilano 30 January 20112 February 2011

After concentrating on contemporary dance, and mostly new works, since leaving the Kitris and Odettes with which she made her name, Sylvie Guillem has made a surprise return to the full-length narrative ballet with one of her most celebrated roles. After having not worn pointe shoes for almost a year the decision was certainly something of a…

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Ballet Boyz: the next generation – meet The Talent

ByGramilano 26 January 201131 May 2014

It’s more than 10 years since Michael Nunn and William Trevitt sensationally left the Royal Ballet – and the Ballet Boyz, as the pair became known, are Boyz no more. Now in their early forties, Nunn and Trevitt are passing their experience on to the fledgling dancers who make up their cheekily named new troupe,…

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The Bolshoi’s golden couple Ivan Vasiliev and Natalia Osipova come out tops at the 11th Critics’ Circle Dance Awards

ByGramilano 25 January 201125 February 2013

The Bolshoi Ballet took the most prizes at the 11th Critics’ Circle Dance Awards held at Sadler’s Wells. The awards given out were: De Valois Award for Outstanding Achievement – Jann Parry, Alistair Spalding Outstanding Female Performance (Classical) – Martha Leebolt (Northern Ballet) Outstanding Male Performance (Modern) – Daniel Proietto, for work with Russell Maliphant company…

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Carla Fracci attends Rome’s first dance fair

ByGramilano 16 January 201116 January 2011

Roma in Danza finishes today after three days of lessons, conferences and performances with dance styles from hip-hop to ballet represented. The event mimics Milan dance fair, the last edition at the end of last year, drew record crowds. Yesterday afternoon in the Auditorium Massimo in the EUR zone, saw the arrival of Italy‘s legendary dancer…

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Sergei Polunin triumphs in Giselle at the Royal Opera House

ByGramilano 13 January 201120 February 2016

Judith Mackrell in The Guardian finds much to praise in 21-year-old Sergei Polunin‘s Albrecht: Physically, Polunin could not be more ideal for the role. With his wide poet’s forehead, slender build and black velvet gaze he’s not only the most handsome man Giselle has ever seen, he’s a pin-up boy for the whole idea of…

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Zenaida Yanowsky video on the difference between a white and black swan

ByGramilano 13 January 2011

A new BBC video interview with Zenaida Yanowsky tries to explain some of the differnces between Odette and Odile. Although rather comically repeating herself, Yanowsky shows off her wonderful white-swan arms. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12171253 Photo by Johan Persson

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Nureyev knows the value of a stage kiss – Romeo and Juliet at the English National Ballet

ByGramilano 7 January 201120 February 2016

The Guardian‘s Sanjoy Roy ioffers the most positive criticism of the English National Ballet‘s Romeo and Juliet: Rudolf Nureyev‘s version of Romeo and Juliet – restaged by English National Ballet, the company for which it was first created in 1977 – reads like a cross between Shakespeare and Roger Corman. It’s an odd mix, but an…

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Fifty years of the Royal Ballet

ByGramilano 4 January 201115 August 2012

The Proud Galleries in Chelsea launch its first ever exhibition dedicated to ballet with Fifty Years of the Royal Ballet, photographs by Colin Jones. Born in 1936 as the son of an East London printer, Colin Jones spent his youth struggling with dyslexia and illiteracy. He was evacuated three times during the Second World War,…

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American Ballet Theatre in London – now booking

ByGramilano 3 January 201130 September 2013

Recognised as one of America’s national treasures, few ballet companies equal American Ballet Theatre for its combination of size, scope, and sheer skill. The company’s vast repertoire takes in all of the great full-length ballets of the 19th century as well as modern classics and new commissions. At Sadler’s Wells the company presents two programmes…

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Alastair Macaulay completes his Nutcrackerthon

ByGramilano 3 January 2011

The ever-entertaining and perspicacious Alastair Macaulay in the New York Times has completed his Nutcrackerthon. What’s “The Nutcracker” really about? Within its tale of children, the magician godfather Drosselmeyer, snow and sweets, the most striking images are ones of metamorphosis. In a famous scene worthy of Lewis Carroll’s Alice books, the Christmas tree grows colossal, and the…

Anna Anni, costume designer for Orson Welles and Franco Zeffirelli, has died at 84

ByGramilano 2 January 2011

After designing costumes for two Orson Welles projects in 1953, Anna Anni worked for more than 50 years at the top. Maria Callas, Monserrat Caballè, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Carla Fracci, Rudolf Nureyev, Anna Magnani, Valentina Cortese e Fanny Ardant all wore her costumes. A designer obsessed with detail, and one of the first to rediscover techniques for creating…

dance | design | museums

Last week to catch the V&A’s glorious Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes exhibition

ByGramilano 1 January 2011

This is the last chance to catch the stunning collection of Ballet Russes material brought together by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Diaghilev’s dramatic performances transformed dance, reawakening interest in ballet across Europe and America. Celebrating the company’s key period of activity, this major exhibition reveals Diaghilev’s enduring influence on 20th-century art, design…

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Swan Lake crash-lands at La Scala

ByGramilano 19 December 2010

Unfortunately no swans actually crashed on stage, which might have livened things up a little – only expectations came crashing down. Daniel Barenboim brought little magic to the pit and, moreover, watched the orchestra more than the stage – it gave the four (excellent) cygnets quite a turn when he accelerated during the danse des petits…

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Nureyev’s Swan Lake returns to La Scala after 10 years: Leonid Sarafanov and Alina Somova talk about the choreography

ByGramilano 18 December 20108 February 2025

The ballet season 2010-2011 at La Scala in Milan has opened with ‘Swan Lake‘. The company has returned to the Rudolf Nureyev version which it abbandoned ten years ago in favour of that by Vladimir Burmeister. This version has never been greatly appreciated by the Milanese, partly due to the odd designs by Roberta Guidi…

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The Royal Ballet School – Ninette de Valois: Adventurous Traditionalist

ByGramilano 18 December 201026 February 2016

The Royal Ballet School is to host a Conference to mark the 10th Anniversary of the death of the Founder of The Royal Ballet School and Companies, Dame Ninette de Valois OM, CH, DBE (1898 – 2001). This significant and wide-reaching event will be held over the first weekend of April, 2011; opening at the…

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At the National Portrait Gallery, Ballet In Focus – a free exhibition

ByGramilano 15 December 2010

The richness and variety of dance on the British stage in the early decades of the twentieth century is often forgotten: overshadowed by Sergei Diaghilev‘s Ballets Russes, which made its first appearance in London in the summer of 1911. However, spectacular ballets and dance diverstissements, featuring classical and stage dancing, attracted large and enthusiastic audiences…

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Roland Petit’s “Charlot” – Chaplin Dances – is captured on film by Japanese director Masayuki Suo

ByGramilano 12 December 201012 December 2010

Japanese director Masayuki Suo, whose “Shall We Dance?” went boffo globally in 1997, tries out some new steps in hybrid docu/performance film “Dancing Chaplin,” spotlighting a ballet inspired by Charlie Chaplin‘s “Little Tramp” persona. Featuring Suo’s dancer-actress wife, Tamiyo Kusakari, and Italian ballet star Luigi Bonino. It will be premiered on the 28th January in…

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Robert Wilson’s video portrait of Roberto Bolle in “Perchance to Dream” at Center 548

ByGramilano 11 December 201012 December 2010

The end of November marked the start of a six-week program in New York that celebrates Italian design and culture. I Saloni Milano, or the Milan Furniture Fair — sponsored by Federlegno Arredo, an Italian federation of wood and cork furnishings manufacturers; Cosmit, the fair organizer; the Italian Trade Commission; and the Italian Ministry of…

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A thumbs down for the revival of Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella

ByGramilano 10 December 201020 February 2016

Created in 1997, Bourne’s Blitz Cinderella is being revived at Sadlers’ Wells. The critics had some doubts. Zoë Anderson in The Independent starts: Matthew Bourne can come across as a brilliant producer of his own weaker work. His Cinderella moves the fairytale into the London Blitz, a monochrome period world lit red by fire. The…

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Professional dancers weigh in on ‘Black Swan’

ByGramilano 9 December 20109 December 2010

The Los Angeles Times interviews Gillian Murphy and David Hallberg after having see the film Black Swan: Q: As professionals, is it difficult to watch ballet-themed movies that are aimed at general audiences? GM: Ballet movies in general have a lot of stereotypes, but I’ve enjoyed many of them. I would like to see a…

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Stars of the Bolshoi and Paris Opera dance in gala on 8th December in Moscow

ByGramilano 5 December 201027 February 2013

On 8 December 2010 the Year of France in Russia (and Russia in France) celebrations will be brought to an end by a big gala concert in which Paris Opera soloists will appear alongside members of the Bolshoi Ballet Company. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and French Prime Minister François Fillon are expected to attend the…

dance | music & opera

Carla Fracci gives her benediction at the re-opening of the Carlo Felice theatre in Genoa.

ByGramilano 4 December 2010

The great Italian ballet star Carla Fracci arrived at the opening of La Traviata at the Carlo Felice theatre in Genoa. Art and culture cannot die. We must do everything possible to help this theatre and the culture which nourishes mankind.” This Traviata marks the reopening of Genoa’s beautiful modern theatre after closures brought about…

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Can’t Dance – Bourgeois & Maurice at Sadler’s Wells Theatre for a Nutcracker alternative

ByGramilano 4 December 201030 September 2013

When everyone is dancing strictly or being a snowflake, neo-cabaret sensations Bourgeois and Maurice make their debut in the Lilian Baylis Studio with their brand new show Can’t Dance. Their follow-up to the Edinburgh Festival show Social Work has been received well: **** “Bourgeois & Maurice are 21st century cabaret stars like no other. Go now”…

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Ailey – Bennett – Donn – Joffrey – Nureyev – Gillis … … …

ByGramilano 1 December 2010

Some of the dance world’s losses, but the list is much, much longer: Alvin Ailey Michael Bennett Jorge Donn Robert Joffrey Rudolf Nureyev Christopher Gillis …

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BRB’s Cinderella under the BBC’s Christmas tree

ByGramilano 29 November 2010

Cinderella is the BBC’s ballet offering for Christmas. The new, much-acclaimed Bintley production for the Birmingham Royal Ballet will be shown on BBC 2: Performed by the Birmingham Royal Ballet in its 20th anniversary year, BBC Two broadcasts a new production of Cinderella – a dazzling visual experience choreographed by David Bintley. The production brings…

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José Manuel Carreño and Tamara Rojo in Carmina Burano in Mexico tonight with 250 performers onstage

ByGramilano 28 November 2010

American Ballet Theater star José Manuel Carreño and Royal Ballet principal Tamara Rojo, together with the Cuban Contemporary Dance Ensemble are gearing up to perform the monumental production of Carmina Burana in Mexico tonight. The show which won the Lunas del Auditorio 2008 and 2009 awards, will be held on November 28 in a unique…

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Carla Fracci and Antonio Pappano awarded the De Sica prize by Italy’s president

ByGramilano 27 November 201014 March 2024

Several important figures in Italian cultural life, including Monica Bellucci and Luca De Filippo, gathered in the Quirinale Palace in Rome, the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic, for the Vittorio De Sica award ceremony, a prize for the cinema and the arts. Carla Fracci was unique in receiving a standing ovation…

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“The world’s greatest ballet company performs the world’s greatest love story at the O2” says the producer

ByGramilano 26 November 201013 April 2013

Ok, maybe he’s going a bit over the top, but being that there are more than 20,000 seats to shift for each performance Raymond Gubbay needs to pull out all the stops. The Royal Ballet is thrilled to announce that it will dance a specially produced production of Romeo and Juliet at The O2 arena in…