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[Photo Album] Polina Semionova and Brandon Lawrence in Swan Lake

7 March 2023 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

06 - Swan Lake, Birmingham Royal Ballet with Polina Semionova and Brandon Lawrence, photo by Tyrone Singleton

Guest ballerina Polina Semionova danced in Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake with the company's principal dancer Brandon Lawrence on Friday 17 and Saturday 18 February 2023. Jonathan Gray went to … [Read more...] about [Photo Album] Polina Semionova and Brandon Lawrence in Swan Lake

[Photo Album] London’s Ballet Icons Gala 2023

21 February 2023 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko in Carmen, photo by Nicholas MacKay MACKAY PRODUCTIONS

Below is a selection of photos of the star-studded cast of Ballet Icons 2023, with Dasa Wharton's informal photos of the press call, without makeup, sometimes without costumes, and some informal … [Read more...] about [Photo Album] London’s Ballet Icons Gala 2023

Ed Watson: A Different Dance – a lavish new book on the Royal Ballet dancer

2 February 2023 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Edward Watson photo by Kosmas Pavlos

Ed Watson was a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet for over 20 years until his retirement last year. Each illustrated essay of this new, glossy volume focuses on a distinct aspect of his … [Read more...] about Ed Watson: A Different Dance – a lavish new book on the Royal Ballet dancer

[Photo album] Sneak peek at tonight’s return of Nureyev’s Nutcracker in Milan

17 December 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

39 - Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala

Tonight, La Scala Ballet’s season kicks off with the return of Rudolf Nureyev’s Nutcracker, last performed in the theatre in 2006. The following photo album was of tonight’s opening cast at a … [Read more...] about [Photo album] Sneak peek at tonight’s return of Nureyev’s Nutcracker in Milan

Attimo, sei bello! in Rome – a photographic exhibition celebrating the beauty of dance

12 December 2022 by Gramilano 1 Comment

LES ETOILES 2022 Vadim Muntagirov with Fumi Kaneko as the white swan, photo by Graham Spicer

“Fragments of eternity that tell of beauty, strength, even pain. Shots snatched from the fluid and passionate movement of dance and framed to become 'forever'.” So runs the blurb of the … [Read more...] about Attimo, sei bello! in Rome – a photographic exhibition celebrating the beauty of dance

[Photo Album] Onegin at La Scala with Roberto Bolle and Marianela Nuñez

14 September 2022 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Onegin in rehearsal - Martina Arduino e Timofej Andrijashenko , photo by Brescia e Amisano (c) Teatro alla Scala (3)

Onegin returns to La Scala this evening, Wednesday 14 September, with Roberto Bolle in the title role, Marianela Nuñez as Tatiana, Nicola Del Freo as Lensky, Martina Arduino as Olga and Gabriele … [Read more...] about [Photo Album] Onegin at La Scala with Roberto Bolle and Marianela Nuñez

[Photo album] Giselle – La Scala with Nicoletta Manni, Timofej Andrijashenko, Jacopo Tissi

14 July 2022 by Gramilano 2 Comments

02 - Giselle - Nicoletta Manni and Jacopo Tissi, photo Brescia and Amisano © Teatro alla Scala 2022

La Scala brought Giselle - its calling-card ballet - back to Milan (after a recent tour to Bologna) with an excellent cast featuring Nicoletta Manni as Giselle and Timofej Andrijashenko as Albrecht. … [Read more...] about [Photo album] Giselle – La Scala with Nicoletta Manni, Timofej Andrijashenko, Jacopo Tissi

[Photo Album] Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man at the Royal Albert Hall

3 July 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Matthew Bourne's The Car Man, photo by Dasa Wharton - 22

Matthew Bourne’s revisited version of his The Car Man, first seen in 2000, has just completed 14 performances at the Royal Albert Hall – a new staging for the Royal Albert Hall’s 150th … [Read more...] about [Photo Album] Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man at the Royal Albert Hall

[Photo Album] Wayne McGregor new work at La Scala: AfteRite + LORE

25 June 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

09 - LORE - Agnese Di Clemente, Timofej Andrijahenko Claudio Coviello, photo Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

Yesterday, 24 June 2022, was the world premiere of a Wayne McGregor work entitled LORE (to the music of Igor Stravinsky's Les Noces), arriving as a 'sequel' to his work AfteRite (to Stravinsky's Le … [Read more...] about [Photo Album] Wayne McGregor new work at La Scala: AfteRite + LORE

First look: Photo album of Ballet’s Like Water For Chocolate

2 June 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

14 - Like Water For Chocolate with Francesca Hayward Marcelino Sambe, photo Tristram Kenton

The curtain has just come down on opening night of Christopher Wheeldon's new work for The Royal Ballet. Below is a gallery of photos from yesterday's dress rehearsal (1 June 2022). A modern … [Read more...] about First look: Photo album of Ballet’s Like Water For Chocolate

[Photo Album] First look at the ballet Sylvia at La Scala

11 May 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

09 - Sylvia - choreography by Manuel Legris - photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala 2022 - Martina Arduino

The first encounter between La Scala’s ballet company and Manuel Legris, who would a year later become the company’s director, was when his production of the ballet Sylvia inaugurated the 2019-2020 … [Read more...] about [Photo Album] First look at the ballet Sylvia at La Scala

[Photo Album] Le Corsaire in Rome with Nuñez, Muntagirov, Tissi and Makhateli

10 May 2022 by Gramilano 1 Comment

13 - Le Corsaire, Marianela Nuñez (Medora), Vadim Muntagirov (Conrad), photo by Fabrizio Sansoni, Opera Roma 2022

Tonight, Tuesday 10 May, until 15 May, the curtain of the Teatro Costanzi in Rome rises on Le Corsaire, a version that José Carlos Martínez created for the Rome Opera Ballet in 2020 but which had its … [Read more...] about [Photo Album] Le Corsaire in Rome with Nuñez, Muntagirov, Tissi and Makhateli

[Photo Album] First photos of The Royal Ballet’s Ashton Triple Bill

23 April 2022 by Gramilano 2 Comments

Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov in Scenes de ballet photo by Helen Maybanks ROH

Tonight, Saturday 23 April, The Royal Opera House curtain goes up on a triple bill of ballets by Frederick Ashton: Scènes de ballet, A Month in the Country, and Rhapsody. Frederick Ashton, The … [Read more...] about [Photo Album] First photos of The Royal Ballet’s Ashton Triple Bill

[Photo Album] 100% Cuban with Acosta Danza

20 March 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

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The Acosta Danza company, directed by Carlos Acosta, though he no longer dances in the productions, has just made its debut in Pais with the show 100% Cuban at the National Theater of Chaillot. The … [Read more...] about [Photo Album] 100% Cuban with Acosta Danza

[Photo Album] First peek at Balanchine’s Jewels which opens tonight at La Scala

11 March 2022 by Gramilano 1 Comment

16 - Emeralds by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust photo Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala - Alice Mariani Marco Agostino

After eight years, George Balanchine’s Jewels returns to La Scala and runs from 11 to 24 March 2022. Balanchine was inspired by the artistry of jewellery designer Claude Arpels and chose music … [Read more...] about [Photo Album] First peek at Balanchine’s Jewels which opens tonight at La Scala

[Photo Album] Prix de Lausanne finalists 2022

5 February 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Prix de Lausanne 2022, photo by Gregory Batardon

The finalists of the Prix de Lausanne 2022 can be seen live today, Saturday 5 February 2022 at 14.30 CET, competing for the seven scholarships where they can choose among the most prominent ballet … [Read more...] about [Photo Album] Prix de Lausanne finalists 2022

[Photo Album] Scottish Ballet Nutcracker resumes performances

20 January 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

04 - Principal Evan Loudon as The Nutcracker Prince and Soloist Grace Horler as The Snow Queen in Peter Darrell's The Nutcracker. Credit Andy Ross

Following the Scottish Government announcement that there will be no further extension to current event restrictions due to Covid-19, Scottish Ballet has announced that it will complete its tour of … [Read more...] about [Photo Album] Scottish Ballet Nutcracker resumes performances

[Photo Album] I Capuleti e i Montecchi at La Scala with Oropesa and Crebassa

17 January 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

19 - I Capuleti and i Montecchi - Crebassa and Oropesa, photo by Brescia and Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

It seems that no production arrives before the public these days without a slight Covid hitch. I Capuleti e i Montecchi at La Scala saw the conductor Evelino Pidò withdraw during rehearsals "for … [Read more...] about [Photo Album] I Capuleti e i Montecchi at La Scala with Oropesa and Crebassa

[Photo Album] First peek at Marianela Nuñez and Federico Bonelli in Romeo and Juliet

10 January 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Federico Bonelli as Romeo and Marianela Nuñez as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet ©2021 ROH. Photograph by Andrej Uspenski

The curtain has just come down on the opening night of Romeo and Juliet at the Royal Opera House. Here's a first look at Marianela Nuñez as Juliet and Federico Bonelli as Romeo in tonight's … [Read more...] about [Photo Album] First peek at Marianela Nuñez and Federico Bonelli in Romeo and Juliet

[Photo album] First look at La Scala’s new Bayadère

19 December 2021 by Gramilano 6 Comments

34 - La bayadère - Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko and corps de ballet, photo by Brescia and Amisano © Teatro alla Scala

After Covid infections forced the premiere and subsequent performances to be cancelled, Monday 21 December will finally see the opening night of La Scala's new production of Rudolf Nureyev's La … [Read more...] about [Photo album] First look at La Scala’s new Bayadère

[Photo Album] Yasmine Naghdi and Matthew Ball in rehearsal

15 December 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

04 - Yasmine Naghdi and Matthew Ball rehearse Giselle for The Royal Ballet - November 2021 © Dasa Wharton

Matthew Ball’s playful then devastated Albrecht rose to every challenge that the role threw at him and Yasmine Naghdi’s Giselle matched superb technique with a tender warmth. - Sarah Crompton for The … [Read more...] about [Photo Album] Yasmine Naghdi and Matthew Ball in rehearsal

[Photo Album] Madina – Bigonzetti’s new ballet at La Scala

2 October 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Madina - 19 - Gabriele Corrado and the corps de ballet, photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

La Scala presents the world premiere of Fabio Vacchi's Madina with choreography by Mauro Bigonzetti based on a libretto by Emmanuelle de Villepin, inspired by her novel La ragazza che non voleva … [Read more...] about [Photo Album] Madina – Bigonzetti’s new ballet at La Scala

Photo Album: The Royal Ballet, 21st Century Choreographers

18 May 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Stanisław Węgrzyn and Natalia Osipova in the new work by Kyle Abraham, The Royal Ballet ©2021 ROH. Photograph by Bill Cooper

Opening tonight at The Royal Opera House is 21st Century Choreographers, The Royal Ballet's first programme in front of a theatre audience since the latest lockdown began last year, which cancelled … [Read more...] about Photo Album: The Royal Ballet, 21st Century Choreographers

Jonas Kaufmann: A Picture Journey – a glorious new book celebrates the tenor’s 50th birthday in photos

3 December 2019 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Werther ONP 2010 Decca © Christine Cerletti, aus Jonas Kaufmann, Eine Bilderreise, VfmK, ISBN 9783903269750

Jonas Kaufmann was 50 on 10 July this year. To celebrate, the esteemed Vienna-based publishing house Verlag für moderne Kunst has produced – in collaboration with Kaufmann – a glorious picture book … [Read more...] about Jonas Kaufmann: A Picture Journey – a glorious new book celebrates the tenor’s 50th birthday in photos

Marianela Nuñez on working with celebrity photographer Paola Kudacki for Humanity magazine

25 November 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Marianela Nunez shot for Humanity magazine, photographed and guest edited by Paola Kudacki 08

The photoshoot for Citizens of Humanity was a brilliant experience. says Royal Ballet principal dancer Marianela Nuñez who is featured in the 13th issue of the denim label’s magazine, Humanity. It is … [Read more...] about Marianela Nuñez on working with celebrity photographer Paola Kudacki for Humanity magazine

A mesmerising new ballet art film – ‘missed nuance’ – captures movement like never before

15 October 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Missed Nuance featuring Jake Mangakahia of The Australian Ballet

After Niv Novak’s slow-motion dance project ‘extension’ in 2017, comes ‘missed nuance’, a similar project with a different look. Dancers from international ballet companies wore designer garments to … [Read more...] about A mesmerising new ballet art film – ‘missed nuance’ – captures movement like never before

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

17 September 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

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

Ken Browar and Deborah Ory – the husband-and-wife team behind the NYCDance Project ­– have their second dance photography book coming out next week: The Style of Movement: Fashion and Dance. Their … [Read more...] about The Style of Movement: Fashion and Dance – dance photography from NYC Dance Project

Photo album: Gala Les Étoiles at Ravenna Festival with international ballet stars

26 July 2019 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Diamonds (from Balanchine's Jewels) with Alena Kovaleva and Jacopo Tissi © Graham Spicer, Daniele Cipriani Entertainment 6

Dorothée Gilbert and Hugo Marchand (Paris Opera Ballet), Jacopo Tissi and Alena Kovaleva (Bolshoi Ballet), Bakhtiyar Adamzhan (Astana Opera, Kazakhstan), Tatiana Melnik (Hungarian National Ballet), … [Read more...] about Photo album: Gala Les Étoiles at Ravenna Festival with international ballet stars

Nike wins Michael Jordan grand jeté case

11 June 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

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In 1984, Jacobus Rentmeester, then a student, photographed basketball star Michael Jordan for Life magazine. The photo was part of a photo essay featuring American athletes who would soon be competing … [Read more...] about Nike wins Michael Jordan grand jeté case

Rick Guest on his extraordinary photos of The Royal Ballet’s Edward Watson

5 January 2019 by Gramilano 1 Comment

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In Conversation: Edward Watson and Rick Guest is an opportunity to see dancer and photographer talking about their collaboration which has led to an extraordinary portfolio of portraits. Striking in … [Read more...] about Rick Guest on his extraordinary photos of The Royal Ballet’s Edward Watson

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