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David Ashley and the secrets of a pantomime dame

David Ashley in Dick Whittington, Wyvern Theatre, Swindon I am a three-bun wig, brown-booted, very large, maternal bosom sort of a…

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Backstage at the Nutcracker with the English National Ballet

Dancers of English National Ballet as Snowflakes – photo by ASH My first ballet experience was going to see the Nutcracker…

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Sarah Lamb on débuting at La Scala in Manon with Claudio Coviello

Sarah Lamb in Manon – photo by Johan Persson, Royal Opera House As has already been reported, the on-off-on-off again tale…

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Nikolay Tsiskaridze's first two years at the helm of the Vaganova

Vaganova Academy staff congratulate Nikolai Tsiskaridze on his second anniversary as Director The 28th of October 2015 marked the end of…

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My Big Fat Italian Ballet Gala

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Polina Semionova and Roberto Bolle
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Svetlana Zakharova and Leonid Sarafanov
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Maria Eichwald and Mick Zeni
The Gala des Étoiles at La Scala made me feel as though I'd eaten all the icing on the cake: happy, but…
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Ratmansky's Sleeping Beauty in Milan casts its magic spell  

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The Royal Ballet's new star-crossed lovers: Yasmine Naghdi and Matthew Ball

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Matthew Ball – The Royal Ballet's prince in waiting?

It seems an exceptionally good moment for homegrown ballet talent in Britain. The Royal Ballet School alone is producing a remarkable number of excellent dancers,…
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Yasmine Naghdi – the birth of a ballerina

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Baryshnikov is extraordinary as Nijinsky in Letter to a Man

Aged fifty, Virginia Woolf wrote in her diary, I don't believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering one's aspect to the sun. This is…

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New York City Ballet 2023 Spring Season is announced

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Writer, director and photographer in Milan, blogging (under the name ‘Gramilano’) about dance, opera, music and photography for people who are a bit like me and like some of the things I like. I was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. My scribblings have appeared in various publications from Woman’s Weekly to Gay Times. I write the ‘Danza in Italia’ column for Dancing Times magazine.

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