POPULAR DANCE POSTS
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Mara Galeazzi on Ferri, The Royal Ballet, Woolf Works and retiring
The Royal Ballet‘s new few-length ballet, Woolf Works, brings two Italian ex-Royal Ballet dancers back to Covent Garden. Alessandra Ferri, who returned to dancing…
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Marcia Haydée answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start dancing? When I was three years-old. Why did you start dancing? I was born to dance! Which dancer inspired…
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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…
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Xander Parish answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start dancing? I started dancing when I was 8 years old. Why did you start dancing? After seeing my younger…
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En Avant with quality, integrity, musicality and artistic meaning in classical ballet
En Avant is a “New Non-Profit Foundation for Specialised Ballet Coaching, Mentoring and the Awarding of Scholarships”. The Foundation is new, but what is it…
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La Scala’s enthralling Contemporary Evening is a triumph
Contemporary Evening was very good indeed, with seven works: a contemporary ‘classic’, some lesser-known pieces, and a new creation.
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Rothko in Rome: an interview with Carolyn Carlson
“It’s very difficult to tour now in Italy with its money problems,” Carolyn Carlson tells me, which makes producer Daniele Cipriani a brave man indeed: he…
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Sarah Lamb on débuting at La Scala in Manon with Claudio Coviello
As has already been reported, the on-off-on-off again tale of Natalia Osipova as Manon in Milan is now definitely “off” and she has been…
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The impeccable Bolshoi dancers in Maillot’s slick Taming of the Shrew at La Scala
Lots of empty seats were available for the Bolshoi Ballet at La Scala in The Taming of the Shrew. La Bayadère – great; Swan…