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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

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…
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Grand Pas Classique at English National Ballet, photo by Laurent Liotardo

Introducing 19-year-old Canadian dancer Shale Wagman: from Lausanne to ENB to the Mariinsky

Canadian dancer Shale Wagman turned 19 last May. Soon after he was guesting at the Mariinsky Theatre. What's more, it was his first time dancing…
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Johan Kobborg's Romeo and Juliet with Sergei Polunin and Alina Cojocaru, Verona 2019

Interview with Johan Kobborg and Alina Cojocaru on the eve of their new Romeo and Juliet

Johan Kobborg's Romeo and Juliet with Sergei Polunin and Alina Cojocaru, Verona 2019 Johan Kobborg asked David Umenoto to design the…

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Martina Arduino in Romeo and Juliet, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala

Martina Arduino answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers' Edition

Martina Arduino in Romeo and Juliet, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala Q&A in italiano When did you start dancing?…

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Romeo and Juliet with Sergei Polunin

Sergei Polunin on sex change, his new girlfriend, and manning up

In an interview, before several appearances in the Italian peninsula over the next two months, Sergei Polunin said, I deeply believe in love. It's a…

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Bella Ratchinskaia

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

Bella Ratchinskaia Accusations of abuse at Vienna State Opera's Ballet Academy quickly travelled the world, from The Guardian to the New…

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Woolf Works, I now I then, with Federico Bonelli, Caterina Bianchi, Alessandra Ferri, Mick Zeni and Agnese Di Clemente, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala 2019

McGregor's Woolf Works thrills and enthralls at La Scala

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Interview with Alessandra Ferri: Maturing I find myself smiling more

“I'm enjoying a new chapter in my life having the fortune to play women of my age and not romantic roles like the Giselles, Carmens,…
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Woolf Works with Alessandra Ferri and Federico Bonelli © ROH, 2015 Tristram Kenton

Woolf Works at La Scala – McGregor, Richter, Ferri and Bonelli talk about making the ballet

[caption id="attachment_1016535" width="1200" align="aligncenter"] Woolf Works with Alessandra Ferri and Federico Bonelli © ROH, 2015 Tristram Kenton Wayne McGregor We're so excited to bring Woolf…

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On holiday in Tulum, Mexico

Isaac Hernández answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers' Edition

On holiday in Tulum, Mexico Q&A When did you start dancing? I was 8 years old. My father was teaching me…

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[Interview] Michael Spyres and Lawrence Brownlee on their new Rossini album

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Top opera singers discuss how they choose and prepare new roles

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Franco Fagioli answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

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Graham Spicer is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan, aka ‘Gramilano’. 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. He wrote the ‘Danza in Italia’ column for Dancing Times magazine.

Since 2022, Gramilano is pleased to welcome guest authors: Alisa Alekseeva, Paul Arrowsmith, Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel, Jonathan Gray, Marina Harss, Matthew Paluch, Jann Parry, Graham Watts, and Deborah Weiss.

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