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Monica Vaglietti with her thirteen Greyhounds Monica Vaglietti is a corps de ballet dancer at La Scala in Milan. She is…

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New York City Ballet 2023 Spring Season is announced

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GRAHAM SPICER

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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