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Monica Vaglietti with one Greyhound by Alberto Cattaneo

Monica Vaglietti, the ballet dancer with thirteen Greyhounds

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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Julian MacKay as photohraphed by NYC Dance Project

Julian MacKay – the teenage American ballet dancer making waves in Russia

After a performance as James Julian MacKay at 16 was winning medals at the Sochi and Istanbul competitions when he represented…

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Lettres sur les arts imitateurs Noverre

From Noverre to Chauviré: A dancer must have a real depth of culture

Lettres sur les arts imitateurs en général, et sur la danse en particulier If you read November's edition of Dancing Times…

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Xander Parish on life with the Mariinsky Ballet

You were recently promoted to First Soloist at the Mariinsky Ballet. Happy? Yes, I was promoted after a show of Giselle back in January and…

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Giselle masterclass – Carla Fracci and Pompea Santoro coach two very different versions

Golden anniversaries are occasions to celebrate and for a dancing school what could be better than having Carla Fracci give her first public masterclass; Mats…

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Carla Fracci

To Carla Fracci, on your 80th Birthday, from your colleagues and friends

Today is the 80th birthday of the Italian ballerina, Carla Fracci. She was born in Milan on 20 August 1936. To celebrate we asked fellow…

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Vladimir Shklyarov answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers' Edition

Q&A   [на русском языке] When did you start dancing? I've suffered since childhood — my Mum wanted me to do it. Why did you start…

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Group photo BALLET2000 Prix 2016

BALLET2000 Prix presents Maya Plisetskaya Awards in Cannes

The first edition of the Awards handed out by the dance magazine BALLET2000 were in 2004 when Maya Plisetskaya was presented with the main Prix…

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Martina Arduino as Odette with Nicola del Freo – photo by Brescia and Amisano Teatro alla Scala

Martina Arduino in Ratmansky's Swan Lake – a ballet star is born at La Scala?

Martina Arduino as Odette with Nicola del Freo – photo by Brescia and Amisano Teatro alla Scala If you visit NASA's…

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Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko photo by Brescia and Amisano Teatro alla Scala 02

Swan Lake at La Scala – Alexei Ratmansky puts the ballet's heart where it belongs

Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko with the corps de ballet – photo Brescia and Amisano Teatro alla Scala Alexei Ratmansky's reconstruction…

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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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