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Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko rehearse Swan Lake in costume – photo by Brescia and Amisano Teatro alla Scala

La Scala dancers talk about being in Ratmansky's Swan Lake

Swan Lake rehearsal – photo by Brescia and Amisano Teatro alla Scala The new director of La Scala's ballet company, Mauro…

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Swan Lake white swans rehearsal photo by Brescia and Amisano Teatro alla Scala

Ratmansky explains why his Swan Lake is arriving bigger and better at La Scala

Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko rehearse Swan Lake in costume – photo by Brescia and Amisano Teatro alla Scala Alexei Ratmansky's…

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Julian MacKay as seen by the NYC Dance Project

18-year-old Julian MacKay becomes a soloist with the Mikhailovsky Ballet

Julian MacKay as seen by the NYC Dance Project After being introduced to Julian Mackay, and his whole dancing family, three…

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Rebecca Bianchi

Introducing Rebecca Bianchi, Rome Opera Ballet's new Principal ballerina

At the end of The Nutcracker at Rome's Teatro Nazionale on 20 December last year, 25-year-old Rebecca Bianchi was promoted to Principal Dancer of the…

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Vincenzo receiving his applause after winning his scholarship

18-year-old Vincenzo di Primo on winning at Lausanne and studying at the Vienna Ballet Academy

Dancing Basilio during the Lausanne final 18-year-old Vincenzo di Primo was one of the seven winners at the annual Prix de…

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Maurice Béjart's Gaîté parisienne with Marijn Rademaker photo by Stuttgarter Ballet

Dutch National Ballet's Marijn Rademaker on injury and recovery

Maurice Béjart's Gaîté parisienne with Marijn Rademaker – photo by Stuttgarter Ballet ‘Being injured is part of our job, it happens,…

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The Royal Ballet's Steven McRae on injury: turning weakness into strength

In 2007, I entered the stage as Romeo and I honestly thought that I was living the dream. I was on the Royal Opera House…

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Dance injuries from the ballet dancer's point of view: top stars share their experiences

  To get an insider's view of dance-related injuries, some leading dancers talked to Gramilano about their experiences – how they coped both physically and mentally…

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Mats Ek From Black to Blue

Mats Ek retires and pulls the plug on his choreography worldwide

Mats Ek presents his last ever piece of choreography tonight until 10 January in Paris at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on the first stop of…

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Sylvie Guillem after

Sylvie's last dance: a tribute to Guillem, the artist and her career

A tribute by Ioannides Yiannakis Sylvie Guillem – Life in Progress – photo Gramilano In 29 December 1984, after a memorable performance…

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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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