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Robert Lepage and Guillaume Côté’s new dance work Frame by Frame to come to Sadler’s Wells

1 June 2018 by gramilano Leave a Comment

Dylan Tedaldi in a Frame by Frame workshop. Photo by Elias Djemil Matassov

Robert Lepage and Guillaume Côté's new dance work Frame by Frame opens tonight, 1 June, at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto. Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, announced that Sadler’s Wells in London will co-produce Frame by Frame, a collaboration between theatre artist Lepage and Choreographic Associate and Principal … [Read more...] about Robert Lepage and Guillaume Côté’s new dance work Frame by Frame to come to Sadler’s Wells

Notes on Le Corsaire at La Scala… an alternative cast

29 May 2018 by gramilano Leave a Comment

Le Corsaire with Martina Arduino, photo by Brescia & Amisano, Teatro alla Scala 2018

The success of Le Corsaire’s first night cast at La Scala was reviewed here previously, but no less was an alternative cast which had a shining beacon in Martina Arduino as Medora. She is a lovely dancer who was thrust into the spotlight when Alexei Ratmansky plucked her from the corps — she was not even on a permanent contract — and cast her as his Odette/Odile. She was just … [Read more...] about Notes on Le Corsaire at La Scala… an alternative cast

La Scala Ballet Season 2018-2019 announced

28 May 2018 by gramilano Leave a Comment

Woolf Works. Alessandra Ferri and Artists of The Royal Ballet © ROH, 2015 Tristram Kenton.

The new ballet season at La Scala sees seven programmes, including three pieces being presented at the theatre for the first time, including a newly commissioned work. George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker will open the season on 16 December and it will be the first time that his version has been presented in Italy. A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Jewels are already in the … [Read more...] about La Scala Ballet Season 2018-2019 announced

Ratmansky’s Swan Lake delights once again at La Scala: music and choreography restored

19 July 2017 by gramilano 4 Comments

Swan Lake, photo by Brescia e Amisano © Teatro alla Scala

Such was La Scala’s confidence in Alexei Ratmansky’s Swan Lake that even before its premiere in Milan in June 2016 — the co-production with Zurich had had its world premiere four months earlier — it had already been chosen for a tour to Paris later that year and also programmed to be part of La Scala’s following season. So, a year on, there’s another chance to see Ratmansky’s … [Read more...] about Ratmansky’s Swan Lake delights once again at La Scala: music and choreography restored

Cuban National Ballet in Turin with refreshing musicality and flair

7 July 2017 by gramilano Leave a Comment

Anette Delgado and Dani Hernandez in Giselle, photo by Nancy Reyes

Picture this. Turin. A balmy summer evening. To the left is piazza Castello with its impressive medieval castle. To the right, the Royal Palace, once home to the Kings of Savoy. Between the two, a stage ready to host the Cuban National Ballet. Storm clouds toy around the mountains in the distance, and as the evening opens, with a scene from the second act of Giselle, lightning … [Read more...] about Cuban National Ballet in Turin with refreshing musicality and flair

Zenaida Yanowsky’s final curtain call

8 June 2017 by gramilano 2 Comments

Zenaida Yanowsky's Final Curtain Call with Roberto Bolle © ROH 2017. Photo by Alastair Muir (3)

After 23 years with The Royal Ballet, last night Zenaida Yanowsky gave her final curtain call on the Covent Garden stage. Her final performance at the Royal Opera House was in Marguerite and Armand where she danced alongside Roberto Bolle. Her last performance with the Company, however, will be in Australia in July, performing Paulina in The Winter’s Tale at the Queensland … [Read more...] about Zenaida Yanowsky’s final curtain call

Bolshoi Ballet in cinema 2017-2018

7 June 2017 by gramilano 1 Comment

Olga Smirnova as Bianca and Artemy Belyakov as Baptista, photo by Elena Fetisova

The Bolshoi have released their cinema screening programme for the next season. Four are live broadcasts and four have already been transmitted. This is the 5th year that the Bolshoi has been broadcasting to cinemas. The season's main event is the Russian premiere of Alexei Ratmansky's Romeo and Juliet. His Flames of Paris is also in the line-up. Repertoire pieces are Le … [Read more...] about Bolshoi Ballet in cinema 2017-2018

Hallberg returns to ABT – Ratmansky’s casting for Whipped Cream premiere is announced

31 January 2017 by gramilano 2 Comments

Whipped Cream sketches by Mark Ryden 2

American Ballet Theatre’s new production of Whipped Cream, choreographed by ABT Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky, will receive its world premiere at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts from 15 – 19 March. It will subsequently be performed in New York at the Met between 22 May and 1 July. The performance on the opening night in California will mark David Hallberg's return … [Read more...] about Hallberg returns to ABT – Ratmansky’s casting for Whipped Cream premiere is announced

La Scala Ballet returns to Paris with Ratmansky’s Swan Lake

26 October 2016 by gramilano Leave a Comment

Nicoletta Manni, Timofej Andrijashenko, and Christian Fagetti as Benno photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala 2016

After the success in Milan before the summer, La Scala now takes Alexei Ratmansky’s Swan Lake to Paris for six performances at the Palais des Congrès. The production was coproduced with the Opernhaus in Zurich, where it had its premiere in February of this year. Casting is the same as in Milan, with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko (5, 10 and 13 November); … [Read more...] about La Scala Ballet returns to Paris with Ratmansky’s Swan Lake

La Scala’s orchestra, chorus and ballet company embark on a month-long tour

28 August 2016 by gramilano 2 Comments

La Scala’s orchestra, chorus and ballet company have flown out of Milan for a month on tour which will see them in Korea, China, Japan and Russia. Tomorrow night at the Lotte Hall in Seoul, Myung-Whun Chung will conduct a concert performance of Simon Boccanegra with Simone Piazzola, Carmen Giannattasio, Fabio Sartori and Dmitry Belosselskiy. On 31 August he will again be … [Read more...] about La Scala’s orchestra, chorus and ballet company embark on a month-long tour

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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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