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Royal Ballet School students recreate founder Dame Ninette de Valois’s ‘lost’ choreography

11 March 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Ninette de Valois and Ursula Moreton with students of the Vic-Wells School at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, 1931. Photographer not known. © The Royal Ballet School Special Collections

Ninette de Valois’ 1925 ballet The Arts of the Theatre is to be restaged for a livestream performance. The attempt to recreate de Valois’ ballet has been made possible by the discovery of a … [Read more...] about Royal Ballet School students recreate founder Dame Ninette de Valois’s ‘lost’ choreography

Bolshoi dancer, a descendant of the Tsar’s ballerina lover, to dance in Rome

16 January 2020 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Eleonora Sevenard in Coppelia photo Mikhail Logvinov

Eleonora Sevenard, the young promising new Bolshoi soloist (she danced both Phrygia and Kitri at Covent Garden during the company's latest tour) will be dancing with her boyfriend, Bolshoi principal … [Read more...] about Bolshoi dancer, a descendant of the Tsar’s ballerina lover, to dance in Rome

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

1 April 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Woolf Works with Alessandra Ferri and Federico Bonelli © ROH, 2015 Tristram Kenton

Wayne McGregor We're so excited to bring Woolf Works to La Scala. It’s an amazing historic stage and the work is going to be fantastic in this theatre. The company is incredible and we've been really … [Read more...] about Woolf Works at La Scala – McGregor, Richter, Ferri and Bonelli talk about making the ballet

Tamara Karsavina compares Rudolf Nureyev and Vaslav Nijinsky

1 August 2017 by Gramilano 2 Comments

vaslav nijinsky tamara karsavina in le spectre de la rose cropped

Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West in 1961 and later that same year he danced with Margot Fonteyn for the first time, and the following year he joined The Royal Ballet. In 1963, the BBC asked the … [Read more...] about Tamara Karsavina compares Rudolf Nureyev and Vaslav Nijinsky

The first Benois-Massine prize is awarded in Moscow

9 June 2015 by Gramilano 2 Comments

The annual Benois de la danse prize-giving ceremony, one of the dance world’s most prestigious awards, was held at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow at the end of May. The prix is awarded not only to … [Read more...] about The first Benois-Massine prize is awarded in Moscow

Positano Massine Prize 2014: Ek, Laguna, Smirnova and Wheeldon honoured

1 September 2014 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

The attraction that Positano and its seascape have always exercised over artists of the dance is the reason that, on 2 August 1969, the Premio Positano was established. Ten years later, on the death … [Read more...] about Positano Massine Prize 2014: Ek, Laguna, Smirnova and Wheeldon honoured

Fun and games with Carla Fracci, Genesia Rosato and George de la Peña

25 July 2012 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Jeux (Games) is the last work for orchestra written by Claude Debussy. It was composed for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes with Vaslav Nijinsky's choreography. Jeux was was not a success when … [Read more...] about Fun and games with Carla Fracci, Genesia Rosato and George de la Peña

Lifar’s Suite en Blanc “a clever, intriguing and intricately patterned work”

18 March 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Well you can't blame them for trying. "Black & White: featuring the Black Swan pas de deux" was the cringe-making publicity for the English National Ballet's mixed programme. It didn't however … [Read more...] about Lifar’s Suite en Blanc “a clever, intriguing and intricately patterned work”

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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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