The magnificent Italian ballerina Elisabetta Terabust died in Rome this morning, 5 February, at her home near the Campo de’ Fiori, after a long illness. She was just 71. She became a Principal Dancer at the Rome Opera ballet in 1966 and an Etoile in 1972. She worked extensively with the Royal Festival Ballet (now […]
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David Aladashvili answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Musicians’ Edition
Q&A When did you start playing the piano? Well, I should have started earlier. Why did you start playing? Ballet didn’t work out 🙂 Which pianist inspired you most when you were young? Eliso Virsaladze. Which pianist do you most admire? Martha Argerich; Georges Cziffra. What’s your favourite piece to play? Robert Schumann’s Kinderszenen. What […]
Beppe Menegatti answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Directors’ Edition
Q&A When did you first go to the theatre? To see Rigoletto at the Teatro Comunale in Florence on 10 October 1939 for my tenth birthday, with Gino Bechi, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Lina Aimaro and the young Giulietta Simionato as Madelena. Why did you want to work in the theatre? In Florence we give out presents for the Epiphany. When I was six […]
Debbie Reynolds auctions legendary memorabilia collection: costumes worn by Caron, Streisand, Monroe, Tallchief, Charisse, Hayworth…
Movie costumes worn by Charlie Chaplin, Judy Garland and Marilyn Monroe will go up for sale in June from a collection belonging to fellow actress Debbie Reynolds. Monroe’s subway dress from The Seven Year Itch, Judy Garland’s blue cotton dress and ruby red slippers from The Wizard of Oz and Charlie Chaplin’s Tramp bowler hat […]
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour Sophia Loren
It’s a rare moment when Sophia Loren doesn’t stand out, but this is one of them, said the Associated Press. The Italian actress is posing for photos on the stage at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, where she will be honoured Wednesday for her half-dozen decades in […]
Roland Petit’s “Charlot” – Chaplin Dances – is captured on film by Japanese director Masayuki Suo
Japanese director Masayuki Suo, whose “Shall We Dance?” went boffo globally in 1997, tries out some new steps in hybrid docu/performance film “Dancing Chaplin,” spotlighting a ballet inspired by Charlie Chaplin’s “Little Tramp” persona. Featuring Suo’s dancer-actress wife, Tamiyo Kusakari, and Italian ballet star Luigi Bonino. It will be premiered on the 28th January in […]
