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Evan McKie leaves The National Ballet of Canada for new dance opportunities

7 July 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Evan Mckie © National Ballet of Canada

The National Ballet of Canada has announced that Principal Dancer Evan McKie will leave the company. The company’s new Artistic Director, Hope Muir, said: Evan has become one of Canada’s most … [Read more...] about Evan McKie leaves The National Ballet of Canada for new dance opportunities

Prix de Lausanne Prize Winners 2018 and photos

3 February 2018 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Hanna PARK, photo by Gregory Batardon

A large audience attended the Prix de Lausanne Finals today, both at the Théâtre de Beaulieu and online. 8 young dancers were awarded a scholarship allowing them to enter one of the 72 partner … [Read more...] about Prix de Lausanne Prize Winners 2018 and photos

Marijn Rademaker answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

19 December 2013 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Q&A When did you start dancing? My soccer coach told me I was a ballet dancer on the field. So according to him around 6; but with actual dancing, amateur-wise, at the age of 8. Why did you … [Read more...] about Marijn Rademaker answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

Mara Galeazzi answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

20 January 2012 by Gramilano 5 Comments

Q&A When did you start dan­cing? When I was 6. Why did you start dan­cing? At first was for fun. Which dan­cer inspired you most as a child? Alessandra Ferri, Carla Fracci and Pina … [Read more...] about Mara Galeazzi answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

Vito Mazzeo answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

15 January 2012 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Q&A When did you start dan­cing? At 9 years old. Why did you start dan­cing? I saw Carla Fracci dancing. Which dan­cer inspired you most as a child? Carla Fracci and Erik Bruhn for their … [Read more...] about Vito Mazzeo answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

In pictures: the Bolshoi dance Chroma

29 July 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

 Bolshoi dancers Yan Godovsky, Maksim Surov and Artem Ovcharenko:      Svetlana Lunkina and Vyacheslav Lopatin: Photos © AFP/File, Dmitry Kostyukov For other excellent … [Read more...] about In pictures: the Bolshoi dance Chroma

Italian dancer Vito Mazzeo is promoted to principal with the San Francisco Ballet

24 June 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

At the end of his first year with the San Francisco Ballet, Italian ballet dancer Vito Mazzeo has been promoted to the role of principal dancer. Mazzeo is a product of the school of the Teatro alla … [Read more...] about Italian dancer Vito Mazzeo is promoted to principal with the San Francisco Ballet

Christopher Wheeldon’s new creation “Number Nine” scores a 10 in San Francisco

12 April 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Allan Ulrich leads the cheers for Wheeldon's ballet in the San Francisco Chronicle: Nineteen minutes have rarely passed so quickly. In comparison with Wheeldon's more meditative, more luxuriously … [Read more...] about Christopher Wheeldon’s new creation “Number Nine” scores a 10 in San Francisco

McGregor’s ‘Chroma’ arrives in San Francisco: “a series of astonishing lifts, upturning bodies like saltshakers”

10 April 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Wayne McGregor's 'Chroma', created for The Royal Ballet in 2006, has crossed the Atlantic thanks to San Francisco Ballet. In London the work was an instant triumph. Debra Craine for The Times … [Read more...] about McGregor’s ‘Chroma’ arrives in San Francisco: “a series of astonishing lifts, upturning bodies like saltshakers”

Franz Liszt (or rather Liszt Ferenc as we must learn to call him) invented the “recital” in Milan at La Scala

27 February 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Therefore it was appropriate for Italian pianist Gregorio Nardi to give a Liszt recital in Milan as part of the bicentenary celebrations of the composer's birth. Liszt's original invention of a … [Read more...] about Franz Liszt (or rather Liszt Ferenc as we must learn to call him) invented the “recital” in Milan at La Scala

Swan Lake crash-lands at La Scala

19 December 2010 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Unfortunately no swans actually crashed on stage, which might have livened things up a little - only expectations came crashing down. Daniel Barenboim brought little magic to the pit and, moreover, … [Read more...] about Swan Lake crash-lands at La Scala

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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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