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Photo Album of Two Giselles: English National Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet

1 December 2019 by gramilano 1 Comment

03 Giselle, Birmigham Royal Ballet © Dasa Wharton 2019

There’s a spate of Giselles about at the moment, radical reinventions of the 1841 ballet from Akram Khan for English National Ballet, and South African choreographer Dada Masilo, drawing on modern class and gender politics to rewrite the Romantic heroine for our times. But if you prefer your Giselle with original spirit intact, then Birmingham Royal Ballet is the one for … [Read more...] about Photo Album of Two Giselles: English National Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet

Photo Album: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in London

16 September 2019 by gramilano Leave a Comment

03 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Jessica Lang’s EN, photo by Dasa Wharton

The company has three As in its title but, to my mind, this programme sets the case for it to have four, because the profundity of the African American cause is so central to this fine pair of works that it certainly seems in the hinterland of being culturally inappropriate for me – a white Englishman – to comment on the content or the narrative. I can see the references to … [Read more...] about Photo Album: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in London

English National Ballet announces promotions, joiners and leavers for the 2019-2020 season

30 July 2019 by gramilano Leave a Comment

Brooklyn Mack as Conrad in Le Corsaire © Laurent Liotardo

Tamara Rojo, Artistic Director of English National Ballet, announced promotions within the company and new joiners (and leavers) for the 2019-2020 season. Promotions The following promotions have been made within the Company: Aitor Arrieta, Katja Khaniukova and Ken Saruhashi have been promoted to First Soloist. Julia Conway, Daniel McCormick and Erik Woolhouse have been … [Read more...] about English National Ballet announces promotions, joiners and leavers for the 2019-2020 season

Backstage at The Royal Ballet: Francesca Hayward and Cesar Corrales

14 June 2019 by gramilano 1 Comment

22 Francesca Hayward and Cesar Corrales, Romeo and Juliet © Dasa Wharton

Dasa Wharton took her camera backstage to glimpse Francesca Hayward and Cesar Corrales preparing for a performance of Romeo and Juliet at The Royal Opera House. She was also there to capture moments of the ballet from the wings, and to take shots from behind the curtain during Hayward and Corrales’s triumphant curtain call. Romeo and Juliet 5 pm Getting ready Francesca … [Read more...] about Backstage at The Royal Ballet: Francesca Hayward and Cesar Corrales

Photo album: She Persisted with English National Ballet and photos by Dasa Wharton

20 April 2019 by gramilano Leave a Comment

Broken Wings by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, photo by Dasa Wharton, English National Ballet 2019 07

She Persisted, the new triple bill from English National Ballet, has generated a plethora of four and five-star reviews. It is rare to find a shrivel of critics so unanimous. She Persisted follows on from She Said, ENB’s first all-female choreography programme in 2016. Broken Wings (the Frida Kahlo work) was created for that occasion and returns in the new all-female evening. … [Read more...] about Photo album: She Persisted with English National Ballet and photos by Dasa Wharton

Photo Album: Backstage at Beauty and the Beast – Birmingham Royal Ballet

13 March 2019 by gramilano Leave a Comment

Yvette Knight with Brandon Lawrence in Beauty and the Beast, Birmingham Royal Ballet © Dasa Wharton 32

Beauty and the Beast In David Bintley's glorious Gothic ballet, witness transformations, wild waltzes, soaring birds and a relationship between Belle and the Beast that is at first terrifying, but ultimately serene and beautiful. Dasa Wharton takes her camera backstage to see the preparations and the view from the wings. Belle - Yvette Knight The Beast - Brandon … [Read more...] about Photo Album: Backstage at Beauty and the Beast – Birmingham Royal Ballet

Photo Album: Beauty and the Beast – Birmingham Royal Ballet 2019

4 February 2019 by gramilano 1 Comment

Beauty and the Beast by David Bintley, photo by Dasa Wharton, BRB 2019 25

Beauty and the Beast - Birmingham Royal Ballet A cruel Prince, cursed to spend the rest of his life living in a fantastical castle with the animals he callously hunted, finds salvation in the heart of a beautiful girl. Caught stealing a single rose, Belle’s desperate father exchanges his youngest daughter’s freedom for his own life. In his distant castle the Beast, stripped … [Read more...] about Photo Album: Beauty and the Beast – Birmingham Royal Ballet 2019

Matthew Ball in Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake

16 December 2018 by gramilano Leave a Comment

Matthew Ball in Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, photo by Dasa Wharton, 2018 10

Luke Jennings – The Observer From the moment of his first entrance, it’s Ball’s show. As well as being an assured technician, he’s a dance actor of real charisma. As the Swan, he’s dangerous and commanding, all sinew and hissing aggression; and as the Stranger he’s as disdainful as he is sexually predatory, cutting a ruthless swath through the female courtiers before finally, … [Read more...] about Matthew Ball in Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake

Interview: For The Royal Ballet’s Yasmine Naghdi it’s “Ready, Steady, Go”!

25 November 2018 by gramilano 1 Comment

Yasmine Naghdi prepares for Gamzatti, photo by Dasa Wharton 15

Interview with Yasmine Naghdi as she dances in the world premiere of Alastair Marriott’s The Unknown Soldier - with photos by Dasa Wharton I last interviewed Yasmine Naghdi in September of 2015 when she and Matthew Ball were preparing to dance Romeo and Juliet together. They were dancing the roles for the first time — she was a Soloist and he a First Artist. Time passes … [Read more...] about Interview: For The Royal Ballet’s Yasmine Naghdi it’s “Ready, Steady, Go”!

Photo Album: In the Upper Room and Embrace with Birmingham Royal Ballet

16 November 2018 by gramilano 1 Comment

29 Embrace by George Williamson with Brandon Lawrence and Delia Matthews © Dasa Wharton, Birmingham Royal Ballet 2018 02 01

  In the Upper Room and Embrace were part of a triple-bill programme by Birmingham Royal Ballet called Polarity & Proximity. Embrace, a new ballet commissioned from choreographer George Williamson as part of Ballet Now, Birmingham Royal Ballet's five-year programme, run in conjunction with Sadler's Wells, to develop choreographers, composers and designers to create … [Read more...] about Photo Album: In the Upper Room and Embrace with Birmingham Royal Ballet

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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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News

  • Colleagues support Vittorio Grigolo as he replies to being fired by the Royal Opera House and the Met
  • La Scala stages an evening of ballet to raise funds to aid the flooded Teatro Fenice in Venice
  • Karen Kain to Retire as Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada
  • Dancing Times, November 2019 edition – with Gramilano’s Danza in Italia column including Sleeping Beauty at La Scala and Pink Floyd in Verona
  • Rome Opera Ballet names its main dance studio after the late Elisabetta Terabust
  • Alberto Testa – Italian dancer, choreographer, teacher and writer – has died at 96
  • Tenor Marcello Giordani has died at 56
  • David Hallberg becomes Principal Guest Artist of The Royal Ballet in the 2019/2020 Season
  • Vittorio Grigolo comments on recent accusations after a triumphant performance at La Scala
  • La Scala remembers Jessye Norman in words and pictures

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