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Wayne McGregor: 2022-2023 and beyond

29 September 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Random International and Company Wayne McGregors Rain Room 2012 Photograph by Sidd Khujuria

Studio Wayne McGregor has announced four world premieres, two European premieres, five revivals, and celebrations for 30 years of Company Wayne McGregor Wayne McGregorbrings Margaret Atwood’s … [Read more...] about Wayne McGregor: 2022-2023 and beyond

[Interview] Olga Smirnova on leaving the Bolshoi Ballet – Everyone must deal with their conscience

1 April 2022 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Olga Smirnova as Nikiya in La Bayadére, photo by Damir Yusupov, 2018

In an interview with Italy’s Corriere della Sera newspaper, Olga Smirnova – the courageously outspoken Bolshoi star who has left Russia to join the Dutch National Ballet – talked about her bold … [Read more...] about [Interview] Olga Smirnova on leaving the Bolshoi Ballet – Everyone must deal with their conscience

Extraordinary dancers will dance for Ukraine in Naples and Milan

26 March 2022 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Ballet for Peace

Some of the dance names that have been making headlines recently will dance for Ukraine in two upcoming galas in Italy: Olga Smirnova, Victor Caixeta, Jacopo Tissi, Iana Salenko, Anastasia Matvienko … [Read more...] about Extraordinary dancers will dance for Ukraine in Naples and Milan

Olga Smirnova leaves the Bolshoi Company for Amsterdam

16 March 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Olga Smirnova As Nikiya In La Bayadére, Photo By Damir Yusupov 2018

The Russian principal dancer Olga Smirnova, an outspoken critic of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has decided to leave the Bolshoi Ballet Company where she is one of its most popular and admired … [Read more...] about Olga Smirnova leaves the Bolshoi Company for Amsterdam

Daniil Simkin and Daniel Camargo join American Ballet Theatre as guest artists

23 February 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Danil Simkin - Vintage suit by Comme des Garçons © Ken Browar and Deborah Ory

Daniil Simkin and Daniel Camargo will replace James Whiteside in upcoming performances with the American Ballet Theatre during the spring and summer. Whiteside is recovering from a serious knee injury … [Read more...] about Daniil Simkin and Daniel Camargo join American Ballet Theatre as guest artists

Dutch National Ballet’s premiere of METAMORPHOSIS to celebrate International Dance Day

29 April 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Dutch National Ballet - METAMORPHOSIS 1, photo by Hans Gerritsen

Dutch National Ballet celebrates International Dance Day with a film of David Dawson's new creation METAMORPHOSIS. The stream of METAMORPHOSIS on 29 April 2021 will start at 20:15 (CET) on the … [Read more...] about Dutch National Ballet’s premiere of METAMORPHOSIS to celebrate International Dance Day

Transfigured Night, a new dance film from Ballett Dortmund and Marijn Rademaker, free online

15 April 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Transfigured Night - choreography by Marijn Rademaker, photo by Leszek Januszewski, Ballett Dortmund 2021

Arnold Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) from 1899 is his earliest big success and in this piece the inventor of the twelve-tone technique is lusciously tonal. The Dutch-born … [Read more...] about Transfigured Night, a new dance film from Ballett Dortmund and Marijn Rademaker, free online

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 … [Read more...] about English National Ballet announces promotions, joiners and leavers for the 2019-2020 season

English National Ballet presents Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella in-the-round

7 March 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Emma Hawes and Francesco Gabriele Frola in ENB's Cinderella, photo © Jason Bell, with Art Direction and Design by Charlotte Wilkinson Studio

English National Ballet will perform a new in-the-round version of Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella at the Royal Albert Hall from 6-16 June 2019. Working from the dark Brothers Grimm version of the … [Read more...] about English National Ballet presents Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella in-the-round

Ivan Putrov’s Men in Motion at the London Coliseum in pictures

2 December 2017 by Gramilano 2 Comments

SYSTEM A.I Performed by Matthew Ball & Ivan Putrov by Dasa Wharton 02

The reviews may have been less positive for Ivan Putrov’s Men in Motion than past editions — in 2012, Judith Mackrell for The Guardian wrote that the programme was “one of real intelligence and … [Read more...] about Ivan Putrov’s Men in Motion at the London Coliseum in pictures

Ahmad Joudeh: from a Syrian refugee camp to dancing with Roberto Bolle

1 December 2017 by Gramilano 2 Comments

Ahmad Joudeh dancing in Palmyra

Ahmad Joudeh was born and raised in the Yarmouk refugee camp, near Damascus. His family is of Palestinian origin — "my grandfather, like so many others, arrived in Syria in 1948" — and yet remarkably, … [Read more...] about Ahmad Joudeh: from a Syrian refugee camp to dancing with Roberto Bolle

Roberto Bolle fills cinema screens the length and breadth of Italy for three days

21 November 2016 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Bolle LOC

Tonight, and for the next two evenings, in almost two hundred cinemas across Italy, Roberto Bolle will be filling the screen. Roberto Bolle: L’arte della Danza (Roberto Bolle: the art of dance) is … [Read more...] about Roberto Bolle fills cinema screens the length and breadth of Italy for three days

Dutch National Ballet’s Marijn Rademaker on injury and recovery

12 February 2016 by Gramilano 4 Comments

Maurice Béjart's Gaîté parisienne with Marijn Rademaker photo by Stuttgarter Ballet

'Being injured is part of our job, it happens, we will get back stronger!' That’s what we say when we try to sweet talk ourselves and make it ok. But it always hurts. Being injured means dealing with … [Read more...] about Dutch National Ballet’s Marijn Rademaker on injury and recovery

Ballet’s biggest names come to Milan for 4 days of dance

18 October 2015 by Gramilano 4 Comments

Milan is not like London or New York… there’s not a lot of dance going on. The resident company at La Scala will be performing six titles during the coming season. That’s S-I-X. And there will not be … [Read more...] about Ballet’s biggest names come to Milan for 4 days of dance

Stuttgart’s Marijn Rademaker returns home to join the Dutch National Ballet

16 October 2014 by Gramilano 2 Comments

Marijn Rademaker's face already adorns the site of the Dutch National Ballet which he will join at the beginning of next year. After 15 years with the Stuttgart Ballet he returns 'home' and will be … [Read more...] about Stuttgart’s Marijn Rademaker returns home to join the Dutch National Ballet

An interview with Vito Mazzeo who’s bringing his ballet ‘friends’ to Italy

8 October 2014 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Dutch National Ballet principal dancer Vito Mazzeo will bring a group of his colleagues from Amsterdam to Teatro Salieri in Legnago for a 'Dutch Gala' on 22 November. Mazzeo, who was formerly a … [Read more...] about An interview with Vito Mazzeo who’s bringing his ballet ‘friends’ to Italy

More dancers decide to leave Italy… most never come back

25 July 2014 by Gramilano 2 Comments

Italy's Got Talent. Lots of it. Sometimes that talent finds it difficult to emerge - it's not always what you know but who you know - and sometimes there's not enough room for everyone to show what … [Read more...] about More dancers decide to leave Italy… most never come back

Zakharova, Guérin and Legris in new works by Patrick de Bana for China

27 June 2014 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Svetlana Zakharova is to dance two modern pieces in the Gala Baiser Volé which closes the season at Shanghai's Grand Theatre on 9 August. It will be the first time that the Russian ballerina dances in … [Read more...] about Zakharova, Guérin and Legris in new works by Patrick de Bana for China

Help Kickstart Cystal Ballet’s new collaboration with the New English Ballet Theatre

4 May 2014 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Crystal Ballet, who brought you the specially choreographed and filmed ballet pieces for digital release only, are aiming towards their second project. It is their first commission as a production … [Read more...] about Help Kickstart Cystal Ballet’s new collaboration with the New English Ballet Theatre

Patrice Bart’s Swan Lake, with Tsygankova and Kaniskin, in Rome

19 January 2014 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

It can't be easy to dance with the possibility of redundancy hanging over your head. The workers at Rome Opera have put on a brave face recently as the theatre's heavy debts will almost inevitably … [Read more...] about Patrice Bart’s Swan Lake, with Tsygankova and Kaniskin, in Rome

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

Giuseppe Picone answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

8 February 2012 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Q&A When did you start dan­cing? I started when I was 10 years old at the Teatro San Carlo ballet school in Naples. Why did you start dan­cing? My elder brother Raffaele took me to the … [Read more...] about Giuseppe Picone answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

Rudi Van Dantzig, Dutch dancer, choreographer and writer, dies at 78

21 January 2012 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

The Dutch ballet dancer and choreographer Rudi Van Dantzig, one of the famous names in the world of contemporary dance, has died in a hospital in Amsterdam at 78 after a long illness. He was born in … [Read more...] about Rudi Van Dantzig, Dutch dancer, choreographer and writer, dies at 78

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Pam Tanowitz’s Secret Things, her second world premiere for The Royal Ballet this season

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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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