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The Style of Movement: Fashion and Dance – dance photography from NYC Dance Project

17 September 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Martha Graham Dance Company Costumes by Martha Graham for Night Journey © Ken Browar and Deborah Ory

Ken Browar and Deborah Ory – the husband-and-wife team behind the NYCDance Project ­– have their second dance photography book coming out next week: The Style of Movement: Fashion and Dance. Their … [Read more...] about The Style of Movement: Fashion and Dance – dance photography from NYC Dance Project

Another Royal Ballet dancer joins the cast of Cats the movie – Olivia Cowley

8 November 2018 by Gramilano 3 Comments

Balanchine's Apollo with Olivia Cowley as Calliope © ROH, Dave Morgan

Kevin O'Hare faces the possibility of ever more complicated cast changes on the Covent Garden stage when filming of the adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical musical Cats begins as … [Read more...] about Another Royal Ballet dancer joins the cast of Cats the movie – Olivia Cowley

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

First glimpse of Wayne McGregor’s new work, Multiverse, for The Royal Ballet

10 November 2016 by Gramilano 3 Comments

Multiverse by Wayne McGregor with Mayara Magri, Lauren Cuthbertson, Francesca Hayward   © ROH, 2016, photographed by Andrej Uspenski

The curtain has just gone down on the Wayne McGregor triple bill at the Royal Opera House, London. The Royal Ballet is celebrating McGregor’s tenth anniversary as its Resident Choreographer with an … [Read more...] about First glimpse of Wayne McGregor’s new work, Multiverse, for The Royal Ballet

Royal Ballet Autumn Season 2016 – 2017 – full dates and casts

10 June 2016 by Gramilano 1 Comment

The Royal Ballet has released the casting for their Autumn Season, from September 2016 until January 2017. Roberta Marquez will return as Guest Artist to dance two farewell performances in one of her … [Read more...] about Royal Ballet Autumn Season 2016 – 2017 – full dates and casts

Strapless is Christopher Wheeldon’s latest work for The Royal Ballet

7 January 2016 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Strapless is Christopher Wheeldon’s latest work for The Royal Ballet and is inspired by the scandalous Portrait of Madame X painted by John Singer Sargent in 1884. Strapless is part of a Wheeldon … [Read more...] about Strapless is Christopher Wheeldon’s latest work for The Royal Ballet

The Royal Ballet: Raven Girl / Connectome – first reactions and photos

7 October 2015 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Here are five of the first reviews out of last nights new double bill at The Royal Opera House: Wayne McGregor's Raven Girl and Alastair Marriott's Connectome. It runs until 24 October. RAVEN … [Read more...] about The Royal Ballet: Raven Girl / Connectome – first reactions and photos

Marianela Nuñez leads out the Royal Ballet for their American tour

24 May 2015 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

The Royal Ballet returns to the USA in June 2015 with programmes that reflect both the company’s heritage and its contemporary repertoire. It also brings with it the extraordinary lineup of dancers … [Read more...] about Marianela Nuñez leads out the Royal Ballet for their American tour

Royal Ballet announces new details about its new Hofesh Shechter ballet

16 February 2015 by Gramilano 1 Comment

The new ballet by Hofesh Shechter for The Royal Ballet, which can be seen from 27 March until 14 April with Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments and MacMillan’s Song of the Earth, still has no title, … [Read more...] about Royal Ballet announces new details about its new Hofesh Shechter ballet

Casting for Royal Ballet triple bill in March and La fille mal gardée in April

9 December 2014 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS / NEW HOFESH SHECHTER / SONG OF THE EARTH George Balanchine / NEW Hofesh Shechter / Kenneth MacMillan Music: Paul Hindemith / Koen Kessels / Gustav Mahler 27, 30 March, 8, 10, … [Read more...] about Casting for Royal Ballet triple bill in March and La fille mal gardée in April

Critics Round-Up: An ‘imaginatively crafted delight’ or a ‘thin ballet’? Royal Ballet’s Alice

25 March 2012 by Gramilano 4 Comments

We know that the Royal Ballet's dancers are exceptional, we've seen that the designs and lighting are magical, but the jury is still out on whether Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in … [Read more...] about Critics Round-Up: An ‘imaginatively crafted delight’ or a ‘thin ballet’? Royal Ballet’s Alice

Critics Round-up: Royal Ballet’s Limen/Marguerite and Armand/Requiem

12 October 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

It seems that the Royal Ballet can't go wrong. The company has been on a winning streak, which is continuing, justly, into Monica Mason's final season as director. This triple bill succeeds in … [Read more...] about Critics Round-up: Royal Ballet’s Limen/Marguerite and Armand/Requiem

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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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