It is a minor miracle that the MilanOltre contemporary dance festival managed to present its 34th edition this year. The organisers made many changes to the original programme – the company from China … [Read more...] about [Review] In difficult times, the MilanOltre Contemporary Dance Festival completes a month of shows
Excelsior
Two beautiful volumes from Amici della Scala: 80 years of costumes at La Scala and the designer Coltellacci
Vittoria Crespi Morbio, the writer of an exceptional collection of books produced by the Amici della Scala, has written monographs on important artists who have collaborated with Teatro alla Scala – … [Read more...] about Two beautiful volumes from Amici della Scala: 80 years of costumes at La Scala and the designer Coltellacci
Excelsior in Milan is more than just a big, brash ballet extravaganza
Excelsior has returned to the stage at La Scala and what better choice for the Milan Expo period than this joyous ballet, which fills the stage with more than a hundred dancers waving national flags … [Read more...] about Excelsior in Milan is more than just a big, brash ballet extravaganza
Pereira announces that Carla Fracci will return to the stage of La Scala
La Scala's new sovrintendente, Alexander Pereira, has announced that Carla Fracci, the Italian ballerina par excellence, will return to the Milanese theatre that witnessed many of her triumphs during … [Read more...] about Pereira announces that Carla Fracci will return to the stage of La Scala
Liliana Cosi: an Italian ballerina
Italian ballerina Liliana Cosi, born in Milan in 1941, had a glorious career but was overshadowed by the great Carla Fracci, rather like Margot Fonteyn's fame almost obliterated many of the … [Read more...] about Liliana Cosi: an Italian ballerina
La Scala ballerina, who denounced eating disorders in the company, is fired
"One ballerina in five at La Scala suffers from an eating disorder", denounced Mariafrancesca Garritano (known on social networks and as an author also as Mary Garret) to The Observer … [Read more...] about La Scala ballerina, who denounced eating disorders in the company, is fired
Petra Conti answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start dancing? 1988 Why did you start dancing? It was natural and spontaneous. Which dancer inspired you most as a child? Baryshnikov. Which dancer do you most … [Read more...] about Petra Conti answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
La Scala ballet excels on new Bolshoi stage
La Scala ballet has become the first foreign company to perform on the renovated stage of the Moscow Bolshoi Theatre. On Thursday, La Scala ballet dancers stunned the Moscow public with the theatre’s … [Read more...] about La Scala ballet excels on new Bolshoi stage
Carla Fracci and Josè Carreras present two new DVD releases from Milan’s La Scala
Hardy Classics, together with Italy's RAI television, announced the release of two DVDs, both filmed at Teatro alla Scala in 1978, and both representing Milan's theatre at its best: La Forza del … [Read more...] about Carla Fracci and Josè Carreras present two new DVD releases from Milan’s La Scala
La Scala’s 2011-2012 opera and ballet season announced
La Scala held a press conference this morning to announce its 2011-2012 season. How times, and timing, have changed. Just ten years ago the season was being presented in late June, with roles "to … [Read more...] about La Scala’s 2011-2012 opera and ballet season announced
