Graham Spicer sees works by Philippe Kratz, Angelin Preljocaj, and Patrick de Bana in an uneven triple bill. TitlePhilippe Kratz - Solitude SometimesAngelin Preljocaj - AnnonciationPatrick de Bana - … [Read more...] about Review: Alice Marini and Roberto Bolle in a new Carmen in ‘Kratz / Preljocaj / De Bana’, La Scala’s contemporary triple bill
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Review: Natalia Osipova at the Linbury Theatre – Graham, Strømgren, Ashton
Matthew Paluch sees Natalia Osipova in three pieces at the Royal Ballet and Opera’s Linbury Theatre with Marcelino Sambé and Christopher Akrill. TitleMartha Graham - Errand into the MazeFrederick … [Read more...] about Review: Natalia Osipova at the Linbury Theatre – Graham, Strømgren, Ashton
Top dancers provided thrills and emotion for Les Étoiles gala in a time of pandemic
The annual Les Étoiles gala in Rome invites top dancers from all over the world to give the Italian public a taste of what can be found outside Italy’s borders. Rarely are Italian dancers included in … [Read more...] about Top dancers provided thrills and emotion for Les Étoiles gala in a time of pandemic
Touché! Les Étoiles gala features a homosexual pas de deux
The Les Ètoiles gala in Rome (30 and 31 January 2022) will present some usual gala fare with the Don Quixote and Swan Lake pas de deux, and as always with this annual event there will be contemporary … [Read more...] about Touché! Les Étoiles gala features a homosexual pas de deux
Mina – legendary singer and voice of Barilla – says, “I’m gay”
Italian singer Mina, whose discs top the charts, yet she hasn't sung in public, not even in television, since 1978, has been the voice of Barilla since the '60s. Her unmistakable voice tells us why we … [Read more...] about Mina – legendary singer and voice of Barilla – says, “I’m gay”
Cruelty at the Bolshoi: acid attacks and smear campaigns. Tsiskaridze responds.
Sergei Filin had been receiving intimidating phone calls for a while, and had had his tyres punctured and his email hacked, but the acid attack that has shocked the dance world is beyond all … [Read more...] about Cruelty at the Bolshoi: acid attacks and smear campaigns. Tsiskaridze responds.
Milan’s Teatro Franco Parenti celebrates its birthday with an orgy of Hamlets
One of the most respected Milanese theatres was born from an artistic collaboration between three pillars of Italian theatre: the director Franco Parenti, writer Giovanni Testori and up-and-coming … [Read more...] about Milan’s Teatro Franco Parenti celebrates its birthday with an orgy of Hamlets
Glee too gay? GLAAD is mad
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has asked a Houston Fox affiliate for a formal apology after it aired a "Is TV Too Gay?" segment following last week's 90-minute Lady … [Read more...] about Glee too gay? GLAAD is mad
Patrice Chéreau on English actors, the theatre, and his homosexuality
The Guardian went to meet Patrice Chéreau who is in London to rehearse the first play he has ever directed in the UK. It's a coup for the Young Vic. The play he is rehearsing is I Am The Wind, a … [Read more...] about Patrice Chéreau on English actors, the theatre, and his homosexuality
Gennady Yanin comments for the first time on the recent Bolshoi sex scandal, “I don’t need anybody’s sympathy”
Anatoly Iksanov, the general director of the Bolshoi Theatre, has confirmed that what's seemed like a never-ending reconstruction of the Bolshoi's historic building is finally coming to an end; he … [Read more...] about Gennady Yanin comments for the first time on the recent Bolshoi sex scandal, “I don’t need anybody’s sympathy”