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Top dancers provided thrills and emotion for Les Étoiles gala in a time of pandemic

15 February 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

LES ÉTOILES 2022 - Sergio Bernal and Calvin Royal III in Touché © Graham Spicer - 2947

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

27 January 2022 by Gramilano 3 Comments

João Menegussi and Calvin Royal III in Touché - photo Rosalie O’Connor, courtesy American Ballet Theatre

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”

10 October 2013 by Gramilano 1 Comment

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.

20 January 2013 by Gramilano 4 Comments

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

18 September 2012 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

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

Alan Hollinghurst’s new novel, The Stranger’s Child: “an extraordinary achievement”

6 July 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Lovers of Hollinghurst's writing have been waiting a long time for the end of June 2011 and the publication of his new novel. In fact, the wait has been seven years, but now we know that it was worth … [Read more...] about Alan Hollinghurst’s new novel, The Stranger’s Child: “an extraordinary achievement”

Anna Massey dies at 73: “I don’t want any dramas in my life. If I’m in a drama, I want to be paid for it.”

4 July 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Unfailingly subtle, sensitive and intelligent, Anna Massey was, as one admiring critic put it, “one of those splendid British actresses whom one is tempted to call Dame before their time”. Often … [Read more...] about Anna Massey dies at 73: “I don’t want any dramas in my life. If I’m in a drama, I want to be paid for it.”

Glee too gay? GLAAD is mad

5 May 2011 by Gramilano 2 Comments

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

29 April 2011 by Gramilano 1 Comment

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”

4 April 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

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”

Elizabeth Taylor: selection from a life… what today’s press has been saying, her best films and her changing look

23 March 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Today's press A London-born beauty who never lost her clipped, clean way of speaking, Ms. Taylor possessed vivid features known to three generations of filmgoers: Raven hair, dark eyebrows, ivory … [Read more...] about Elizabeth Taylor: selection from a life… what today’s press has been saying, her best films and her changing look

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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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