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 audition and I fell in love with ballet immediately. Till then I had no idea of what ballet was. Which dancer inspired you most as a child? Absolutely: Rudolf Nureyev. Which … [Read more...] about Giuseppe Picone answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
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The Times asks writers to choose their top romantic films
The Times asked writers to choose their favourite romantic film, and explain the reasons for that choice. This is drastically edited look at the list; to read in full go here: Philip Collins on Brief Encounter (1945) If the joy of romance is contained in the contrast with the accompanying sadness, which it must be, then the essential romantic film is Brief Encounter. … [Read more...] about The Times asks writers to choose their top romantic films
Why rock stars make such appalling actors
Andrew Lowry in his Telegraph Blog thinks he knows why. The mechanics of stardom are tricky to elucidate, but one of the core principles is the creation and maintenance of a persona. Humphrey Bogart didn't actually spend his days cracking wise with endless dangerous dames, but he spend 20 years doing it on screen. Clint Eastwood is, by all accounts, a friendly and loquacious … [Read more...] about Why rock stars make such appalling actors