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Alexei Ratmansky will leave American Ballet Theatre after 13 years

22 December 2022 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Alexei Ratmansky in rehearsal, photo by Sian Richards

American Ballet Theatre (ABT) announced today that Alexei Ratmansky will be stepping down as Artist in Residence at the end of his contract in June 2023. Ratmansky, who has been with ABT since January … [Read more...] about Alexei Ratmansky will leave American Ballet Theatre after 13 years

Casting Announced for American Ballet Theatre’s 2022 Fall Season

24 August 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Whipped Cream - photo by Gene Schiavone, ABT

Casting for American Ballet Theatre’s 2022 Fall season has been announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Principal Dancers for the 2022 Fall season include Joo Won Ahn, Aran Bell, … [Read more...] about Casting Announced for American Ballet Theatre’s 2022 Fall Season

Stella Abrera becomes Acting Artistic Director of The American Ballet Theatre School

14 June 2022 by Gramilano 2 Comments

Stella Abrera. Photo Sophie Elgort, courtesy Lafayette crop

Stella Abrera, the former Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre, has been named Acting Artistic Director of the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School. The appointment, … [Read more...] about Stella Abrera becomes Acting Artistic Director of The American Ballet Theatre School

Susan Jaffe named Artistic Director of American Ballet Theatre

9 May 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Susan-Jaffe-by-Jordan-Bellotti crop

Former American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Susan Jaffe has been named the company’s next Artistic Director. Jaffe’s appointment is effective from December 2022. She will succeed Kevin McKenzie … [Read more...] about Susan Jaffe named Artistic Director of American Ballet Theatre

Daniil Simkin and Daniel Camargo join American Ballet Theatre as guest artists

23 February 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Danil Simkin - Vintage suit by Comme des Garçons © Ken Browar and Deborah Ory

Daniil Simkin and Daniel Camargo will replace James Whiteside in upcoming performances with the American Ballet Theatre during the spring and summer. Whiteside is recovering from a serious knee injury … [Read more...] about Daniil Simkin and Daniel Camargo join American Ballet Theatre as guest artists

Cynthia Harvey to leave the American Ballet Theatre School

17 February 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Cynthia Harvey

Cynthia Harvey has led ABT’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School since 2016 and will leave her role at the end of the school year in May 2022. A former Principal Dancer with ABT (1982-1996), Harvey was … [Read more...] about Cynthia Harvey to leave the American Ballet Theatre School

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

American Ballet Theatre: Together Tonight – an 80th Anniversary YouTube celebration

11 May 2020 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

ABT 80th Anniversary

May 2020 was to have been a special month for the American Ballet Theatre – the time to celebrate its 80th anniversary. American Ballet Theatre – known as Ballet Theatre from 1939 until 1957 – was … [Read more...] about American Ballet Theatre: Together Tonight – an 80th Anniversary YouTube celebration

ABT dancer who hauled a homeless man off the subway tracks is awarded the New York State Liberty Medal

26 October 2017 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

gray davis liberty medal

American Ballet Theatre dancer Gray Davis has been awarded the New York State Liberty Medal. It is the highest civilian honour bestowed by a Member of the New York State Senate. The medal is in … [Read more...] about ABT dancer who hauled a homeless man off the subway tracks is awarded the New York State Liberty Medal

Herman Cornejo answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

20 May 2015 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Q&A When did you start dancing? I was 8 years old. It was a normal day when my sister's teacher, Wasil Tupin, saw me at the door. I was enjoying the music and watching my sister dance to the … [Read more...] about Herman Cornejo answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev’s presence scuppers the Mikhailovsky’s New York plans

10 February 2012 by Gramilano 3 Comments

The Mikhailovsky Theater scored a coup last fall by luring Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev from the Bolshoi, and it was to have brought them to the United States this summer for a run of shows at … [Read more...] about Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev’s presence scuppers the Mikhailovsky’s New York plans

Who is Rothbart? An evil Mephistopheles or “a large lump of diseased moss”?

8 July 2011 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Swan Lake's Rothbart is an extraordinary important character; his power and evilness must be believable if we are to empathise with poor Odette. Yet often the role is almost laughable in its … [Read more...] about Who is Rothbart? An evil Mephistopheles or “a large lump of diseased moss”?

Play Misty for me – Prince borrows ABT ballerina Misty Copeland

9 May 2011 by Gramilano 1 Comment

The American Ballet Theatre hired Misty Copeland when she was just 18. I had never, ever, thought, I’m black, and no one else looks like me. At ABT, I realized, Oh, I do have this other thing that … [Read more...] about Play Misty for me – Prince borrows ABT ballerina Misty Copeland

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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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