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[Review] New York City Ballet ‘Masters at Work: Balanchine & Robbins II’

28 April 2023 by Matthew Paluch 3 Comments

Indiana Woodward in Donizetti Variations. Photo credit Paul Kolnik

Matthew Paluch sees the New York City Ballet in Masters at Work: Balanchine & Robbins II TitleMasters at Work: Balanchine & Robbins IISquare Dance, Afternoon of a Faun, Haieff Divertimento, … [Read more...] about [Review] New York City Ballet ‘Masters at Work: Balanchine & Robbins II’

[Review] New York City Ballet ‘All Balanchine’ programme

26 April 2023 by Matthew Paluch 1 Comment

Unity Phelan, Tyler Angle, and Company in George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco. Photo credit Erin Baiano

Matthew Paluch sees the New York City Ballet's All Balanchine programme TitleAll Balanchine programme:Concerto Barocco, Raymonda Variations, Kammermusik No. 2CompanyNew York City BalletVenueDavid H. … [Read more...] about [Review] New York City Ballet ‘All Balanchine’ programme

[Review] The Met’s Medea – a tour de force performance from Radvanovsky

13 October 2022 by Jonathan Gray 6 Comments

Sondra Radvanovsky in the title role of Cherubinis Medea Photo by Marty Sohl–Met Opera

Guest author Jonathan Gray sees the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Medea TitleMedeaCompanyThe Metropolitan OperaVenueMetropolitan Opera House, Lincoln CenterDate8 October … [Read more...] about [Review] The Met’s Medea – a tour de force performance from Radvanovsky

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

Bolshoi Ballet’s Italian dancer, Jacopo Tissi, on his first year in Moscow and dancing Diamonds at the Lincoln Center

12 July 2017 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Jacopo Tissi in Le spectre de la rose, photo by Alexander Yakovlev

Last August, young ballet dancer Jacopo Tissi, resigned from the La Scala Ballet to accept the offer a contract with the Bolshoi Company. As I wrote last September, it’s not something that happens … [Read more...] about Bolshoi Ballet’s Italian dancer, Jacopo Tissi, on his first year in Moscow and dancing Diamonds at the Lincoln Center

Renée Fleming to perform world premiere of Kevin Puts’ song cycle, Letters from Georgia

26 July 2016 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Letters from Georgia is based on the letters of Georgia O’Keeffe and the work will be premiered at Eastman Theater in Rochester on 12 November and then at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall on 14 … [Read more...] about Renée Fleming to perform world premiere of Kevin Puts’ song cycle, Letters from Georgia

Sabrina Brazzo & Co take their all-leather ballet to the Lincoln Center

20 July 2015 by Gramilano 2 Comments

Tonight, at the Lincoln Center in New York, a new Italian ballet will take to the stage which features almost only leather costumes. When the piece made its début in Milan two years ago, I … [Read more...] about Sabrina Brazzo & Co take their all-leather ballet to the Lincoln Center

Zakharova’s charity gala money is refused by Kiev school

30 January 2015 by Gramilano 5 Comments

Culture connects people, and it is a thread which can't be broken by political tensions. When the Malaysia Airlines Boeing was shot down over the Ukraine last year I was on tour with the Bolshoi in … [Read more...] about Zakharova’s charity gala money is refused by Kiev school

Behind every great woman is a great man: the man being conductor Fabio Luisi and the woman his photographer wife Barbara

29 March 2012 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Barbara Luisi was, no is, a violinist, but her passion for photography has taken over and her hobby has become her major activity. Though she begun studying the violin at 9 in her home town, Munich, … [Read more...] about Behind every great woman is a great man: the man being conductor Fabio Luisi and the woman his photographer wife Barbara

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

American Ballet Theatre attorney guilty of siphoning off union dues

8 July 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

An attorney for a small, independent union of ballet dancers and stagehands pleaded guilty Thursday to falsifying reports about more than $350,000 in checks he wrote to himself, his law firm and his … [Read more...] about American Ballet Theatre attorney guilty of siphoning off union dues

The Royal Shakespeare Company boots the bunny in NYC

7 July 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

More than two years ago, the esteemed Royal Shakespeare Company earned rave reviews for its production of "As You Like It," which included a scene where a dead rabbit is skinned and beheaded on stage. … [Read more...] about The Royal Shakespeare Company boots the bunny in NYC

Apollinaire Scherr on the Bournonville style

22 June 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

In Scherr's Financial Times review of the Royal Danish Ballet's performances at the Lincoln Center, she gives a highly original account of what constitutes August Bournonville's choreographic … [Read more...] about Apollinaire Scherr on the Bournonville style

New York City Opera Union charges the company with unfair labour practices

27 May 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

One of New York City Opera’s key unions on Thursday charged the company with unfair labour practices and sought a court order blocking its proposed move out of Lincoln Center. The salvo from the … [Read more...] about New York City Opera Union charges the company with unfair labour practices

Book of Mormon leads the Tony nominations

3 May 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

"The Book of Mormon" was nominated for 14 Tony Awards today, potentially making it the most celebrated Broadway show since "The Producers" won 12 of 15 nominations in 2001. The show from the creators … [Read more...] about Book of Mormon leads the Tony nominations

Rufus Wainwright’s “Prima Donna” rejected by the Met gets snapped up by the New York City Opera

10 December 2010 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Prima Donna, the Bastille Day-set opera by Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, will make its Gotham debut in spring 2012 at the New York City Opera instead of the Metropolitan … [Read more...] about Rufus Wainwright’s “Prima Donna” rejected by the Met gets snapped up by the New York City Opera

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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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