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Photo Album: tonight’s opening cast of Frankenstein, The Royal Ballet

5 March 2019 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Frankenstein. Federico Bonelli as Victor Frankenstein. ©ROH 2016. Photographed by Bill Cooper (2)

Liam Scarlett's first full-length ballet is revived for the first time running from tonight, 5 March 2019 until 23 March. Victor Frankenstein is played by Federico Bonelli, Elizabeth by Laura Morera, … [Read more...] about Photo Album: tonight’s opening cast of Frankenstein, The Royal Ballet

Matthew Ball in Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake

16 December 2018 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Matthew Ball in Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, photo by Dasa Wharton, 2018 10

Luke Jennings – The Observer From the moment of his first entrance, it’s Ball’s show. As well as being an assured technician, he’s a dance actor of real charisma. As the Swan, he’s dangerous and … [Read more...] about Matthew Ball in Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake

Compare and contrast: The Sunday Times vs The Observer

16 July 2013 by Gramilano 2 Comments

While the opinions expressed by theatre critics are always different, the five or six reviews that I read on major productions of plays, operas and ballets nevertheless head in the same general … [Read more...] about Compare and contrast: The Sunday Times vs The Observer

“Who’s pulling the strings in Russia’s ballet revolution?” asks The Observer’s Luke Jennings

1 January 2012 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

The ballet world was surprised when Nacho Duato (ex-director of Spain's Compañía Nacional de Danza) was headhunted by St Petersburg's Mikhailovsky Theatre, maybe enticed by the fat wallet of general … [Read more...] about “Who’s pulling the strings in Russia’s ballet revolution?” asks The Observer’s Luke Jennings

Christopher Wheeldon explains why his Alice ballet isn’t a slow-motion car crash

15 October 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Luke Jennings, summing up the critics' verdicts on the 'McCartney Ballet' in the Guardian's theatre blog, reflected on unsuccessful narrative ballets: Ballet's gatekeepers tend to almost infinite … [Read more...] about Christopher Wheeldon explains why his Alice ballet isn’t a slow-motion car crash

When critics are artists: Luke Jennings on Les Patineurs

26 December 2010 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

In one of the most elegant, poetic and precise pieces of criticism I've read this year The Observer's Luke Jennings sums up the essence of Ashton's 'Les Patineurs' in a single paragraph: 'Les … [Read more...] about When critics are artists: Luke Jennings on Les Patineurs

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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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