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[Review] Seen in Milan: the very best and absolute worst of contemporary dance

18 October 2022 by Gramilano 5 Comments

Poyo Rojo with Alfonso Barón and Luciano Rosso, photo by Magui Pichinini - 2

The annual MilanOltre Festival of contemporary dance at Milan’s Teatro Elfo Puccini, which has three performance spaces, has presented some of the best dance seen in this city over the past decade, … [Read more...] about [Review] Seen in Milan: the very best and absolute worst of contemporary dance

[Review] Pithecanthropus erectus: A celebration of nakedness and freedom

2 October 2022 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Erectus photo by Simone Cargnoni 01

TitlePithecanthropus erectusCompanyCompagnia Abbondanza/BertoniVenueTeatro Elfo Puccini, Milan [Festival MilanOltre]Date30 September 2022ReviewerGraham Spicer Four naked male dancers; a … [Read more...] about [Review] Pithecanthropus erectus: A celebration of nakedness and freedom

Zappalà Danza’s exquisite 30th Anniversary show: Redoing Bach

13 October 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

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The Compagnia Zappalà Danza has presented more than eighty dance pieces in its three decades of activity, and for its 30th anniversary, choreographer Roberto Zappalà wished to create a new work with … [Read more...] about Zappalà Danza’s exquisite 30th Anniversary show: Redoing Bach

Silvia Gribaudi’s Graces – I just didn’t get it

10 October 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Graces - photo by Fabio Sau

The lights are on both in the theatre and on the stage when the four performers of Graces enter one by one, the men wearing black cycling shorts and black socks, and then the ‘choreographer’ and only … [Read more...] about Silvia Gribaudi’s Graces – I just didn’t get it

The Hervé Koubi company in Milan: touching, theatrical and important

7 October 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Boys don't cry - photo Nathalie Sternalski (2)

The French-Algerian choreographer Hervé Koubi returned to the annual MILANoLTRE contemporary dance festival with three works after last year’s acclaimed Les Nuits Barbares ou les Premiers Matins du … [Read more...] about The Hervé Koubi company in Milan: touching, theatrical and important

DANZA&DANZA names the winners of its 2020 Awards

15 January 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Claudia D'Antonio in Don Quixote, photo by Francesco Squeglia

Italy's DANZA&DANZA magazine has announced its prize winners for 2020 with artists and productions from Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Teatro dell'Opera in Rome, Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Opéra … [Read more...] about DANZA&DANZA names the winners of its 2020 Awards

[Review] In difficult times, the MilanOltre Contemporary Dance Festival completes a month of shows

17 October 2020 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Les nuits barbares © Frédérique Calloch

It is a minor miracle that the MilanOltre contemporary dance festival managed to present its 34th edition this year. The organisers made many changes to the original programme – the company from China … [Read more...] about [Review] In difficult times, the MilanOltre Contemporary Dance Festival completes a month of shows

Three new works from MILANoLTRE Festival by Susanna Beltrami, Diego Tortelli and Richard Siegal

23 October 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Richard Siegal's New Ocean, photo by Thomas Schermer 7

MILANoLTRE, Milan’s festival of contemporary dance, now in its 33rd edition, presented 24 works at Teatro Elfo Puccini this year, and 19 were by Italian companies. I saw three productions of … [Read more...] about Three new works from MILANoLTRE Festival by Susanna Beltrami, Diego Tortelli and Richard Siegal

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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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