Review: Rudolf Nureyev’s The Nutcracker at La Scala – outstanding five-star dancing
Graham Spicer sees Rudolf Nureyev’s The Nutcracker at La Scala – some odd dramatic choices but the company has never looked so good.
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Review: The Nutcracker by Paul Chalmer with Rome Opera Ballet – alternate cast – magic that illuminates social and gender conflicts
Marta Mele sees Rome Opera Ballet’s Nutcracker – “a magic that illuminates social and gender conflicts, opening up with enthusiasm to adult life”.
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Review: Circa’s Duck Pond – the place in which The Ugly Duckling and Swan Lake collide
Graham Watts sees Circa’s Duck Pond – “although balancing was largely the name of the game, ironically the balance between circus and theatre needed a little more refinement”.
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Interview: Jakub Józef Orliński – freedom of movement
An interview with countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński – not about his singing for an opera magazine, but about his dancing for Dancing Times.
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Review: Les Étoiles gala in Milan – 21 dancers, 17 pieces, 3 hours of starry dance
Graham Spicer sees the Les Étoiles galas in Milan with ballet stars in thrilling pas de deux and seductive modern repertoire.
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Matthew Lee, Andrea Mingardi and Matia Bazar in Liguria
Matthew Lee, Andrea Mingardi and Matia Bazar in Ceriale, Liguria – three musical evenings by the sea.
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Mina – legendary singer and voice of Barilla – says, “I’m gay”
Italian singer Mina, whose discs top the charts, yet she hasn’t sung in public, not even in television, since 1978, has been the voice of Barilla since the ’60s. Her unmistakable voice tells us why we should buy Barilla’s pasta while one of her songs plays in the background. Mina’s only contact with the public is…
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Unseen photos: Carla Fracci with her younger sister, Marisa
Those who don’t live in Italy probably don’t know that ballerina Carla Fracci has a younger sister, Marisa, who was also a dancer. No Giselles for Marisa however, as she was a show dancer specialising in television studio work. This was in the ’60s and ’70s when there was real choreography to be seen on…
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Italy’s queen of song, Mina, salutes ‘angel’ Whitney Houston
Italian music legend Mina has saluted late soul-pop superstar Whitney Houston as an “angel” who invented a new way of singing. The reclusive star who writes a weekly column for Italy‘s Vanity Fair said, I want to keep her in my memory as I see her: tall, beautiful, talented beyond measure. I don’t know much…
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Vito Mazzeo answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start dancing? At 9 years old. Why did you start dancing? I saw Carla Fracci dancing. Which dancer inspired you most as a child? Carla Fracci and Erik Bruhn for their great partnership. Which dancer do you most admire? Sylvie Guillem for the light that emanates when she dances; Massimo Murru…
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”The greatest white singer in the world” hunts for mystery songwriter
Like Prince Charming looking for the owner of the glass slipper, reclusive Italian singing legend Mina launched a social media campaign Tuesday to identify who wrote a song on her upcoming album, said the Italian press agency ANSA. The demo, entitled This Song (Questa Canzone), was sent to the pop superstar without a name or return…
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Ornella Vanoni wows the Milanese audience at the MITO Festival
“Le canzoni della Mala” are songs about the Milanese underworld, most of which originated in the 50s when the great Italian theatre director Giorgio Strehler realised that Milan lacked a tradition of songs about prostitutes and thieves. In order to give his adopted home a body of such songs, as his beloved Brecht had given Berlin,…
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