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Misty Copeland Foundation announces its new directors

30 November 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Misty Copeland visiting the Madison Square Boys & Girls Club in New York City, July 2022. Courtesy of the Madison Square Boys & Girls Club.

Caryn Campbell has been appointed Executive Director of The Misty Copeland Foundation (MCF) and Sindy Folgar has been named Director of the MCF BE BOLD programme. The appointments, which will be … [Read more...] about Misty Copeland Foundation announces its new directors

Akram Khan Company marks its 20th anniversary with The Silent Burn Project

27 September 2020 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

14 iTMOi by Jean Louis Fernandez 2013

Akram Khan Company marks its 20th anniversary with The Silent Burn Project The company, formed in 2000 by Akram Khan and Farooq Chaudry, has become well known for its imaginative, … [Read more...] about Akram Khan Company marks its 20th anniversary with The Silent Burn Project

The Style of Movement: Fashion and Dance – dance photography from NYC Dance Project

17 September 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Martha Graham Dance Company Costumes by Martha Graham for Night Journey © Ken Browar and Deborah Ory

Ken Browar and Deborah Ory – the husband-and-wife team behind the NYCDance Project ­– have their second dance photography book coming out next week: The Style of Movement: Fashion and Dance. Their … [Read more...] about The Style of Movement: Fashion and Dance – dance photography from NYC Dance Project

Roberto Bolle – ballet’s Mr Nice Guy – bows out

22 June 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Roberto Bolle FInal ABT Performance, Manon, June 20, 2019 @ Kent G. Becker

With a performance of Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon on 20 June, Roberto Bolle said goodbye to the American Ballet Theatre. He has been a principal dancer with the company over the last decade. Everyone … [Read more...] about Roberto Bolle – ballet’s Mr Nice Guy – bows out

Marcelo Gomes to guest in Giselle with the Mariinsky Ballet

15 March 2018 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Marcelo Gomes, Three World Premieres, The Outset

Marcelo Gomes will be guesting with the Mariinsky Ballet as Albrecht, with Yekaterina Osmolkina as Giselle. After his surprise departure from the American Ballet Theatre in December, he has been … [Read more...] about Marcelo Gomes to guest in Giselle with the Mariinsky Ballet

La Scala brings Misty Copeland, Marianela Núñez and Roberto Bolle to California in Giselle

27 July 2017 by Gramilano 2 Comments

Roberto Bolle, photo by Brescia e Armisano, Teatro alla Scala

La Scala’s ballet company is in California, warming up for tomorrow’s opening night of Giselle at the Segerstrom Center. The company’s resident principal dancers will only be seen at the Saturday … [Read more...] about La Scala brings Misty Copeland, Marianela Núñez and Roberto Bolle to California in Giselle

La Scala Ballet’s programme change for the US – with Bolle, Nuñez and Copeland

28 March 2017 by Gramilano 3 Comments

Marianela Nuñez, photo by Carlos Villamayor

The previously announced ballet to be performed at California’s Segerstrom Center by La Scala’s Ballet Company was Mauro Bigonzetti’s Cinderella, a ballet created for the opening of La Scala’s ballet … [Read more...] about La Scala Ballet’s programme change for the US – with Bolle, Nuñez and Copeland

Meeting Davide Dato, the Italian ballet star who’s finally hitting the headlines in his homeland

6 March 2017 by Gramilano 2 Comments

Davide Dato as Lensky © Wiener Staatsballett

Salsa, merengue and mambo… that’s how I started dancing. So says Davide Dato, Principal Dancer at the Vienna State Ballet. Many classical dancers began in their living room imitating Michael … [Read more...] about Meeting Davide Dato, the Italian ballet star who’s finally hitting the headlines in his homeland

Misty-eyed for Misty Copeland at La Scala

16 January 2017 by Gramilano 10 Comments

Misty Copeland with Roberto Bolle in Romeo and Juliet, photo by Brescia and Amisano, Teatro alla Scala, 2016

I’ll lay my cards on the table: I thought that Misty Copeland was an over-hyped media phenomenon, with a personal story that had leapfrogged ahead of her actual ability. This opinion was totally based … [Read more...] about Misty-eyed for Misty Copeland at La Scala

Coppélia scrapped and Misty Copeland and Roberto Bolle as Romeo & Juliet open new ballet season at La Scala

14 October 2016 by Gramilano 9 Comments

Mauro Bigonzetti's Coppélia had already been put aside as the ballet to open La Scala's ballet season on 20 December due to his back problems. There was discussion of another version of the ballet to … [Read more...] about Coppélia scrapped and Misty Copeland and Roberto Bolle as Romeo & Juliet open new ballet season at La Scala

ABT’s Misty Copeland counterattacks after photoshopping allegations: “I’m happy and proud of my body”

7 October 2016 by Gramilano 2 Comments

American Ballet Theatre's Misty Copeland posted a photo on her Instagram account last week by New York based photographer Gregg Delman. The photo is from his new book called, sensibly, Misty Copeland … [Read more...] about ABT’s Misty Copeland counterattacks after photoshopping allegations: “I’m happy and proud of my body”

Albert Ayzenberg photographing dancers, “it’s not just about capturing a beautiful silhouette”

7 May 2016 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Photographer Albert Ayzenberg was born in the Ukraine, transferring to the United States when he was a child. It was there that he received his first camera. Since I was a little boy I've been … [Read more...] about Albert Ayzenberg photographing dancers, “it’s not just about capturing a beautiful silhouette”

Nominees of Benois de la Danse 2015

21 April 2015 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

CHOREOGRAPHERS: ALEXANDER EKMAN - A Swan Lake, Mikael Karlsson. The Norwegian National Ballet. JEAN-CHRISTOPHE MAILLOT - The Taming of the Shrew, Dmitry Shostakovich. Bolshoi Ballet. DWIGHT … [Read more...] about Nominees of Benois de la Danse 2015

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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