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Pacific Northwest Ballet’s free streaming of Season Encore Performance

9 June 2023 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Seth Orza and Lesley Rausch in Slaughter on Tenth Avenue choreographed by George Balanchine, photo by Angela Sterling

Pacific Northwest Ballet celebrates its 50th Anniversary and salutes the career of departing dancer Lesley Rausch on Sunday 11 June 2023. The Season Encore Performance will be streamed live at 6:30 … [Read more...] about Pacific Northwest Ballet’s free streaming of Season Encore Performance

Week 5 of New York City Ballet’s six-week digital spring season

11 May 2020 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Sara Mearns and Russell Janzen of New York City Ballet in Balanchine’s Diamonds, photo by Erin Baiano

New York City Ballet has already arrived at the fifth week of programming of its six-week digital spring season. On Tuesday 19 May at 8pm EDT, NYCB will release George Balanchine’s Diamonds, with … [Read more...] about Week 5 of New York City Ballet’s six-week digital spring season

Less of an opera, more of a musical: ‘Porgy and Bess’ returning to Broadway

30 June 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

A revamped version of George Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess,” starring Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis and David Alan Grier, will go to Broadway soon after it completes its run, previously announced, at the … [Read more...] about Less of an opera, more of a musical: ‘Porgy and Bess’ returning to Broadway

Hugh Martin, composer of the Meet Me in St Louis score, dies aged 96

12 March 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Hugh Martin, the songwriter who enlivened the Judy Garland movie musical "Meet Me in St. Louis" with an indelibly melodic trio of evergreen songs — "The Trolley Song," "The Boy Next Door" and "Have … [Read more...] about Hugh Martin, composer of the Meet Me in St Louis score, dies aged 96

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Gramilano newsletter 2019

INTERVIEWS

Antonio Pappano in rehearsal for Fidelio, The Royal Opera © 2020 ROH. Photographed by Lara Cappelli.

[Interview] Antonio Pappano on adapting in strange times

Boléro with Roberto Bolle photo by Brescia e Amisano Teatro alla Scala, 2019 (9)

[Interview] Roberto Bolle: I’m very focused on what I do… that’s a difficult pact for anyone

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In conversation with Marianela Nuñez

Fumi Kaneko and Vadim Muntagirov rehearse Mayerling. Photo by Dancers Diary ROH 1

[Interview] Royal Ballet’s Fumi Kaneko on her upcoming debut in Mayerling

Sergei Polunin, Romeo and Juliet, Verona 2019

Interview with Sergei Polunin – Verona’s new Romeo

Michele Esposito portrait

Introducing Michele Esposito… winner of the Prix de Lausanne 2017

António Casalinho, photo by Nikita Alba crop

António Casalinho – Introducing the 17-year-old Portuguese Dancer

Zubin Mehta, photo Brescia e Amisano

Zubin Mehta reflects on a life in music on the eve of his 85th birthday

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GRAMILANO

Graham Spicer, aka 'Gramilano', is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. His articles have appeared in various publications from Woman's Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the Danza in Italia column for Dancing Times magazine. Graham was the historical advisor on Codice Carla, the 2023 documentary on Carla Fracci.

Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in books, theatre programmes, and magazines, including Dancing Times, Dance Spirit and Ballet2000, as well as all the major Italian newspapers.

He is a member of the Dance Section of The Critics’ Circle.

Since 2022, Gramilano has been pleased to welcome guest authors: Paul Arrowsmith, Donatella Bertozzi, Georgina Butler, Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel, Jonathan Gray, Marina Harss, Ann Haskins, Lily Hyde, Marta Mele, Matthew Paluch, Jann Parry, Lucía Piquero, Graham Watts, Deborah Weiss, and Lydia Wharf.

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