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Romeo & Juliet

Northern Ballet presents Federico Bonelli’s first season as Artistic Director 2023/2024

25 April 2023 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Generations. Photo Guy Farrow

Northern Ballet has announced its 2023/24 Season, the first under new Artistic Director Federico Bonelli. He said, At Northern Ballet we tell stories that connect with people and for my first … [Read more...] about Northern Ballet presents Federico Bonelli’s first season as Artistic Director 2023/2024

Darcey Bussell answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

23 May 2020 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Darcey Bussell Dances Hollywood

Q&A When did you start dancing? At 5, in the Mercury Theatre behind where I lived in Notting Hill. Ballet Rambert used to use the studios as well. Why did you start dancing? I had knocked … [Read more...] about Darcey Bussell answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

Cesar Corrales is to become English National Ballet’s youngest Principal

14 July 2017 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Cesar Corrales as Ali in Le Corsaire

Tamara Rojo has announced that Cesar Corrales is to become Principal of English National Ballet from the start of the 2017/2018 season. Joining Corrales on stage after his performance in Le … [Read more...] about Cesar Corrales is to become English National Ballet’s youngest Principal

English National Ballet’s new Lead Principal: San Francisco’s Aaron Robison

5 June 2017 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Aaron Robinson photography by Erik Tomasson

English National Ballet will welcome Aaron Robison as Lead Principal. Robison is currently a Principal with San Francisco Ballet. He will join the ENB next spring ahead of the performances of Romeo … [Read more...] about English National Ballet’s new Lead Principal: San Francisco’s Aaron Robison

Old and new in English National Ballet’s 2016-2017 Season, Spring/Summer

16 June 2016 by Gramilano 7 Comments

The English National Ballet’s Spring/Summer 2017 season sees a refreshing nod to the company’s past with a revival of Rudolf Nureyev’s Romeo & Juliet during August of 2017 when the company makes a … [Read more...] about Old and new in English National Ballet’s 2016-2017 Season, Spring/Summer

Amleto² engulfed by the outsize personality of Filippo Timi

14 July 2012 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Filippo Timi is a strange theatre beast indeed. An actor of power and fascination who attacks his projects fearlessly, careering from comedy to tragedy, from extreme campness to rugged masculinity, … [Read more...] about Amleto² engulfed by the outsize personality of Filippo Timi

Critics round-up: Romeo & Juliet… Osipova, Vasiliev, Lendorf & Ashton

20 July 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Her Osipova's Juliet starts out as a hyper teenager, whirling on brilliantly fast feet. There's an immediate abandon to her dancing, movement sweeping through her small frame. As an actress, she … [Read more...] about Critics round-up: Romeo & Juliet… Osipova, Vasiliev, Lendorf & Ashton

The ‘new Nureyev’? Can’t that be crossed out of the journalists’ handbook?

21 May 2011 by Gramilano 2 Comments

Certainly not-to-be-missed, the blurb from the ENO site announces the London performances of Romeo and Juliet with Ivan Vasiliev and Natalia Osipova: This July, for 9 performances only, Bolshoi … [Read more...] about The ‘new Nureyev’? Can’t that be crossed out of the journalists’ handbook?

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Graham Spicer is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan, aka ‘Gramilano’. 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. He wrote the ‘Danza in Italia’ column for Dancing Times magazine.

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