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Principal dancer Jared Angle to give final performance with NYCB

13 January 2023 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Maria Kowroski and Jared Angle in Christopher Wheeldon’s Liturgy photo by Paul Kolnik

New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Jared Angle will give his final performance with New York City Ballet on 4 February 2023 at 2pm, dancing the role of Prince Ivan in George Balanchine and Jerome … [Read more...] about Principal dancer Jared Angle to give final performance with NYCB

Gala for Ukraine with Ukrainian ballerina Iana Salenko

15 March 2022 by Gramilano 2 Comments

Iana Salenko in The Dying Swan, photo by Esben Zøllner Olesen, World Ballet 3

The Royal Danish Theatre will host a Gala for Ukraine on 19 March 2022. Danish lawyer Philip Maury has managed to organise the event in the space of a few days to raise funds for the Red Cross’ … [Read more...] about Gala for Ukraine with Ukrainian ballerina Iana Salenko

The Seven Sins – Gauthier Dance shines a spotlight on vice

30 January 2022 by Gramilano 1 Comment

The Seven Sins rehearsal with Marco Goecke - Luca Pannacci, photo by Jeanette Bak

The first rehearsals started last autumn and since the beginning of the year the Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart has almost exclusively focused on one of its most ambitious productions to date: … [Read more...] about The Seven Sins – Gauthier Dance shines a spotlight on vice

Hindus want Paris Opera to cancel “patronising” Bayadère ballet

27 April 2021 by Gramilano 5 Comments

Vyacheslav Lopatin As The Bronze Idol In La Bayadére, Photo By Elena Fetisova, 2018

Rajan Zed, a leading Hindu cleric and a well-known leader in interfaith relations, says that the Paris Opera Ballet should not be "callously promoting the appropriation of traditions, elements and … [Read more...] about Hindus want Paris Opera to cancel “patronising” Bayadère ballet

Dancing Times features a countertenor on its cover: Jakub Józef Orliński talks about breakdancing

27 October 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

2019 11 Dancing Times cover

The cover for the November issue of Dancing Times features countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński. I interviewed him a couple of days before his Glyndebourne Festival debut singing the title role in … [Read more...] about Dancing Times features a countertenor on its cover: Jakub Józef Orliński talks about breakdancing

English National Ballet announces promotions and new joiners for the 2018/2019 season

19 June 2018 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Tamara Rojo, Jeffrey Cirio and Jospeph Caley in Song of the Earth © Laurent Liotardo (4)

Tamara Rojo has announced promotions within English National Ballet and new joiners for the 2018/2019 season. Joiners and promotions Joining the Company will be Jeffrey Cirio who joins English … [Read more...] about English National Ballet announces promotions and new joiners for the 2018/2019 season

The Art of Movement – a glorious new book from NYC Dance Project

19 October 2016 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Gregory Dean, Principal, Royal Danish Ballet

NYC Dance Project – husband and wife team, Ken Browar and Deborah Ory – have produced some of the most widely circulated images of dance on the internet. Leaps and other gymnastic feats will always be … [Read more...] about The Art of Movement – a glorious new book from NYC Dance Project

Royal Danish Ballet dancers celebrate Bournonville in London

27 November 2014 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

As a cure for the post Christmas blues - or to help celebrate that the festivities are over, depending on your point of view - principals and soloists from The Royal Danish Ballet alight at London's … [Read more...] about Royal Danish Ballet dancers celebrate Bournonville in London

Royal Danish Ballet break tradition with homoerotic La Sylphide

8 September 2014 by Gramilano 2 Comments

Nikolaj Hübbe seems to be intent on upsetting some of the Royal Danish Ballet's most faithful admirers with his new version of the Royal Danish Ballet's almost sacred La Sylphide. The company have … [Read more...] about Royal Danish Ballet break tradition with homoerotic La Sylphide

Alexei Ratmansky’s Opera at La Scala

3 December 2013 by Gramilano 3 Comments

If an Alexei Ratmansky ballet is something to look forward to; a new Ratmansky ballet is very good news indeed. Rather like a film with Meryl Streep, Ratmansky's presence is something of a guarantee - … [Read more...] about Alexei Ratmansky’s Opera at La Scala

Maina Gielgud answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

7 June 2013 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Q&A When did you start dancing? I took my first ballet classes when I was about 6 years old. It was in Brussels, and with a Russian teacher married to a Belgian. Her name was Mme de … [Read more...] about Maina Gielgud answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

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

Sneak peek: Peter Schaufuss working with Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev for London’s next R&J

27 June 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Peter Schaufuss is rehearsing his company's Romeo & Juliet for London. It marks the 40th anniversary of Schaufuss’s first appearance with London Festival Ballet, now English National Ballet. More … [Read more...] about Sneak peek: Peter Schaufuss working with Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev for London’s next R&J

Apollinaire Scherr on the Bournonville style

22 June 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

In Scherr's Financial Times review of the Royal Danish Ballet's performances at the Lincoln Center, she gives a highly original account of what constitutes August Bournonville's choreographic … [Read more...] about Apollinaire Scherr on the Bournonville style

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New York City Ballet 2023 Spring Season is announced

Principal Brandon Lawrence to leave Birmingham Royal Ballet to join Ballett Zürich

Two new opera recordings to be released by Warner Classics/Erato

Four new Principal dancers for New York City Ballet

LaScalaTv, La Scala’s new streaming platform, is now live

Royal Ballet principal dancer Laura Morera to retire

Pam Tanowitz’s Secret Things, her second world premiere for The Royal Ballet this season

Prix de Lausanne 2023 – the full lineup

Principal dancer Jared Angle to give final performance with NYCB

The Australian Ballet will tour to the Royal Opera House in August 2023

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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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