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Dancing Times’ June 2022 issue features La Scala’s Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko

27 May 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko outside La Scala in Milan © Graham Spicer

In June’s edition of Dancing Times magazine (out now) I talk to La Scala’s principal dancers Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko about life as an onstage and offstage couple: Nicoletta Manni … [Read more...] about Dancing Times’ June 2022 issue features La Scala’s Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko

[Photo Album] Scottish Ballet Nutcracker resumes performances

20 January 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

04 - Principal Evan Loudon as The Nutcracker Prince and Soloist Grace Horler as The Snow Queen in Peter Darrell's The Nutcracker. Credit Andy Ross

Following the Scottish Government announcement that there will be no further extension to current event restrictions due to Covid-19, Scottish Ballet has announced that it will complete its tour of … [Read more...] about [Photo Album] Scottish Ballet Nutcracker resumes performances

Gene Kelly’s Starstruck – Scottish Ballet’s cinematic fantasy

17 December 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Principals Christopher Harrison and Sophie Martin on set of Starstruck. Credit Gavin Smart

Scottish Ballet’s Starstruck – a reworking of Gene Kelly’s 1960 ballet Pas de Dieux – comes to Marquee TV from today, 17 December 2021. Kelly was invited to create a work for the Paris Opera Ballet … [Read more...] about Gene Kelly’s Starstruck – Scottish Ballet’s cinematic fantasy

Scottish Ballet to review partnership with “dirty oil” sponsors BP

12 November 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

BP-or-Not-BP

On the last day of COP26 – the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow – Scottish Ballet has come under attack for accepting sponsorship from BP, the British multinational oil and gas … [Read more...] about Scottish Ballet to review partnership with “dirty oil” sponsors BP

Free arts films from Marquee TV during August

9 August 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Scottish Ballet dancers in Sophie Laplanes DIVE. Photo by Andy Ross crop

Marquee TV, for the second year running, is offering 30 short works on its streaming platform for free during August. Opera, dance, theatre, and music are featured in its Summer Shorts … [Read more...] about Free arts films from Marquee TV during August

UK’s National Dance Awards announced

28 June 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

The Cellist. Marcelino Sambe and Lauren Cuthbertson. ©ROH, 2020. Photographed by Bill Cooper. (6)

This year’s National Dance Awards were announced yesterday at a streamed event from Cervantes Theatre in London. The NDA Chair, Graham Watts, paid tribute to Liam Scarlett who was nominated six … [Read more...] about UK’s National Dance Awards announced

Ballet treats to view online during the holidays

24 December 2020 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

New York City Ballet’s The Nutcracker © Erin Baiano

Dance programming for the festive period from companies all over the world are many: free, subscription and pay-per-view. Here are some that have caught my eye. Please feel free to signal in the … [Read more...] about Ballet treats to view online during the holidays

Marquee TV announces a new selection of festive treats from around the world

7 December 2020 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

New York City Ballet’s The Nutcracker © Erin Baiano

Dance Marquee TV’s exclusive film of The Nutcracker from the New York City Ballet can be seen from 11 December until 3 January 2021. George Balanchine’s version first premiered in 1954 and has been … [Read more...] about Marquee TV announces a new selection of festive treats from around the world

Marquee TV launches a free Summer Shorts Festival on 3 August

29 July 2020 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Popsicle by Katherine Helen Fisher (part of San Francisco Dance Film Festival selection)

The performing arts streaming service Marquee TV has partnered with the San Francisco Dance Film Festival, Screen.dance Festival, Scottish Ballet, and others, for a month-long festival from 3 … [Read more...] about Marquee TV launches a free Summer Shorts Festival on 3 August

Dancing Times, February edition – including Gramilano’s Danza in Italia column with La Scala’s new Nutcracker

29 January 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

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Cover girl for the February edition of Dancing Times is Ballet Black’s Isabela Coracy, photographed by Angela Zaremba, who is the Dancer of the Month. It was announced recently that Ballet Black will … [Read more...] about Dancing Times, February edition – including Gramilano’s Danza in Italia column with La Scala’s new Nutcracker

James Hobley, Britain’s Got Talent’s autistic dancer, now 19 leaves ENB’s school to join Scottish Ballet

27 July 2018 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

James Hobley Publicity Shot

James Hobley, first known to the general public as a Britain’s Got Talent finalist in 2011, has graduated from English National Ballet School and has a contract to start his professional career with … [Read more...] about James Hobley, Britain’s Got Talent’s autistic dancer, now 19 leaves ENB’s school to join Scottish Ballet

Former Royal Ballet principal Miyako Yoshida becomes Artistic Director of New National Ballet Tokyo

28 June 2018 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Miyako Yoshida cropped

Miyako Yoshida, former Principal Dancer with The Royal Ballet, has been appointed Artistic Director of the New National Ballet Tokyo. The Ballet Company is part of Tokyo's New National Theatre, … [Read more...] about Former Royal Ballet principal Miyako Yoshida becomes Artistic Director of New National Ballet Tokyo

Interview with composer Thea Musgrave at 90: I am happy and fulfilled to be the composer and person I am now

27 May 2018 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Thea Musgrave

The Scottish composer Thea Musgrave is 90 today, 27 May 2018. She is one of Britain’s most distinguished composers of classical music and opera; The Times said that she is “... the most gifted … [Read more...] about Interview with composer Thea Musgrave at 90: I am happy and fulfilled to be the composer and person I am now

Photo Album: first look at The Royal Ballet’s MacMillan triple bill

19 October 2017 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Tyrone Singleton and Jenna Roberts in Concerto, photo Andy Ross (3)

British choreographer Kenneth MacMillan transformed ballet, through an extraordinary career that expanded the boundaries of the art form. To mark the 25th anniversary of his death The Royal Ballet … [Read more...] about Photo Album: first look at The Royal Ballet’s MacMillan triple bill

World Ballet Day 2015 with one day of live streaming from 5 companies

8 September 2015 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

1 October 2015 is the date for this year's World Ballet Day live stream. Following last year’s unprecedented collaboration for the first World Ballet Day LIVE, five of the world’s leading ballet … [Read more...] about World Ballet Day 2015 with one day of live streaming from 5 companies

Igor Yebra answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

17 October 2012 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Q&A When did you start dancing? When I was 13 years old. Why did you start dancing? Because I liked it and in my house it was something normal to see ballet; although first I wanted to be a … [Read more...] about Igor Yebra answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

Paul Chalmer answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

27 December 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Q&A When did you start dancing? Age 6, then National Ballet School, Toronto, age 9. Why did you start dancing? Saw ballet on TV. Which dancer inspired you most as a … [Read more...] about Paul Chalmer answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

Alices everywhere from London to New York, from film to stage, from musical to ballet. Now in tartan…

1 March 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Alices are popping out all over the place. Tim Burton is partly to blame for the latest batch with his Johnny Depp film Alice in Wonderland in 3D last year. Here in Italy there is an (awful) touring … [Read more...] about Alices everywhere from London to New York, from film to stage, from musical to ballet. Now in tartan…

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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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