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The Venice Biennale – Dance 2021 with Wayne McGregor

14 April 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Odyssey - Compagnie Herve Koubi, photo by Frédérique Calloch

Between July and September, the Venice Biennale becomes an international stage for the performing arts and for 2021 Wayne McGregor takes up the reins of the dance section until 2023. Participants … [Read more...] about The Venice Biennale – Dance 2021 with Wayne McGregor

Choreographer and dancer Ismael Ivo has died at 66 from Covid

9 April 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Ismael Ivo in Venice

The choreographer and dancer Ismael Ivo has died at 66 from Covid. He was an important artistic director and organizer in the world of dance spending eight years as director of the Biennale Danza … [Read more...] about Choreographer and dancer Ismael Ivo has died at 66 from Covid

Sylvie Guillem on why she’s still ‘Mademoiselle Non’

19 June 2012 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Sylive Guillem will be in Venice tomorrow to receive from the Biennale  the Leone d'oro  (Golden Lion) for "having redesigned the form of the dancer, defying the laws of physics". Valeria Crippa … [Read more...] about Sylvie Guillem on why she’s still ‘Mademoiselle Non’

Madonna thanks her ex-husbands for encouraging her movie career

2 September 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Madonna thanked her ex-husbands for encouraging her to take up a career in movies, as she arrived in Venice on Thursday for the world premiere of her lavish royal drama "W.E." The 53-year-old … [Read more...] about Madonna thanks her ex-husbands for encouraging her movie career

Polanski made Winslet vomit and the Venetian audience laughed

1 September 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

He may have been absent, but Roman Polanski made his presence felt at the Venice film festival today, September 1, with his comedy "Carnage," in which Oscar-winner Kate Winslet's projectile vomit … [Read more...] about Polanski made Winslet vomit and the Venetian audience laughed

Alex Ross at the grave of Stravinsky

27 June 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Yesterday I took a vaporetto out to San Michele, the cemetery island of Venice. It was seven-thirty on a Sunday morning, and my only fellow passengers were several elderly people whom I took to be … [Read more...] about Alex Ross at the grave of Stravinsky

Carla Fracci in this week’s (Italian) Vanity Fair

19 March 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

In 1983 Palmolive were looking for "the face" to represent their products. The look had to be "acqua e sapone" (literally "water and soap", meaning a look that was fresh and natural). They chose Carla … [Read more...] about Carla Fracci in this week’s (Italian) Vanity Fair

Luca Pisaroni – the new bass-baritone on the block

2 January 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

With ten years of professional singing under his belt, Luca Pisaroni is starting to make big waves. Here is a well-disciplined voice with a personality, whose owner is good actor and has a charming … [Read more...] about Luca Pisaroni – the new bass-baritone on the block

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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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