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Pro-Putin dancer Sergei Polunin’s show to be staged in Milan in January

22 December 2022 by Gramilano 8 Comments

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On 28 and 29 January 2023, the Teatro degli Arcimboldi in Milan will present Rasputin, a project by and starring Sergei Polunin – the ‘rock star of world dance’ according to the theatre’s … [Read more...] about Pro-Putin dancer Sergei Polunin’s show to be staged in Milan in January

Igor Zelensky and Putin’s daughter

20 May 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

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From 2017 to 2019, Katerina Tikhonova – the youngest daughter of Vladimir Putin – and a little girl flew between Moscow and Munich over 50 times. Munich was, until April, where Igor Zelensky lived … [Read more...] about Igor Zelensky and Putin’s daughter

Anna Netrebko cancels Adriana Lecouvreur performances at La Scala

1 March 2022 by Gramilano 2 Comments

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La Scala finds itself scrambling to find a conductor for the remaining performances of The Queen of Spades from 4 March after Valery Gergiev refused to denounce the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and … [Read more...] about Anna Netrebko cancels Adriana Lecouvreur performances at La Scala

La Scala asks Valery Gergiev to denounce the invasion of Ukraine or leave

24 February 2022 by Gramilano 7 Comments

Valery Gergiev, photo by Mike Vilchuk © Teatro Mariinsky 2022

Last night, a new production of The Queen of Spades, conducted by Valery Gergiev, opened at La Scala. Gergiev – sometimes called ‘the Tsar’ because of his friendship with Vladimir Putin – was … [Read more...] about La Scala asks Valery Gergiev to denounce the invasion of Ukraine or leave

Sergei Polunin on Liam Scarlett, Russian gays, and getting rid of his Putin tattoo

1 May 2021 by Gramilano 3 Comments

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In an interview with The Telegraph’s Louis Wise, Sergei Polunin dodges the hand grenades he launches about comments in the past about homosexuals and women, and his jaw-dropping Vladimir Putin tattoo. … [Read more...] about Sergei Polunin on Liam Scarlett, Russian gays, and getting rid of his Putin tattoo

The Bolshoi Theatre’s Director on the current closure and the worrying task of reopening

10 April 2020 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Urin

Автор: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, Ссылка In a plain-speaking interview with the Russian newspaper Kommersant, the Bolshoi Theatre’s General Director, Vladimir Urin, talked about the impending … [Read more...] about The Bolshoi Theatre’s Director on the current closure and the worrying task of reopening

Rights group asks for Polunin ballet in Verona’s Arena to be cancelled

15 May 2019 by Gramilano 3 Comments

Sergei Polunin's tattoo of Vladimir Putin on his Instagram account, CREDIT INSTAGRAM

A full-page article in today’s Corriere della Sera, a major Italian newspaper, has the headline: Polunin, the bad boy of dance “is homophobic”. After recent Instagram postings which were widely … [Read more...] about Rights group asks for Polunin ballet in Verona’s Arena to be cancelled

Ukrainian ballerinas perform anti-Putin Swan Lake in front of tanks

3 May 2014 by Gramilano 5 Comments

In Odessa four brave cygnets danced to Tchaikovsky's music in front of military tanks. The Ukrainian ballerinas were outside Odessa's military history museum, and, reports The Moscow Times, "was … [Read more...] about Ukrainian ballerinas perform anti-Putin Swan Lake in front of tanks

Newsweek finds out what makes Anna Netrebko tick… and why she hates ‘toska’

26 September 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

  The papers are full of interviews with Russian soprano Anna Netrebko, especially during this, the month of her 40th birthday. They are not exactly carbon copies of each other, but very … [Read more...] about Newsweek finds out what makes Anna Netrebko tick… and why she hates ‘toska’

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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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