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Review: 17th World Ballet Festival in Tokyo, Programme B

10 August 2024 by Matthew Paluch Leave a Comment

17th WBF Programme B - 15 Onegin - Gilbert & Marchand, photo Kiyonori Hasegawa

Matthew Paluch sees Programme B at the 17th World Ballet Festival in Tokyo: "The festival has a 48-year legacy behind it, but this shouldn't be taken for granted." TitleWorld Ballet Festival, … [Read more...] about Review: 17th World Ballet Festival in Tokyo, Programme B

Review: 17th World Ballet Festival in Tokyo, Programme A

4 August 2024 by Matthew Paluch Leave a Comment

17th WBF Don Quixote Marianela Nunez-Vadim Muntagirov, photo Kiyonori Hasegawa

Matthew Paluch sees the Programme A gala at the 17th World Ballet Festival in Tokyo with 33 of the world's top dancers. TitleWorld Ballet Festival, Programme ACompanyJapan Performing Arts … [Read more...] about Review: 17th World Ballet Festival in Tokyo, Programme A

Ten leading Bolshoi dancers suspended

6 October 2022 by Gramilano 5 Comments

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Leading Bolshoi dancers have been suspended from upcoming performances in Moscow after participating in a gala in Uzbekistan. On their day off, the dancers were in Tashkent, the capital, at the … [Read more...] about Ten leading Bolshoi dancers suspended

Italy’s Jacopo Tissi is promoted to Principal Dancer at the Bolshoi

5 January 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Alena Kovaleva and Jacopo Tissi in Grand Pas Classique, Ravenna Festival 2019

Italian dancer Jacopo Tissi has been promoted to the top rank of the Bolshoi Company dancers in Moscow. Tissi is now a Principal Dancer alongside Artemy Belyakov, Semyon Chudin, Vladislav Lantratov, … [Read more...] about Italy’s Jacopo Tissi is promoted to Principal Dancer at the Bolshoi

In conversation with Marianela Nuñez

9 July 2020 by Gramilano 7 Comments

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The Royal Ballet’s Argentinian principal dancer, Marianela Nuñez, is in lockdown in Buenos Aires. She went there to be near her family and partner, because now home, for Nela, is London, which also … [Read more...] about In conversation with Marianela Nuñez

Les Étoiles in Rome – Nuñez, Muntagirov, Novikova, Sarafanov, Alexandrova, Lantratov, Semionova…

14 February 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Marianela Nuñez and Vadim Muntagirov, Sylvia, photo by Graham Spicer

Les Étoiles in Rome - Marianela Nuñez, Vadim Muntagirov, Olesya Novikova, Leonid Sarafanov, Maria Alexandrova, Vladislav Lantratov, Polina Semionova, Dmitry Semionov, Tatiana Melnik, Bakhtiyar … [Read more...] about Les Étoiles in Rome – Nuñez, Muntagirov, Novikova, Sarafanov, Alexandrova, Lantratov, Semionova…

Antipasto to the annual Les Étoiles gala in Rome with Russian and Italian ballet stars

25 January 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

photo Ripari Young Group

As an antipasto to the annual Les Étoiles gala in Rome — this year a sold out two days, next year there will be three — in the luxurious setting of the Hotel de Russie near the Spanish Steps, there … [Read more...] about Antipasto to the annual Les Étoiles gala in Rome with Russian and Italian ballet stars

The world’s ballet Étoiles army arrives in Rome, conquering with its art

7 January 2019 by Gramilano 3 Comments

La Bayadère by Alexei Ratmansky withPolina Semionova, photo by Yan Revazov, Staatsballett Berlin

It’s become an annual event in Rome – after the Christmas holidays and the last bite of panettone, comes the Daniele Cipriani Entertainment dance gala with some of the best and biggest names in ballet … [Read more...] about The world’s ballet Étoiles army arrives in Rome, conquering with its art

Danza in Italia column returns in the latest issue of Dancing Times

25 October 2018 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Dancing Times November 2018

The latest issue of Dancing Times magazine, November 2018, is being shipped to newstands as I write. The new Danza in Italia column looks at Rudolf Nureyev's Don Quixote at Teatro alla Scala, with … [Read more...] about Danza in Italia column returns in the latest issue of Dancing Times

The Sleeping Beauty with Marianela Nuñez and Vladislav Lantratov at the Rome Opera Ballet

30 September 2018 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Marianela Nuñez and Vladislav Lantratov in The Sleeping Beauty, Rome Opera Ballet © Yasuko Kageyama

Jean-Guillaume Bart, former Étoile at the Paris Opera Ballet, created his version of The Sleeping Beauty for the Yacobson Ballet Theatre in St Petersburg in 2016. His POB colleague Eleonora Abbagnato … [Read more...] about The Sleeping Beauty with Marianela Nuñez and Vladislav Lantratov at the Rome Opera Ballet

The impeccable Bolshoi dancers in Maillot’s slick Taming of the Shrew at La Scala

23 September 2018 by Gramilano 3 Comments

Ekaterina Krysanova and Vladislav Lantratov in The Taming of the Shrew, photo by Alice Blangero

Lots of empty seats were available for the Bolshoi Ballet at La Scala in The Taming of the Shrew. La Bayadère – great; Swan Lake – ooh yes; Giselle – lovely; Taming of the Shrew? – err. Word of mouth … [Read more...] about The impeccable Bolshoi dancers in Maillot’s slick Taming of the Shrew at La Scala

Photo Album and full casting – Bolshoi dancers in Milan

23 July 2018 by Gramilano 5 Comments

Margarita Shrainer As Gamzatti In La Bayadére, Photo By Damir Yusupov, 2018

After an 11-year absence, the Bolshoi Ballet returns to Milan. In 2007, the company came with La Fille du Pharaon and The Bright Stream. From 7 to 13 September they will be at La Scala with La … [Read more...] about Photo Album and full casting – Bolshoi dancers in Milan

Bolshoi Ballet’s Vladislav Lantratov on the cancelling of Nureyev: There is nothing worse for an artist…

24 July 2017 by Gramilano 1 Comment

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On 8 July, after the dress rehearsal of the Bolshoi Ballet’s ambitious new ballet on the life of Rudolf Nureyev, the premiere was cancelled. Vladislav Lantratov was to have played Nureyev and, stunned … [Read more...] about Bolshoi Ballet’s Vladislav Lantratov on the cancelling of Nureyev: There is nothing worse for an artist…

Bolshoi star ballerina Alexandrova will be off the stage for a year

7 August 2013 by Gramilano 6 Comments

Bolshoi prima ballerina Maria Alexandrova, who injured her Achilles tendon on 2 August during a performance of La Bayadère in London, may not be back on stage for a year. Alexandrova received … [Read more...] about Bolshoi star ballerina Alexandrova will be off the stage for a year

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INTERVIEWS

Cecilia Bartoli and the Les Musiciens du Prince of Monte Carlo © 2018 Alain Hanel,OMC

[Interview] Cecilia Bartoli: Baroque music is for the soul

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Ballet22 – mxn en pointe

Tamas Detrich at the Stuttgart Ballet

[Interview] Tamas Detrich’s first five years as director of Stuttgart Ballet

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Bella Ratchinskaia and Manuel Legris talk about the abuse allegations at Vienna State Opera’s Ballet Academy

Martha Graham Dance Company Costumes by Martha Graham for Night Journey © Ken Browar and Deborah Ory

The Style of Movement: Fashion and Dance – dance photography from NYC Dance Project

Boléro with Roberto Bolle photo by Brescia e Amisano Teatro alla Scala, 2019 (9)

[Interview] Roberto Bolle: I’m very focused on what I do… that’s a difficult pact for anyone

The Nutcracker rehearsals - Claudio Coviello with Manuel Legris, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala

La Scala principal dancer Claudio Coviello on dancing in Nureyev’s Nutcracker

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Interview: Jennie Muskett – the Emmy-winning film composer seeking a new career writing music for dance

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GRAMILANO

Graham Spicer, aka 'Gramilano', is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan. 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, and he wrote the Danza in Italia column for Dancing Times magazine. Graham was the historical advisor on Codice Carla, the 2023 documentary on Carla Fracci.

Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in books, theatre programmes, and magazines, including Dancing Times, Dance Spirit and Ballet2000, as well as all the major Italian newspapers.

He is a member of the Dance Section of The Critics’ Circle.

Since 2022, Gramilano has been pleased to welcome guest authors: Paul Arrowsmith, Donatella Bertozzi, Georgina Butler, Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel, Jonathan Gray, Marina Harss, Ann Haskins, Lily Hyde, Marta Mele, Matthew Paluch, Jann Parry, Lucía Piquero, Graham Watts, Deborah Weiss, and Lydia Wharf.

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