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Photo gallery of Czech National Ballet’s triple bill: Rain, Vertigo and Cacti
The Czech National Ballet’s triple bill Vertigo debuted in June and photographer Dasa Wharton was there to record it. The contemporary programme featured Radu Poklitaru’s Rain, Alexander Ekman’s Cacti...
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The 7th Vaganova-PRIX takes place in October… and now’s the time to apply
The Vaganova Ballet Academy is reviving the International Ballet Competition Vaganova-PRIX. This year will be the seventh time that the competition has been held and it will take place in St Petersburg...
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Martina Arduino in Ratmansky’s Swan Lake – a ballet star is born at La Scala?
If you visit NASA’s website, they define a protostar as the “hot core at the heart of the collapsing cloud that will one day become a star”. 19-year-old Martina Arduino, who graduated from La Scala’s...
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‘Ousted’ ENO director gets top job at the Bolshoi
In an unprecedented move, it seems that ‘ousted’ English National Opera artistic director, John Berry, has been snapped up by the Bolshoi Theatre. It is extremely rare for non-Russians to hold...
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The Gender of Choreography. Is it time for quotas?
Is it time for quotas? This was one of many questions discussed at a Dance Umbrella debate, part of the Big Dance 2016 events, at the beginning of this month. The subject of gender inequality in...
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BALLET2000 Prix dedicates Cannes gala to Maya Plisetskaya
In a week’s time, the BALLET2000 Prix will host its annual event in Cannes, this year dedicated to the memory of Maya Plisetskaya. When the prize was launched, in 2004, then known as Les Étoiles de...
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All John Neumeier contemporary variations for Prix de Lausanne 2017
The Prix de Lausanne 2017 will run from 29 January to 5 February 2017, and those who wish to take part need to start filling in forms and making videos to submit for consideration. For the 45th edition...
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La Scala’s Damiano Mastandrea: 14 February 1960 – 26 July 2016
An opera house is a small town. It has its mayor, school, shop, laundry, theatre, restaurant, factory. There are people who construct things, clean, teach, cook, entertain, keep fit, buy and sell....
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Susana B Williams and her Choreographers’ Showcase return to Edinburgh
Susana B Williams has been bringing her Choreographers’ Showcases to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for 15 years. Her company, Dance-Forms, will have managed 72 such events by the time the doors open at...
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La Scala gets a Google Doodle
Though no special anniversary, Google users in Italy today are seeing a Google Doodle to commemorate the “238th Anniversary of the inauguration of Teatro Alla Scala”. Inside the second ‘O’ is a view...
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Mi BALLET2000 Prix presents Maya Plisetskaya Awards in Cannes
The first edition of the Awards handed out by the dance magazine BALLET2000 were in 2004 when Maya Plisetskaya was presented with the main Prix for her career and during which she danced Ave Maya...
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200 copies available of Ardani Artists’ ballet photo book Impressario
Adani Artists, the modern Diaghilevs, impresarios, are celebrating their first 25 years of activity with dance galas and also with a luxurious photography book, Impresario: Dancers in New Dimensions....
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Vladimir Shklyarov answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A [на русском языке] When did you start dancing? I’ve suffered since childhood — my Mum wanted me to do it. Why did you start dancing? Because I was forced to… I didn’t want to! Which...
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Marcia Haydée, Julio Bocca and Maria Riccetto talk about Uruguay’s new Carmen
My Carmen is not only a beautiful and sensual woman; she is like a wild animal! A woman who thinks only of herself and loves only herself. Marcia Haydée is talking about her ballet Carmen, created for...
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To Carla Fracci, on your 80th Birthday, from your colleagues and friends
Today is the 80th birthday of the Italian ballerina, Carla Fracci. She was born in Milan on 20 August 1936. To celebrate we asked fellow ballerinas, as well as actresses and designers she has worked...
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Italy celebrates Carla Fracci at 80
Over the last couple of weeks the has been a steady build up in Italian media to this day, the 80th birthday of Italy brightest ballet star, Carla Fracci. Seemingly endless articles have littered the...
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La Scala’s orchestra, chorus and ballet company embark on a month-long tour
La Scala’s orchestra, chorus and ballet company have flown out of Milan for a month on tour which will see them in Korea, China, Japan and Russia. Tomorrow night at the Lotte Hall in Seoul, Myung-Whun...
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Vaganova Prix 2016… UPDATE
In July, Gramilano reported on the upcoming Vaganova Prix in St Petersburg. In view of the numerous requests from Russian and foreign ballet schools the age of the participants of the competition has...
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La Scala dancer Jacopo Tissi joins the Bolshoi
Jacopo Tissi, the young Italian dancer who is starting to make waves, has been offered a contract with the Bolshoi Ballet Company. That’s not something that happens every day. The Moscow company, like...
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Berlin dancers say ‘Save Staatsballett Berlin!’ with a Change.org petition
You may remember dancers from the La Scala Ballet Company objecting at the decision to appoint Mauro Bigonzetti as it’s new boss and to his programming for his first season? Now dancers at Berlin have...
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