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La Scala in the USA – a Gala in New York, an exhibition in Washington, and a screening in Los Angeles After visits to Berlin, Paris, Vienna, Madrid and London, La Scala continues an international tour presenting its 2025/2026 season.

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Interview: Alessandra Ferri – we are capable of tapping into things that are higher than ourselves Having just started as director of the Vienna State Ballet, ballerina Alessandra Ferri talks about where she is now.

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Review: ODEC, One Dance European City – a celebration of dance in two countries, one city Graham Spicer sees ODEC, One Dance European City in two countries, but one city – Gorizia in Italy and Nova Gorica in Slovenia.

Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: ODEC, One Dance European City – a celebration of dance in two countries, one city www.gramilano.com/2025/10/revi...

Review: the Cullberg Ballet in Exposure – review not to be read by minors under 18 Graham Spicer sees Alexandra Bachzetsis' Exposure with the Cullberg Ballet – Stickers were placed over the camera lenses of every smartphone.

Review⭐⭐⭐⭐: the Cullberg Ballet in Exposure – review not to be read by minors under 18 www.gramilano.com/2025/10/revi...

Review: The Royal Ballet’s Like Water for Chocolate – a cast full of debuts Lily Hyde sees a young cast in Christopher Wheeldon's Like Water for Chocolate with The Royal Ballet – dancers to watch in an uneven ballet.

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Natalia Osipova returns to the Royal Ballet and Opera’s Linbury Theatre Natalia Osipova returns with her Osipova/Linbury programme which contains work by Jo Strømgren, Akram Khan, Alexei Ratmansky and Frederick Ashton.

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Review: MILANoLTRE Festival in Milan with the Ballet de Lorraine Graham Spicer sees the Ballet de Lorraine in a double bill – Trish Brown's "Twelve Ton Rose" and Marco da Silva Ferreira's "a Folia".

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Interview with Virginia Zeani at 90 "My brain believes that I’m eternally young" Interview with soprano Virginia Zeani about her life and career as she reaches her 90th Birthday on 21 October 2015 .

Today would have been the 100th birthday of the great soprano Virginia Zeani. Here's an interview I did with her for her 90th - "My brain believes that I’m eternally young

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Review: La Fille mal gardée – opening night with The Royal Ballet in "the sunniest, funniest, twirliest romcom around" Georgina Butler sees La Fille mal gardée with Marianela Nuñez (youthful lyricism) and Vadim Muntagirov (bravura dancing) who together are radiant.

Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: La Fille mal gardée – opening night with The Royal Ballet in “the sunniest, funniest, twirliest romcom around” with Marianela Nuñez (youthful lyricism) and Vadim Muntagirov (bravura dancing) who together are radiant.

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Review: the welcome return of La Fille mal gardée with The Royal Ballet and debut performances to celebrate Jonathan Gray sees La Fille mal gardée at the Royal Ballet and Opera, one of Ashton’s greatest, funniest works with fizzing invention and humour unsurpassed.

Review⭐⭐⭐⭐: the welcome return of La Fille mal gardée with The Royal Ballet and debut performances to celebrate www.gramilano.com/2025/10/revi...

Review: Detention – Gary Clarke Company’s brave, politically themed work Jonathan Gray sees Gary Clarke Company’s Detention reminding its audience that the freedoms we enjoy today shouldn’t be taken for granted.

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Access Becomes Art: World Ballet Day 2025 – The Royal Ballet’s celebration of radical accessibility Wednesday 12 November 2025 marks the return of World Ballet Day, a global celebration of dance, following a year’s hiatus.

Access Becomes Art: World Ballet Day 2025 – The Royal Ballet’s celebration of radical accessibility www.gramilano.com/2025/10/worl...

Interview: Angela Gheorghiu, betrayed by Pappano and Kaufmann, and still loving Alagna Angela Gheorghiu never hides her true thoughts... here she talks about Callas, Pappano, Kaufmann, Alagna's jealousy and her present happiness.

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Interview: Royal Ballet dancers Ella Newton Severgnini and Francisco Serrano talk about their debut in Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate Graham Spicer talks with Royal Ballet dancers Ella Newton Severgnini and Francisco Serrano who dance the leading roles in Wheeldon's Like Water for Chocolate.

Interview: Royal Ballet dancers Ella Newton Severgnini and Francisco Serrano talk about their debut in Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate www.gramilano.com/2025/10/inte...

Review: Cecilia Bartoli's sweet, tormented Love Songs in Rimini Graham Spicer sees Cecilia Bartoli in concert with 'Si dolce è ‘l tormento – Canzoni d’amore', still weaving the Bartoli magic.

Review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Cecilia Bartoli’s sweet, tormented Love Songs in Rimini – 'Canzoni d’amore' sees her weaving the Bartoli magic.

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Review: English National Ballet’s R:Evolution – not one for the books Matthew Paluch sees an alternative cast to that of opening night in ENB’s R:Evolution mixed bill – but something was missing?

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Review: Black History Month Draft Works at The Royal Opera House – the future is certainly looking bright Lily Hyde sees Black History Month Draft Works at The Royal Opera House curated by Marcelino Sambé with the work of five Black female choreographers.

Review⭐⭐⭐⭐: Black History Month Draft Works at The Royal Opera House – the future is certainly looking bright www.gramilano.com/2025/10/revi...

Visavì Gorizia Dance Festival – two cities, two nations, one heart The Visavì Gorizia Dance Festival is a cross-border event where spectators can visit theatres that were, until recently, divided by barbed wire and a wall.

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The Royal Ballet’s La Fille mal gardée, live in cinemas 5 November Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée returns to The Royal Ballet with Francesca Hayward and Marcelino Sambé for the cinema relay on 5 November.

The Royal Ballet’s La Fille mal gardée, live in cinemas 5 November  www.gramilano.com/2025/10/the-...

Review: Andrea Peña & Artists in Bogotá – dozing off was an instinctive temptation Graham Watts sees Andrea Peña & Artists opening the Dance Umbrella Festival – “If the work wasn’t enjoyable, it was certainly intellectually challenging.”

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Review: English National Ballet’s R:Evolution – a beautiful dance down memory lane Lucía Piquero sees English National Ballet’s mixed bill with “company full of energy and vision, galvanised through dancers you cannot stop looking at”.

Review⭐⭐⭐⭐: English National Ballet’s R:Evolution – a beautiful dance down memory lane www.gramilano.com/2025/10/engl...

Review: La Scala triple bill – a five-star performance from Gioacchino Starace in Béjart’s Boléro Graham Spicer sees Harald Lander’s Études, Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort, and Gioacchino Starace in Maurice Béjart's Boléro at La Scala.

Review⭐⭐⭐⭐: La Scala triple bill – a five-star performance from Gioacchino Starace in Béjart’s Boléro www.gramilano.com/2025/10/revi...

Review: Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate returns with The Royal Ballet Graham Watts sees Like Water for Chocolate with Christopher Wheeldon bringing an extraordinary book to life in dance.

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Royal Ballet’s Anna Rose O'Sullivan to star in An American in Paris in Switzerland Anna Rose O'Sullivan will make her musical theatre debut in Christopher Wheeldon’s production of An American in Paris at Grand Théâtre de Genève in December.

Royal Ballet’s Anna Rose O'Sullivan to star in An American in Paris in Switzerland
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Interview: Is Frankenstein the new Nutcracker? San Francisco Ballet's Joseph Walsh on dancing and staging Liam Scarlett's ballet Rocky Horror Picture Show goes to the ballet? Ann Haskins talks to Joseph Walsh about Liam Scarlett’s Frankenstein for San Francisco Ballet.

Interview: Is Frankenstein the new Nutcracker? San Francisco Ballet's Joseph Walsh on dancing and staging Liam Scarlett's ballet
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The Force of Destiny – a documentary following preparations for opening night at La Scala La Scala: The Force of Destiny follows the preparations for Verdi’s La Forza del Destino, which opened La Scala’s 2024 season on 7 December.

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Cecilia Bartoli in Rimini with the tormented love of the great composers Cecilia Bartoli returns to a childhood theatre in Rimini, a theatre she reopened 7 years ago.

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Review: US premiere of Liam Scarlett's Carmen opens The Joffrey Ballet's 70th anniversary season in Chicago amid a myriad of milestones Scott C Morgan sees the US premiere of Liam Scarlett's Carmen with the Joffrey Ballet – an impressive story ballet adaptation.

Review⭐⭐⭐⭐: US premiere of Liam Scarlett's Carmen opens The Joffrey Ballet's 70th anniversary season in Chicago amid a myriad of milestones www.gramilano.com/2025/09/revi...

Rocio Aleman answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition Rocio Aleman was born in Mexico. In 2008 she went to Stuttgart's John Cranko Schule, in 2011 joined the Stuttgart Ballet becoming Principal Dancer in 2021.

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Review: Acosta Danza’s A Decade in Motion – an incredible coterie of dancers Lily Hyde sees Acosta Danza celebrating A Decade in Motion – the incredible dancers deserve a better programme in which to display their talents.

Review 🌕🌕🌕🌗: Acosta Danza’s A Decade in Motion – an incredible coterie of dancers

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