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Review: BLINDED by DELIGHT in Berlin " a highly executed low-brow show
5+ hour, 9+ min ago (710+ words) Last night a kick line saved my life! The above statement is the case after a visit to the Berlin revue theatre, the Friedrichstadt-Palast, or Palast Berlin, to see the latest show BLINDED by DELIGHT. I read somewhere that the…...
Lausanne 2026 Prize Winners have chosen the school or company they will join next season
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (292+ words) On 7 February 2026, gramilano announced the 14 winners of the Prix de Lausanne 2026. The young dancers have now decided where to continue their studies or which company to join after the summer. Below, we list their choices. 1st Scholarship " Fondation Caris Best Swiss…...
Interview: Brigadoon returns to California " Director/Choreographer Katie Spelman on Scottish Dance in a Mythical Scotland
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (970+ words) Two days before the opening, director/choreographer Katie Spelman took time from final rehearsals to talk with dance writer Ann Haskins about the additional dance in the new production and Silber's changes, including certain characters' gender shifts, prompted by efforts…...
Review: Gentleman Jack with Northern Ballet " Love, lust and the life of Anne Lister
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (179+ words) The music by the respected composer Peter Salem, who has composed extensively for the BBC television series and film, as well as for ballets by Lopez Ochoa and Helen Pickett, is captivating, with evocative passages that drive the ballet's narrative....
Preview: Sol Le'n and Paul Lightfoot make their Royal Ballet debut
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (299+ words) The Royal Ballet is the first British company to perform the work of the contemporary choreographic duo Sol Le'n and Paul Lightfoot. The So Are We double bill includes a work especially made for The Royal Ballet. Le'n and Lightfoot…...
Review: Mathieu Geffr's The Monocle at Wiltons Music Hall in Londons East End
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (701+ words) Enjoy yourselves, because you are not here for long," is the message given to the audience at the beginning of The Monocle: One Last Soir'e " a simple reminder to have fun, or a warning of something more sinister to come?...
Review: Jefta van Dinther's REMACHINE " not a win
1+ week, 1+ day ago (394+ words) I had high hopes for REMACHINE, but I'm afraid they weren't realised. The 2023 work by Jefta van Dinther promises to discuss some interesting ideas: "the interplay between humans and an inescapable hyper-mechanised environment. In real terms, this equates to a…...
Preview: Riccardo Chailly conducts Nabucodonosor, opening tonight at La Scala
1+ week, 1+ day ago (539+ words) Nabucodonosor opens tonight, 16 May, for a nine-performance run with outgoing music director, Riccardo Chailly, conducting his tenth Verdi title at La Scala. It will be the 210th time that the opera has been performed at the theatre. The opera's premiere was…...
Review: Les "toiles in Milan " staging galas is not for the faint-hearted
1+ week, 2+ day ago (232+ words) 15 May 2026 by Gramilano 1 Comment For the Milan dates, Cipriani got out his little black book and called former Paris Opera Ballet "toile Aur"lie Dupont, who has appeared at Les "toiles in the past. She flew over to dance the…...
Royal Opera House's new curtains unveiled to King Charles III
1+ week, 2+ day ago (246+ words) Last night, the'Royal Ballet and Opera'unveiled its new Main Stage curtains at the Spring Gala. Attended by'His Majesty King Charles III, the occasion not only marked a milestone in the theatre's history but also paid tribute to the tradition of…...