Eleven ballerinas, one Fracci: celebrating what would have been Carla...
Today – 20 August 2026 – would have been Carla Fracci's 90th birthday. To mark the occasion, we look back at one of the most audacious projects of her career.
View ArticleJohn Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet returns to Rome at the vast Circus Maximus
From tonight at Circus Maximus – ancient Rome's chariot-racing stadium – audiences of 6,000 can see John Cranko's Romeo and Juliet.
View ArticleInterview: Jacopo Tissi is keeping it simple – finding balance in a...
Graham Spicer talks to Jacopo Tissi on life after the Bolshoi and being a Principal Dancer with the Dutch National Ballet.
View ArticleMilan gardens named in honour of Eufemia Brancato – Queen of the tutu
Today, a garden in Milan was named after a costume maker, a woman known affectionately as the “Queen of the tutu” – Eufemia Brancato.
View ArticleLa Scala’s 2026-2027 Ballet Season announced
La Scala announces its 2026-2027 Ballet Season with nine works, including five premieres and four new productions.
View ArticleReview: Nureyev’s The Sleeping Beauty at La Scala – thrilling in its...
Graham Spicer sees Rudolf Nureyev's The Sleeping Beauty at La Scala with an electrifying Martina Arduino as Aurora.
View ArticleThe Porselli ballet boutique next to La Scala closes after 55 years
The historic Porselli shop on Via Filodrammatici, opposite La Scala’s artists’ entrance, has closed after 55 years.
View ArticleTonight – closing gala of the Nervi International Ballet Festival 2025, near...
This evening, the Nervi International Ballet Festival 2025 closes with a gala dedicated to its founder – the Mario Porcile Gala – with international stars.
View ArticleItalian choreographer Amedeo Amodio receives a lifetime achievement award at...
The career of dancer and choreographer Amedeo Amodio was celebrated on 2 July in the Chamber of Deputies – the lower house of the Italian Parliament.
View ArticleInterview: The Royal Ballet’s Giacomo Rovero on dancing among the vines –...
Royal Ballet Soloist Giacomo Rovero on his career and organising the upcoming Rocchetta Grand Jeté in an Italian vineyard.
View ArticleThe Italian Foundation for Research in Rheumatology (FIRA) creates the Carla...
Carla Fracci was the testimonial for The Italian Foundation for Research in Rheumatology, a position now held by Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko.
View ArticleLa Scala presents its Ballet Season 2025-2026
The first Ballet Season created by the new director Frédéric Olivieri sees popular revivals, contemporary voices, and 20th-century greats.
View ArticleReview: Gala Fracci 2025 – Marianela Nuñez and Reece Clarke join La Scala...
Graham Spicer sees Gala Fracci, La Scala’s annual festa to celebrate the great Italian ballerina Carla Fracci who died in 2021, now in its fourth edition.
View ArticleDance impresario Daniele Cipriani to direct the Spoleto Festival
The Italian Minister of Culture has nominated dance impresario Daniele Cipriani to direct the Spoleto Festival from 2026.
View ArticleNervi International Ballet Festival 2025 with The Royal Ballet, Paris Opéra...
The Nervi International Ballet Festival 2025 opens on Saturday 28 June 2025 in Genoa with top companies offering starry casts.
View ArticlePhoto Album: The Hidden Gaze – Dance Behind the Curtain, the Corps de Ballet...
A book and an exhibition at La Scala’s Museum show the dancers of La Scala observed though the lens of Gérard Uféras.
View ArticleHow I shot Carla Fracci
Neapolitan photographer Augusto De Luca's portrait of Carla Fracci is a rare and striking view of Italy's famous ballerina.
View ArticleOpinion: Who’s Natalia Makarova? Dancing Times column on dancers needing to...
Who's Natalia Makarova? Graham Spicer's opinion piece for Dancing Times argues that dancers need to 'open their eyes and ears'.
View ArticleBooks: Amici della Scala celebrates Italy’s theatre designers – Luciano...
Amici della Scala has published an annual collection of books on La Scala's designers for more than 20 years. The new collection features Luciano Damiani and others.
View ArticleDirector Beppe Menegatti, husband of Carla Fracci, dies at 95
Italian theatre director Beppe Menegatti has died at 95. He was best known for the works with his wife, the ballerina Carla Fracci, who he married in 1964.
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