Birmingham Royal Ballet arrives in New York

Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB) has announced its 2023 American dates in New York City as well as its participation in this year's New York City Pride.

BRB will perform at New York City Center on Thursday 5 and Friday 6 October as part of the 10-day Fall for Dance Festival. Now in its 20th year, Fall for Dance showcases an international array of dance artists and companies in a programme aiming to build new audiences with tickets priced at $20. Tickets go on sale from 10 September 2023 at 11am.

Birmingham Royal Ballet's Director, Carlos Acosta said,

Birmingham Royal Ballet's New York engagement is a continuation of the ever-growing reputation of this fantastic and formidable Company made up of international dancers from across the world, proudly based in Birmingham.

In its first performance at the Festival, BRB will perform Interlinked by the young Brazilian choreographer Juliano Nunes as part of a triple bill alongside two other international companies (to be announced). Interlinked is an abstract piece with a specially composed score by Australian composer Luke Howard. It “explores ideas of grace, beauty and harmony in ways that push the usual boundaries of classical dance”. The piece premiered during the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham last year.

Hannah Young – Deputy Consul General of the British Consulate General New York – has invited BRB to participate at a reception to celebrate the British Consulate's 10th Anniversary at the New York City Pride on 25 June. The company will perform Carlos Acosta's Dying Swans and principal dancers Tzu-Chao Chou and Brandon Lawrence will walk in the Pride Parade and be interviewed for the Brits in the Big Apple podcast.

Acosta added,

I look forward to showcasing the very best of what BRB has to offer to American audiences. For the very first time, BRB will perform alongside a huge variety of leading international companies at this year's Fall for Dance Festival… a celebration that brings to life something very close to my heart – bringing dance to new audiences.

After performing at this year's Birmingham Pride in our hometown, BRB will also be a part of a special event marking New York Pride 2023 as part of our ongoing commitment to embracing diversity and equality for all.

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Graham Spicer is a writer, director and photographer in Milan, blogging (under the name ‘Gramilano') about dance, opera, music and photography for people “who are a bit like me and like some of the things I like”. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy.

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