Royal Ballet School centenary gala sees students alongside The Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet
The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and The Royal Ballet School unite to celebrate a century of training and artistic legacy.
David Bintley
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Review: The Royal Ballet School Summer Performance – 100 years producing dancers of the very highest calibre
Jonathan Gray sees the Summer Performance, celebrating The Royal Ballet School a century after its formation by Ninette de Valois.
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The Royal Ballet School’s 100th graduate year achieves a 100% employment rate
In The Royal Ballet School’s 100th graduating class, this year consisting of 30 students, all have secured contracts with companies as they start their professional journeys.
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Review: Ballet Nights, New Futures – the opportunity to compare and contrast
Graham Watts sees New Futures from Ballet Nights, featuring 150 dancers from seven leading dance schools, but it needed pruning and better management.
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Review: Cinderella with Birmingham Royal Ballet – a company on glittering, reenergised form
Paul Arrowsmith sees Birmingham Royal Ballet in David Bintley’s Cinderella – told with dramatic and theatrical flair
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[Interview] Margaret Barbieri, assistant director of Sarasota Ballet, on the eve of the company’s performances at The Royal Opera House
Prima Ballerina and assistant director of Sarasota Ballet, Margaret Barbieri, talks to Paul Arrowsmith as the company celebrates Frederick Ashton in London.
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Ashton Celebrated – The Royal Ballet celebrates Founding Choreographer Frederick Ashton
The Royal Ballet celebrates Founding Choreographer Frederick Ashton with two special programmes and welcomes Sarasota Ballet.
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Interview with choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra: dance is an inherently queer art
Paul Arrowsmith talks to choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra, who creates work exploring gender, cultural and sexual identity, as he prepares for Edward II.
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Birmingham Royal Ballet announces promotions, joiners and leavers for 2023/2024 Season
Carlos Acosta, Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, has announced the promotions within the company and new joiners for the 2023/24 season.
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[Review] McNicol Ballet Collective in Devotions: “an engaging and committed group of dancers”
McNicol Ballet Collective’s Devotions – a triple bill by Andrew McNicol – is part of the Royal Opera House’s ongoing Next Generation Festival.
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Au revoir – Brandon Lawrence gives his final performance with Birmingham Royal Ballet
Principal dancer Brandon Lawrence’s last evening with Birmingham Royal Ballet (before joining Cathy Marston in Zürich) saw him dance in all three ballets.
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Birmingham Royal Ballet’s summer bill: Apollo – Interlinked – ‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café
The triple bill from Birmingham Royal Ballet from 8 – 10 June 2023 is when the company will say farewell to principal dancer Brandon Lawrence.
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[Review] Nederlands Dance Theater triple bill – knowingly incomplete?
Gabriela Carrizo/Jiri Kylian/ Crystal Pite and Simon McBurne is the ungainly title of the NDT triple bill: “incoherent as a bad dream”.
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Principal Brandon Lawrence to leave Birmingham Royal Ballet to join Ballett Zürich
Birmingham Royal Ballet will say farewell to Principal dancer Brandon Lawrence at the end of the 2022/2023 season when he leaves to join Ballett Zürich.
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[Review] Acosta Danza’s Spectrum – endless commitment, and energy for eternity
Acosta Danza brings its Spectrum programme to the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Theatre – some weak choreography but exceptional dancers.
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[Review] Birmingham Royal Ballet triple bill ‘Into the Music’
Guest author Matthew Paluch sees the Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Into the Music: Kylián’s Forgotten Land; Runacre-Temple’s Hotel; Scholz’s The Seventh Symphony.
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Birmingham Royal Ballet announces its 2022-2023 Season
Birmingham Royal Ballet has announced its programme plans from May 2022 until March 2023.
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Marion Tait to step down as Assistant Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet
Marion Tait will step down from her role as Assistant Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet on 31 December 2020. She will continue working, part time, with Birmingham Royal Ballet family from January, rehearsing and coaching the company dancers.
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Arise Sir David – former Director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, David Bintley, has been given a Knighthood
Former Director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, David Bintley, has been given a Knighthood in Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth ll’s New Year’s Honours List, for services to dance. David Bintley succeeded Sir Peter Wright as Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet in 1995. By that time, Sir Peter had settled the Company (formerly Sadler’s Wells Royal…
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Photo Album of Two Giselles: English National Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet
There’s a spate of Giselles about at the moment, radical reinventions of the 1841 ballet from Akram Khan for English National Ballet, and South African choreographer Dada Masilo, drawing on modern class and gender politics to rewrite the Romantic heroine for our times. But if you prefer your Giselle with original spirit intact, then Birmingham Royal Ballet is…
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David Bintley announces promotions at Birmingham Royal Ballet for the last time
Brandon Lawrence has been promoted from First Soloist to Principal at Birmingham Royal Ballet, David Bintley has announced. The past weekend has seen enthusiastic applause for performances of one of David Bintley’s signature works, Hobson’s Choice, which closed the 2018-19 season at London’s Sadler’s Wells and marked the company’s final performances with Bintley as Director. Before the final…
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Ruth Brill, Birmingham Royal Ballet’s dancer/choreographer, moves on
Ahead of performances of her bold new take on the fable of Peter and the Wolf as part of the [Un]leashed triple bill, Birmingham Royal Ballet has announced that First Artist Ruth Brill will be taking the next step in her choreographic journey at the end of this season. Brill will leave the Company to concentrate on her…
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Photo Album: Backstage at Beauty and the Beast – Birmingham Royal Ballet
Beauty and the Beast In David Bintley‘s glorious Gothic ballet, witness transformations, wild waltzes, soaring birds and a relationship between Belle and the Beast that is at first terrifying, but ultimately serene and beautiful. Dasa Wharton takes her camera backstage to see the preparations and the view from the wings. Belle – Yvette Knight The…
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Photo Album: Beauty and the Beast – Birmingham Royal Ballet 2019
Beauty and the Beast – Birmingham Royal Ballet A cruel Prince, cursed to spend the rest of his life living in a fantastical castle with the animals he callously hunted, finds salvation in the heart of a beautiful girl. Caught stealing a single rose, Belle’s desperate father exchanges his youngest daughter’s freedom for his own life….
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Birmingham Royal Ballet announces its 2019/20 Season
10 productions, 11 venues, 127 performances, including first time collaborations with Ballet Black and newly appointed Director Carlos Acosta. For the first time in the history of Birmingham Royal Ballet, the season has been created in partnership with leaders from across the world of dance, including Ballet Black and Birmingham Royal Ballet‘s newly appointed Director…
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Carlos Acosta appointed as new Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet
Birmingham Royal Ballet has announced that Carlos Acosta been appointed as its new Director. He will take up his post in January 2020. The appointment follows an open competition and extensive international search by Birmingham Royal Ballet Board, supported by an expert panel of leading figures in the dance world. It follows the news earlier…
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Tributes to choreographer Dame Gillian Lynne flood in from the worlds of musicals and ballet
A tweet from Peter Land on Dame Gillian Lynne’s account on Sunday evening, 1 July, announced that the beloved choreographer had died – she was 92: Rest In Peace my darling Gillie. I am heartbroken to write that Dame Gillian Lynne DBE & my dearest wife & friend & love for 40 years passed away…
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Alexander Campbell answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start dancing? I started dancing aged 5. Why did you start dancing? My Grandmother was teaching at a ballet school at the time and apparently I showed an interest after watching an end of year performance given by the students. Which dancer inspired you most as a child? Mikhail Baryshnikov. I…
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Introducing… Brandon Lawrence, Birmingham Royal Ballet
Q&A When did you start dancing? I started dancing at 8 years old and then I joined the Royal Ballet School full time at 14 Why did you start dancing? I’m not sure why… I was probably influenced through films and TV. Which dancer inspired you most as a child? As a child Carlos Acosta…
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“Faster, *****, *****” – Bintley’s ballet gets censored
David Bintley, Birmingham Royal Ballet‘s Artistic Director, has dropped two adjectives from his new ballet after the International Olympic Committee banned him from using the Olympic motto as its title. Bintley’s new creation places dance and sports alongside in what is presumably a compare and contrast exercise. Just the sort of thing to reflect the…
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