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 … [Read more...] about David Bintley announces promotions at Birmingham Royal Ballet for the last time
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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 Carlos … [Read more...] about Birmingham Royal Ballet announces its 2019/20 Season
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 this year that David Bintley, the … [Read more...] about Carlos Acosta appointed as new Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet
Photo Album: Nutcracker with The Royal Ballet – in cinemas live
Curtain goes up on The Royal Ballet's Nutcracker at 7.30pm local time tonight and will be broadcast to cinemas internationally.Clara is Anna Rose O'Sullivan and Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker is Marcelino Sambé. The Sugar Plum Fairy is danced by Marianela Nuñez and The Prince by Vadim Muntagirov. Drosselmeyer is Gary Avis and Barry Wordsworth conducts the Orchestra of the Royal … [Read more...] about Photo Album: Nutcracker with The Royal Ballet – in cinemas live
Birmingham Royal Ballet dancers Delia Mathews and Brandon Lawrence on dancing The Sleeping Beauty
Birmingham Royal Ballet’s run of The Sleeping Beauty performances is coming to end, with the final performances being given this week at Plymouth’s Theatre Royal. The very last performance features Delia Mathews and Brandon Lawrence.Dasa Wharton went to photograph a stage rehearsal and I talked to them about the dancing this most famous of ballets.Both dancers are new to … [Read more...] about Birmingham Royal Ballet dancers Delia Mathews and Brandon Lawrence on dancing The Sleeping Beauty
Interview with The Royal Ballet’s hot couple: Francesca Hayward and Alexander Campbell
Francesca Hayward and Alexander Campbell are quickly becoming The Royal Ballet's ‘couple to see’. After recent successes dancing Clara and the Nutcracker, as well as the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Prince, over the Christmas season, they have just debuted in Giselle. An important moment in the career of any dancer.The Guardian said that Hayward was “nothing less than exquisite” … [Read more...] about Interview with The Royal Ballet’s hot couple: Francesca Hayward and Alexander Campbell
Royal Ballet’s uplifting Nutcracker with Francesca Hayward, Alexander Campbell, Anna Rose O’Sullivan, James Hay and the ubiquitous Gary Avis
Seeing Peter Wright's The Nutcracker again after several years of witnessing other productions brings its success as a dramatic piece to the fore. Placing the traditional story within an outer tale of Drosselmeyer separated from, and then reunited with, his nephew Hans-Peter, adds a level of genuine emotion which cannot be matched by seeing a little girl finding her lost wooden … [Read more...] about Royal Ballet’s uplifting Nutcracker with Francesca Hayward, Alexander Campbell, Anna Rose O’Sullivan, James Hay and the ubiquitous Gary Avis
Photo album: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker
Dasa Wharton went to photograph for Gramilano the latest outing of Birmingham Royal Ballet's The Nutcracker – as stunning as ever!Artists of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, featuring: Miki Mizutani as The Sugar Plum Fairy Mathias Dingman as The Prince Valentin Olovyannikov as Drosselmeyer Laura Day as Clara Alys Shee as The Snow Fairy Beatrice Parma as The Rose … [Read more...] about Photo album: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker
Nureyev’s bum and Fonteyn’s acquired charm… Peter Wright talks (as always) openly
Peter Wright’s excellent autobiography (written with Paul Arrowsmith) contains loads of juicy titbits, and there is something about being 90 that apparently frees you up and permits you saw whatever you like, which at 50 you might have thought twice about… though maybe Wright wouldn’t have blinked an eyelid about saying exactly what was on his mind even then.There is no … [Read more...] about Nureyev’s bum and Fonteyn’s acquired charm… Peter Wright talks (as always) openly
Backstage at the Nutcracker with The Royal Ballet on Christmas Day
For the first time in many years, The Royal Ballet has allowed BBC cameras to roam behind-the-scenes, this time as the Company prepares for Sir Peter Wright's production of The Nutcracker. The 90-minute documentary will go out on Christmas Day on BBC Two at 4pm.The programme follows the debuts of numerous young dancers from the Royal Ballet School - from 11 year-old dancers … [Read more...] about Backstage at the Nutcracker with The Royal Ballet on Christmas Day