Category Archives: Birmingham Royal Ballet

The Sleeping Beauty – Birmingham Royal Ballet: Sadler’s Wells, London, 24 April 2024

Posted on April 25, 2024 by gerarddavis09

Every decent ballet company needs a Sleeping Beauty; it’s a barometer of what kind of shape they’re in. Its wafer-thin plot allows plenty of room for tricky pas de deux and solos and you need a lot of dancers in … Continue reading →

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Don Quixote – Birmingham Royal Ballet: Sadler’s Wells, 6 July 2022

Posted on July 8, 2022 by gerarddavis09

In 2013 Carlos Acosta created a new production of Don Quixote for The Royal Ballet. Roll on nine years and he’s made another one, this time for their Brummy sister company, a company he’s now the director of. They make … Continue reading →

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Dancing Nation: Episode 2 – Sadler’s Wells & BBC: BBC iPlayer & Sadler’s Wells website, from 28 January 2021

Posted on February 1, 2021 by gerarddavis09

The big draw for episode 2 of Dancing Nation was the debut collaboration between Akram Khan and The Royal Ballet’s Natalia Osipova. Mud of Sorrow: Touch is a lovely piece with elegant, flowing choreography that highlights humanity’s desire to retain … Continue reading →

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The Nutcracker – Birmingham Royal Ballet: The REP, Birmingham. On Demand, 18 December 2020

Posted on December 19, 2020 by gerarddavis09

Back in the rep I’ve seen Peter Wright’s production of The Nutcracker for Birmingham Royal Ballet in three different guises. First time was a specially adapted one at London’s O2 Arena; second time was a specially adapted one at London’s … Continue reading →

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30th Anniversary Performance – Birmingham Royal Ballet: Online, 19 November 2020

Posted on November 20, 2020 by gerarddavis09

Just a quiet birthday Somewhat inevitably, Birmingham Royal Ballet’s 30th Anniversary celebrations were rather muted. With Covid-19 still grinching around the country, the number of dancers and musicians were limited, no spectators were allowed and starry guests were mercifully absent. … Continue reading →

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The Swan – Birmingham Royal Ballet: BBC Arts – Culture in Quarantine, 8 April 2020

Posted on April 8, 2020 by gerarddavis09

Swanline Offering Because of the coronavirus pandemic, more and more artistic material is appearing online. The BBC’s hastily published response, Culture in Quarantine, is now beginning to bear fruit and its latest presentation comes courtesy of Birmingham Royal Ballet. The … Continue reading →

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Giselle – Birmingham Royal Ballet: Sadler’s Wells, 1 November 2019

Posted on November 3, 2019 by gerarddavis09

Wili or won’t he? Galina Samsova and David Bintley’s 1999 Giselle is as traditional as they come – in fact, it’s more traditional than most, even to the point of restoring music from the original 1841 production (a perfectly pleasant … Continue reading →

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Triple Bill – Birmingham Royal Ballet: Sadler’s Wells, 29 October 2019

Posted on October 30, 2019 by gerarddavis09

Nein, Sinatra Songs As ballet triple bills go, Birmingham Royal Ballet’s latest was as diverse as they come. The night opened with a brand new piece, Jack Lister’s A Brief Nostalgia, and closed with Twyla Tharp’s ballroom-lite Nine Sinatra Songs, … Continue reading →

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Hobson’s Choice – Birmingham Royal Ballet: Sadler’s Wells, 29 June 2019

Posted on June 30, 2019 by gerarddavis09

A Proper Gentleman This was the last performance of David Bintley’s 24-year long directorship of Birmingham Royal Ballet [BRB] and it was held not in Birmingham but in London’s Sadler’s Wells, the Company’s abode in a previous guise. At the … Continue reading →

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[Un]leashed – Birmingham Royal Ballet: 25 June 2019, Sadler’s Wells

Posted on June 26, 2019 by gerarddavis09

Wolfing it up [Un]leashed constitutes the first part of David Bintley’s last foray to Sadler’s Wells as director of Birmingham Royal Ballet (his Full-length Hobson’s Choice comes later in the week) and it features a trio of works all by … Continue reading →

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