Birmingham Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
With Momoko Horata and César Morales. BRB did the ballet proud, dancing finely and making the spine tingle in all the right places.
Birmingham & Midlands
Colour and action aplenty in Northern Ballet’s new Merlin
Magical special effects, super designs, and a dragon everyone will love. Following the story is a little tricky though
A fabulous feel-good evening with Circolombia and Choir of Man
With Circolombia, it’s the acrobatics that provide all the highlights. Much of it is aerial, which means a grandstand view for all.
Pirates and Sylphs with Ballet Central
The highlight was a superb performance of the Act II of Matthew Bourne’s ‘romantic wee ballet’, Highland Fling
Motionhouse go Wild
The partner work is as fabulous as you would expect with some great ‘human constructions’ and striking images
School of Ballet Theatre UK in Swan Lake
The School of BTUK not only go classical for their end-of-year streaming, but for Swan Lake, in full
Birmingham Royal Ballet’s sparkling Cinderella
Beautiful; and at a time when we need some escapism from the uncertainty that surrounds us, just right
Modern, exciting and about their city: Birmingham Royal Ballet in Curated by Carlos
A programme, that is very much of today; classically rooted but with a distinct contemporary edge and energy grafted on
Flatpack Collaboration at the Birmingham International Dance Festival
A look at six dance films including the subtly beautiful but strongly-messaged In Plain Sight by Tanin Torabi
LDIF: Maya Taylor’s Shape|Shifter and Yinka Esi Graves’ The Disappearing Act
Los Angeles and New Orleans-based choreographer Maya Taylor crosses easily between the commercial fashion, film and television, and stage performance. Her new dance film, Shape|Shifter, explores the strain she has often felt to assimilate as a mixed-race woman.
