BRB2: Carlos Acosta’s Classical Selection
If this Saturday matinée at a sold out Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham is anything to go by, BRB2 are well worth catching again
Ben Stevenson
Staatstheater Nürnberg International Ballet Gala
A fine evening with plenty of variety; and one not dominated by nineteenth-century fireworks.
A star still shining brightly: Acosta at 50
An evening that oozed warmth. Of the ten ballets and excerpts presented in this birthday celebration, Acosta appears in five.
BRB2 in Carlos Acosta’s Classical Selection
A fine evening and a fine initiative that deserves to succeed. Yet more evidence of the excellent work Carlos Acosta is doing in Birmingham
BRB2 debut with Carlos Acosta’s Classical Selection
An exciting group of young professionals in a pot pourri of gala favourites spiced up with new and less well-known works
Birmingham Royal Ballet announces BRB2
The new company, featuring 12 dancers aged 18-22, will make its debut in Northampton on April 25, before heading off on a UK tour.
Béjart’s spellbinding Les Chaises headlines Programme B of the 16th World Ballet Festival on demand
The most interesting work without doubt is Béjart’s Les Chaises. Gil Roman is a fine actor while Alessandra Ferri is the powerful presence you would expect
The Royal Ballet School Summer Performance
A fine afternoon’s dancing, this year mostly by the Upper School, highlighted by Elite Syncopations
A summer special: English National Ballet’s Solstice
A little early maybe, but ENB’s Solstice at the Southbank proved a delicious smorgasbord of dance
A digital celebration: Birmingham Royal Ballet at 30
Ben Stevenson’s End of Time, Valery Panov’s Liebestod, Jorge Garcia’s Majismo
