Sir Matthew Bourne to choreograph The Red Shoes
A new work based on the famous film by Powell and Pressburger coming in November 2016
Birmingham Hippodrome
The BalletBoyz: challenging dancers, entertaining audiences
Phil Preece talks to William Trevitt about their new tour with Life.
Jenna Roberts shines in Romeo and Juliet
Her awakening to love, her agonies at being forced to marry and her despair…marvellous
Tastes of dance from Taiwan coming to London and Birmingham
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre (雲門舞集), and it’s younger, lively cousin, Cloud Gate 2 (雲門2) are both due this year.
Birmingham Royal Ballet triumph in an Ashton double
The Dream and A Month in the Country. “A triumph.”
English National Ballet to perform Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring
English National Ballet release their Autumn 2016 and Spring 2017 programmes
Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty – A Gothic Romance
It’s with the supernatural element that he has the most fun in this production full of classic Bourne touches
The ultimate ballet love story
David Mead dips into the history of Romeo and Juliet, and reflects on why Kenneth MacMillan’s ballet continues to be an audience favourite
A year of ballet and the Bard in Birmingham
Birmingham Royal Ballet marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death
A Winter Wonderland: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker
It may have been Black Friday, that ghastly and unnecessary American import, but there was nothing black at the Birmingham Hippodrome in the evening. With Christmas trees, tinsel and fairy lights decorating the foyers, it was the launch of the festive season for ballet-goers: Nutcracker time!