Three short ballets from Birmingham Royal Ballet
The gilded topsail of the evening was John Cranko’s marvellous comedy, Pineapple Poll
Birmingham Royal Ballet
Comic Cuts and a feast of summer dance coming soon at Elmhurst Ballet School
David Mead looks ahead to Summer Variations, this year’s Elmhurst Ballet School’s summer shows with school artistic director, Robert Parker, and David Bintley, director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, who has created his first work for the students. In Birmingham, full-time dance training means Elmhurst Ballet School, Britain’s oldest vocational dance school, now fast approaching its … Read more
An Evening of Music and Dance with Birmingham Royal Ballet and the Royal Ballet Sinfonia
A delightful gourmet taster menu of an evening
Birmingham Royal Ballet announce their 2017/2018 season
Includes the welcome return of a second mixed programme and a celebration of the work of Sir Kenneth MacMillan
Tasty bites: Dance Sampled at the Birmingham Hippodrome
A feast of world dance embracing all styles: fresh, fascinating and fabulous fun
Working girl to princess: David Bintley’s Cinderella
Momoko Hirata is exquisite as the transcendent Cinders
A year in dance: 2016 in review
SeeingDance editor David Mead takes a personal glance back at the dance he saw in 2016.
Sir Peter Wright’s Birmingham Nutcracker serves up a festive treat
Even the Stahlbaum’s bedecked living room got a round of applause as the curtain first rose.
Love, magic and plots in David Bintley’s The Tempest
The magic arts, love, betrayal, ill treatment and a plot of revenge … a ballet that will appeal to all ages
