Birmingham Royal Ballet announces 2025-26 season and a centenary tribute to Sir Peter Wright
The return of Black Sabbath – The Ballet and Don Quixote, and of The Green Table in a fabulous triple bill, plus a gala for Sir Peter Wright
The return of Black Sabbath – The Ballet and Don Quixote, and of The Green Table in a fabulous triple bill, plus a gala for Sir Peter Wright
There is a lot to like. It delights in so many ways. Filled with colour and energy, it’s guaranteed to put a smile on the face
Choreographer-director Carlos Acosta, and video and set designer Nina Dunn, talk about Acosta Danza’s forthcoming new Nutcracker in Havana
As he guests in Cape Town, Maggie Foyer speaks to Brandon Lawrence as he weighs up the pros and cons of making career defining choices
The dancers are outstanding… they brought youthful energy and zest to the stage… outstanding, always fluid partnering, and depth of emotion
What one remembers from this Carmen are the ensemble scenes. I don’t know what they were on, but their energy and stamina were incredible
The visits of Tiler Peck and Friends and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater garner both two awards, with the De Valois lifetime award going to Ian Webb.
If this Saturday matinée at a sold out Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham is anything to go by, BRB2 are well worth catching again
Acosta remains a fantastic partner and performer. The equally mesmerising Laura Rodríguez comfortably matches him for presence.
A show that will, in his own words, have the “colour, feel and vibrancy of Havana with the tradition and beauty of The Nutcracker.”
For the second in our occasional series, the Birmingham Royal Ballet principal dancer chooses his seven works that have particular significance, saying a few words about each. Born in Yilan in the north-east of Taiwan, Tzu-chao Chou (周子超) was very active as a child. When he was nine, his parents thought that dance lessons would … Read more