Birmingham Royal Ballet: Into the Music triple bill
Sadler’s Wells London 4th November 2022 Stuart Sweeney It’s always good to see BRB return to their original home at Sadler’s. Four months ago, the…
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Birmingham Royal Ballet: Shakespeare Triple Bill
Sadlers Wells Theatre, London 11th October 2016 Stuart Sweeney Birmingham Royal Ballet is celebrating Shakespeare 400 with a triple bill of contra…
A Winter Wonderland: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker
Hippodrome Theatre, Birmingham November 27, 2015 (evening) David Mead It may have been Black Friday, that ghastly and unnecessary American i…
Birmingham Royal Ballet: Variations
Hippodrome Theatre, Birmingham October 8, 2015 David Mead Variations they called the evening, and with a mix of out and out Balanchine class…
A fragile Odette, a delicious Odile: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake
Hippodrome Theatre, Birmingham September 28, 2015 David Mead Sir Peter Wright’s Swan Lake is something of a dark brooding affair. The scene …
Book review: Brickbats and Tutus by John Plimmer
David Mead Ballet is and always will be a hard and demanding profession. To become a professional dancer requires talent, determination and sometime…
Elmhurst’s summer showcase
Elmhurst School for Dance, Repertory Theatre, Birmingham July 2, 2015 David Mead It’s been a while coming, but hurrah, because at last Elmhu…
Summer fun in ancient times: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Sylvia
Hippodrome Theatre, Birmingham June 24, 2015 David Mead Like most choreographers’ versions of the story of Sylvia, Bintley takes his cue fro…
The King dances, Fortuna rules
Birmingham Royal Ballet: The King Dances, Carmina burana Hippodrome Theatre, Birmingham June 17, 2015 David Mead As part of the marking o…