The Royal Ballet is continuing its commitment to create opportunities for the next generation of dance professionals and today announced joiners for the 2021/22 Season. This year they welcome four dancers to the Company from The Royal Ballet School: Olivia Findley, Ava May Llewellyn, Viola Pantuso and Alix Van Tiggelen.
Live performances return to the school’s studio theatre in Edgbaston, Birmingham this summer, kicking off with the graduate year students of Elmhurst Ballet Company in Proxemics on 3 & 6 July, and concluding with the whole school performing in Elevate on 7 & 8 July.
Rising star and Offie Award-winning actor Bart Lambert will take on the titular role in the new edgy musical adaptation, Dorian A Rock Musical. Following the success of Gatsby A Musical, filmed and streamed at Cadogan Hall, Ruby in the Dust will present their brand new production, reenergising Oscar Wilde’s classic text for a modern audience.
This group of ballet stars discuss their careers, inspirations and share tales of their time at Yorkshire Ballet Seminars exclusively on Saturday 24 July at 7:00pm (BST). Tickets are available to buy online now!
Sadler's Wells has announced a further three productions for autumn 2021, including a new production from Matthew Bourne's New Adventures, an off-site presentation from Charlotte Spencer in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, and a triple bill from Birmingham Royal Ballet featuring Carlos Acosta and Alessandra Ferri.
Dame Darcey Bussell presents this historic performance. For the very first time, all eight of the UK’s leading dance companies share the same stage. Mariko Sasaki, Lukas Bjørneboe Brændsrød perform Valentino Zuchetti's Scherzo as part of the British Ballet Charity Gala.
For Birmingham Royal Ballet’s homecoming season at Birmingham Hippodrome, Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s passionate Romeo and Juliet choreography and Prokofiev’s glorious score will set hearts alight in this enduringly popular, classic interpretation of Shakespeare’s tragedy.
From Jeff Whitty, the creator of Avenue Q, and the Scissor Sister's Jake Shears and John Garden comes ARMISTEAD MAUPIN'S TALES OF THE CITY, THE MUSICAL based on Armistead Maupin's landmark series of novels about San Francisco in the 70s. The presentation is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the premiere musical staging at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater in 2011.
The collection was developed as part of the Dansez support for the Healthy Seas initiative together with Brandon Lawrence, a Principal Dancer with Birmingham Royal Ballet and former bbodance Scholar. Now a Patron of the organisation, Brandon champions sustainability.
Birmingham Royal Ballet and Kauma Arts are facilitating a panel discussion and Q&A on 7 June as part of BIDF's Industry Professionals Programme.
Following the success of their Gatsby A Musical, filmed and streamed at Cadogan Hall, Ruby in the Dust now present Dorian A Rock Musical. This exciting new production gives Oscar Wilde's classic an epic, modern twist with a newly composed score that sears through the action, propelled by influences from Bowie to Brecht.
English National Ballet School has announced plans for the future including its new Young Choreographers showcase, repertoire for its Summer Performance and an update on its home.
The renowned graduate performing company Ballet Central makes a return to touring this summer with a five week, 11 venue tour across England.
A new online run of the Bush Theatre’s production Overflow will be presented by Bristol Old Vic from 6-8 May. Bristol theatre-maker and writer Travis Alabanza’s latest play was premiered and recorded at the Bush Theatre in Dec 2020, and stars Reece Lyons as Rosie.
Elmhurst Ballet School, the school in association with Birmingham Royal Ballet, has announced the following appointments to its Board: Mark Baldwin OBE, award-winning choreographer and director, and visual artist; and Brandon Lawrence, a Birmingham Royal Ballet Principal dancer.
Elmhurst Ballet School, the vocational school with close links to Birmingham Royal Ballet, and its uniform supplier Dancing Boutique are working together to send over 200 items of dancewear to two ballet schools and charities based over 6,000 miles apart.
Following the live and on demand stream of The Nutcracker at The REP, Birmingham Royal Ballet continues to find creative ways of keeping audiences entertained with the release of Carlos Acosta's first major digital commission for the Company: Empty Stage.
Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Nutcracker at The REP will be streamed live from The Birmingham Repertory Theatre this evening, Friday 18th December, from 7.30pm. This magical Christmas production will then be available to view as a video-on-demand recording from Saturday 19th to Thursday 24th December.
Mzansi Ballet has announced the re-staging of The Queen Show, a celebration of ballet and dance to the timeless music of Queen, following a very successful season in Johannesburg early this year. This will be the first live professional ballet and dance performance in Gauteng since the Lockdown restrictions surrounding Covid 19, celebrating life and positivity while observing all social distancing protocols.
Following news of Birmingham's Tier 3 status last week, and ongoing uncertainty about what will be possible post 16 December, Birmingham Royal Ballet has taken the difficult decision to move their 2020 adapted version of The Nutcracker online.
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