Birmingham Royal Ballet News

Traditionally at the start of a new academic year, Elmhurst Ballet School welcomes the next cohort of students through its Birmingham doors.

Birmingham Royal Ballet looks a lot different today than it did ten years ago when this performance for David Bintleya??s Cinderella was filmed. A return to a familiar classic makes for heartwarming quarantine viewing, as well as an opportunity to watch fine dancers who have since retired.

A brand-new partnership has been confirmed between Birmingham Royal Ballet and Birmingham Repertory Theatre, which will see the two established companies combine creative ingenuity to stage new dance works in the heart of Birmingham city centre.

Due to the impact of COVID-19, Elmhurst Ballet School, the vocational school in association with Birmingham Royal Ballet, will move its popular annual summer school to an online offer this year with its Back to Dance Masterclasses running between 26 and 28 August 2020.

To stimulate their creativity and keep them engaged, Brandon Lawrence, Principal Dancer with Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB), created a choreography challenge in partnership with bbodance earlier this summer.

Corey Baker Dance has created a new short film entitled  Swan Lake Bath Ballet which has received its world premiere screening on BBC iPlayer and bbc.co.uk/arts on Wednesday 8th July at 9.00 am BST as part of BBC Arts Culture in Quarantine.

Sander Blommaert, a multi-award-winning ballet teacher from Elmhurst Ballet School, and former Royal Ballet First Artist, has completed a run of 100 free online ballet classes throughout lockdown.

Internationally acclaimed choreographer and former Artistic Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB), Sir David Bintley, CBE will judge an online Choreography Challenge for students together with its creator, Brandon Lawrence.

English National Ballet School has announced that this year its Summer Performance and Graduation Ceremony will be streamed online for the first time in its history via the School's website on Saturday 11 July from 7.30pm (BST) and for 30 days after.

Smuin Contemporary Ballet has announced Stanton Welch's critically acclaimed Indigo as the next installment of its Hump Day Ballets series, which aims to brighten mid-week spirits with free video streaming of a ballet from the company's archives.

Midsummer Festival is a free one-day festival celebrating arts and culture in the West Midlands.  

Birmingham Royal Ballet Principal, Brandon Lawrence, has launched an online choreography challenge to stimulate students' creativity and support their psychological wellbeing during lockdown.

Smuin Contemporary Ballet announces a special presentation of two short works choreographed by company dancers for the next installment of its popular Hump Day Ballets series.

Smuin Contemporary Ballet announces choreographer/former Smuin dancer Rex Wheeler's exuberant Take Five as the next installment of its Hump Day Ballets series, which aims to brighten mid-week spirits with free video streaming of a ballet from the company's archives.

bbodance has announced the passing of former Director, renowned ballet dancer and teacher, Anne Heaton. She passed away last Friday at the age of 89.

Birmingham Royal Ballet is offering a selection of online events, including ballet classes, clips from productions and more!

Since taking the lead as Birmingham Royal Ballet's Director just three months ago, Carlos Acosta certainly hasn't had the easiest time of it. His ambitious first season of programming - featuring Don Quixote, Romeo and Juliet, their popular Nutcracker and a exciting Curated by Carlos bill featuring Alessandra Ferri - is on hold for now thanks to Coronavirus, but Acosta has not shied away from trying something new. Quickly shifting into Home From Home mode, Acosta and co. have experimented with performance and social distancing to create a specially adapted version of The Dying Swan, or as it is known here as simply The Swan.

Birmingham Royal Ballet is launching Home From Home, a new series of online content which will give an exclusive insight into the company's daily routine and specially curated performances as they stay fit and creative whilst in isolation at their homes across the globe.

Dance Consortium presents Acosta Danza's Evolution produced by Sadler's Wells and Valid Productions at The Lowry, Salford 24 & 25 March.

In our spring program Four Seasons Dutch National Ballet brings three premieres, a world premiere and two Dutch premieres. The world premiere in Four Seasons is created by young creative associate Juanjo Arqués. The two Dutch premieres are The Four Seasons by associate artist David Dawson and Yugen by Wayne McGregor.