by Emilia on August 2, 2010
Linda’s recent visit to The Tokyo Ballet left us very curious to find out more about touring ballet companies and the specific challenges they face. Touring companies have to adapt to change constantly. The whole troupe is involved, starting with the technical staff – who need to design tour-friendly productions and adjust them to suit [...]
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Birmingham Royal Ballet,
BRB,
Céline Gittens,
Cinderella,
David Bintley,
Jacqueline Mistry,
Jerwood Centre,
London Coliseum,
Marion Tait,
Momoko Hirata,
Paul Grace,
Paul Grist,
Pearl Chesterman,
Peter Wright,
Rob Lindsay,
Sadler's Wells,
Simon Harper,
The Two Pigeons,
Touring Company
by Emilia on November 15, 2009
For a while we have been meaning to write something here about “ballet myth busters”, to address certain preconceptions about this art form often seen as inaccessible, stuffy and niche. David Bintley’s Cyrano might be just what we needed to illustrate how ballet can be demystified. Created two years ago for Birmingham Royal Ballet, it [...]
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Birmingham Royal Ballet,
BRB,
Chi Cao,
Christian,
Corella Ballet,
Cyrano,
Cyrano de Bergerac,
David Bintley,
Edmond Rostand,
Elisha Willis,
full-length,
Iain Mackay,
Marion Tait,
Robert Parker,
Roxane
by Linda on September 27, 2009
It is interesting to discover how choreographers find inspiration for a new piece and how they bring their ideas alive through dance. When David Bintley first announced he would do a ballet inspired by a physics equation, E=mc2, many were puzzled. How could Bintley turn an abstract mathematical statement into a ballet? Using David Bodanis‘s [...]
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Aaron Robinson,
Alexander Campbell,
Aonghus Hoole,
Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre,
BRB,
Carol-Anne Millar,
Celeritas2,
Christopher Rodgers-Wilson,
David Bintley,
David Bodanis,
Dusty Button,
E=mc2,
Einstein,
Elisha Willis,
Energy,
Forsythe,
Garry Stewart,
Gaylene Cummerfield,
In the Middle Somewhat Elevated,
Joseph Caley,
Kosuke Yamamoto,
Mass,
Matthew Hindson,
Matthew Lawrence,
Mozart,
Natasha Oughtred,
New Works,
Peter Mumford,
Physics,
Powder,
Robert Parker,
Samara Downs,
Stanton Welch,
Steven Montieth,
The Centre and its Oppposite,
Triple Bill,
Yasuo Atsuji
by Linda on September 24, 2009
As the season kicks off Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB), one of the UK’s top three ballet companies, celebrates its 20th anniversary as a Birmingham resident. Over the years it has evolved from being the Royal Ballet‘s “touring arm” into shaping its own style: a mix of core repertoire alongside new original full-length narrative ballets, showing a [...]
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Alexander Campbell,
Ambra Vallo,
Anthony Dowell,
Antoinette Sibley,
Ashton,
Beauty and the Beast,
Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre,
BRB,
César Morales,
Chi Cao,
Cyrano,
Darcey Bussell,
David Bintley,
Elisha Willis,
Elmhurst School of Dance,
Joseph Caley,
Leanne Benjamin,
Lilian Baylis,
Lynn Seymour,
Miyako Yoshida,
Nadia Nerina,
Nao Sakuma,
Natasha Oughtred,
Ninette de Valois,
Old Vic,
Sadler's Wells Ballet,
Sadler's Wells Theatre,
Sir Peter Wright,
Sylvia,
Two Pigeons,
Vic-Wells Ballet
