by Linda on March 9, 2010
Is this ballet for you?
Go If: Girly and funny stories with plenty of romance, ribbons and happy endings are your thing and you simply can’t get enough of Ashton. You are bringing your kids or friends to see a ballet for the first time and need something light and fluffy to start with.
Skip If: People [...]
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Widow Simone
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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