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Special Gallery: A Day in the Life of BRB – Birmingham Royal Ballet

<I>City of a Thousand Trades</I> rehearsal: Choreographer Miguel Altunaga with Lucy Waine and BRB dancers.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
City of a Thousand Trades rehearsal: Choreographer Miguel Altunaga with Lucy Waine and BRB dancers.
© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)

A Day in the Life of BRB is a special photoshoot, taken on the 3 Nov 2021 while Birmingham Royal Ballet were touring to Sadler’s Wells to show London their Curated by Carlos triple bill.

The gallery follows the company through the day, starting with company class, and work in the studio on two pieces being danced in Curated by Carlos – Miguel Altunaga’s City of a Thousand Trades and Chacona by Goyo Montero. The later featured a new pas de deux created especially for Carlos Acosta and Alessandra Ferri, who can also be seen in this set.

To compliment these rehearsal pictures we also have a gallery of Carlos Acosta and Alessandra Ferri in the final staged version of Chacona.

The Curated by Carlos triple bill is being streamed from the 11-18 November 2021 as part of Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage – more details at www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage

All the pictures are included on this page or you can see on Flickr.
 

BRB in Class

BRB in Class.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
BRB in Class.
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BRB in Class: Céline Gittens.© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
BRB in Class: Céline Gittens.
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BRB in Class: Rachele Pizzillo.© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
BRB in Class: Rachele Pizzillo.
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BRB in Class: Rehersall director Dominic Antonucci with BRB dancers.© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
BRB in Class: Rehersall director Dominic Antonucci with BRB dancers.
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BRB in Class.© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
BRB in Class.
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BRB in Class.© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
BRB in Class.
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BRB in Class: Carlos Acosta.© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
BRB in Class: Carlos Acosta, the BRB Director.
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BRB in Class: Alessandra Ferri and Carlos Acosta.© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
BRB in Class: Alessandra Ferri and Carlos Acosta.
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BRB in Class: Carlos Acosta, the BRB Director.© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
BRB in Class: Carlos Acosta, the BRB Director.
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BRB in Class.© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
BRB in Class.
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‘City of a Thousand Trades’ rehearsal

<I>City of a Thousand Trades</I> rehearsal: Choreographer Miguel Altunaga.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
City of a Thousand Trades rehearsal: Choreographer Miguel Altunaga.
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<I>City of a Thousand Trades</I> rehearsal: BRB dancers.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
City of a Thousand Trades rehearsal: BRB dancers.
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<I>City of a Thousand Trades</I> rehearsal: Choreographer Miguel Altunaga with Lucy Waine and BRB dancers.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
City of a Thousand Trades rehearsal: Choreographer Miguel Altunaga with Lucy Waine and BRB dancers.
© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
 
 

<I>City of a Thousand Trades</I> rehearsal: Matilde Rodrigues.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
City of a Thousand Trades rehearsal: Matilde Rodrigues.
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<I>City of a Thousand Trades</I> rehearsal: Dramaturg and co-Director Madeleine Kludje with BRB dancers.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
City of a Thousand Trades rehearsal: Dramaturg and co-Director Madeleine Kludje with BRB dancers.
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<I>City of a Thousand Trades</I> rehearsal: Tyrone Singleton, Miguel Altunaga, Hannah Rudd.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
City of a Thousand Trades rehearsal: Tyrone Singleton, Miguel Altunaga, Hannah Rudd.
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<I>City of a Thousand Trades</I> rehearsal: Hannah Rudd, Tyrone Singleton and Miguel Altunaga.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
City of a Thousand Trades rehearsal: Hannah Rudd, Tyrone Singleton and Miguel Altunaga.
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<I>City of a Thousand Trades</I> rehearsal: Tyrone Singleton and Hannah Rudd.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
City of a Thousand Trades rehearsal: Tyrone Singleton and Hannah Rudd.
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<I>City of a Thousand Trades</I> rehearsal: Tyrone Singleton and Hannah Rudd.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
City of a Thousand Trades rehearsal: Tyrone Singleton and Hannah Rudd.
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<I>City of a Thousand Trades</I> rehearsal: Miguel Altunaga, Hannah Rudd and Tyrone Singleton.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
City of a Thousand Trades rehearsal: Miguel Altunaga, Hannah Rudd and Tyrone Singleton.
© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
 
 

‘Chacona’ rehearsal

<I>Chacona</I> rehearsal: Choreographer Goyo Montero.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
Chacona rehearsal: Choreographer Goyo Montero.
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<I>Chacona</I> rehearsal: Alessandra Ferri and BRB dancers.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
Chacona rehearsal: Alessandra Ferri and BRB dancers.
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<I>Chacona</I> rehearsal: Carlos Acosta and Alessandra Ferri.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
Chacona rehearsal: Carlos Acosta and Alessandra Ferri.
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<I>Chacona</I> rehearsal: Carlos Acosta with Goyo Montero.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
Chacona rehearsal: Carlos Acosta with Goyo Montero.
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<I>Chacona</I> rehearsal: Alessandra Ferri with BRB dancers.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
Chacona rehearsal: Alessandra Ferri with BRB dancers.
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<I>Chacona</I> rehearsal: Carlos Acosta and Alessandra Ferri.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
Chacona rehearsal: Carlos Acosta and Alessandra Ferri.
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<I>Chacona</I> rehearsal: Choreographer Goyo Montero with Ivan Gil-Ortega Assistant to the Choreographer.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
Chacona rehearsal: Choreographer Goyo Montero with Ivan Gil-Ortega Assistant to the Choreographer.
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<I>Chacona</I> rehearsal: Beatrice Parma and BRB dancers.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
Chacona rehearsal: Beatrice Parma and BRB dancers.
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<I>Chacona</I> rehearsal: Carlos Acosta and Alessandra Ferri.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
Chacona rehearsal: Carlos Acosta and Alessandra Ferri.
© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
 
 

<I>Chacona</I> rehearsal: Choreographer Goyo Montero with BRB dancers.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
Chacona rehearsal: Choreographer Goyo Montero with BRB dancers.
© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
 
 

Some extra smiles

A Day in the Life of BRB: Brandon Lawrence and Céline Gittens.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
A Day in the Life of BRB: Brandon Lawrence and Céline Gittens.
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A Day in the Life of BRB: Tori Forsyth-Hecken.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
A Day in the Life of BRB: Tori Forsyth-Hecken.
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A Day in the Life of BRB: Yasuo Atsuji and Lachlan Monaghan.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
A Day in the Life of BRB: Yasuo Atsuji and Lachlan Monaghan.
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A Day in the Life of BRB: Isabella Howard.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
A Day in the Life of BRB: Isabella Howard.
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<B>Fin</B>.<br />© Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version)
Fin.
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All images are © Foteini Christofilopoulou. All rights reserved. For all usage/licensing enquiries please contact www.foteini.com
 
 

About the author

Foteini Christofilopoulou

Foteini Christofilopoulou is a Greek born, London based, freelance performing arts photographer; specialising in dance. Besides DanceTabs, client commissions include: Dance Umbrella, Royal Academy of Dance, Sadler's Wells and many more. She also undertakes more unusual dance theatre shoots, such as her work with Levantes Dance Theatre, which involves playing an active role in the creative process and subsequently in live performance. Her website is at: www.foteini.com

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