5 Questions to Iain Mackay, Director of Yorkshire Ballet Seminars
This years Yorkshire Ballet Seminars take place from 13 July to 2 August 2019 – time for a word with Director Iain Mackay about what makes them so special and his plans…
Birmingham Royal Ballet – Hobson’s Choice – London
★★★★✰ Big-hearted, whimsical, suffused with equal parts romance and drollness, Hobson’s Choice is a gem of the BRB repertoire – long may it keep being revived.
Birmingham Royal Ballet – [Un]leashed: Lyric Pieces, Sense of Time, Peter and the Wolf – London
★★★✰✰ Overall, invigorating; a demonstration of the company’s healthy enthusiasm for innovation and playing with the form…
Birmingham Royal Ballet – Autumn delights: La fille mal gardée & The Nutcracker – London & Birmingham
★★★★✰ I look forward to the changes inevitably coming to BRB, but I can’t believe any new director will turn their back on such repertoire gems as La fille mal gardee and their Peter Wright Nutcracker.
Birmingham Royal Ballet – Ashton bill: The Dream, A Month in the Country – Birmingham
★★★✰✰ When I think of Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB) under David Bintley I think of tradition with a capital T and the latest double bill underlines that in spades.
Birmingham Royal Ballet – Themes & Variations, Enigma Variations, The King Dances – London
The 28-strong cast rose to the challenge of Themes and Variations, with its tricky footwork and complicated formations…
Birmingham Royal Ballet – Serenade, Carmina burana – London
To celebrate his 20th year as artistic director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, David Bintley has revived the first work he created in the post – Carmina burana…
Gallery – Birmingham Royal Ballet in Carmina burana
As David Bintley celebrates 20 years at the helm of BRB the company celebrates by reviving his first piece for them – the magnificent Carmina burana. Gallery by Dave Morgan…
Birmingham Royal Ballet – End of season promotions, leavers and joiners
BRB Promotions, Joiners and Leavers…
Birmingham Royal Ballet – Les Rendezvous, Kin., Elite Syncopations – High Wycombe
I was suitably sent home happy.
Birmingham Royal Ballet – Prince of the Pagodas (Bracewell/Roberts) – London
One of Bintley’s other notable commitments as Director is the rapid development of young dancers. For a graduating dance student, hungry for big roles, BRB is the company to aim for….
Birmingham Royal Ballet – Cinderella – Birmingham
As a young partnership Delia Mathews and Tyrone Singleton really are exceptionally good.
Birmingham Royal Ballet – Three Short Works (with 2 premieres) – Birmingham
Good to see BRB presenting 2 premieres as part of International Dance Festival Birmingham… A good afternoon.
