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Robert Tanitch reviews Birmingham Royal Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.

One of my earliest ballet memories was seeing Margot Fonteyn dance Princess Aurora in the notoriously difficult Rose Adage – one of classical ballet’s great moments. Courted by four suitors, Fonteyn w ...

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Robert Tanitch reviews Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Into the Music at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London

INTO THE MUSIC is a triple bill of modern ballets by Jiri Kylian, Morgann Runacre-Temple and Uwe Scholz, danced by a fine ensemble. FORGOTTEN LAND. Jiri Kylian takes his inspiration from Benjamin Brit ...

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Robert Tanitch reviews Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Don Quixote at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London

DON QUIXOTE has been in the ballet repertoire since 1869 and is one of Carlos Acosta’s favourite ballets. He first performed it when he was sixteen. He would go on to create his own production for The ...

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Robert Tanitch reviews a triple bill by Birmingham Royal Ballet at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London

CITY OF A THOUSAND TRADES Miguel Altunaga’s ballet is a love letter to Birmingham commissioned by Carlos Acosta to celebrate the city’s industrial heritage and culture. Based on interviews with Brummi ...

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