Tag Archives: Momoko Hirata

Heart-warming Fille mal gardée from Birmingham Royal Ballet

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

Hérold: La Fille mal gardée **** Birmingham Royal Ballet, Sadler’s Wells, 1st November 2018 A red umbrella, a butter churn and dancing chickens can only mean one thing: ballet’s favourite romcom is back. Sir Frederick Ashton’s version of La Fille mal … Continue reading →

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All that glitters: an opulent Sleeping Beauty returns to Birmingham Royal Ballet

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty *** Birmingham Royal Ballet, Mayflower Theatre, 31st January 2018 Fairy tale ballets don’t come with a higher classical pedigree than The Sleeping Beauty. Premiered in St Petersburg in 1890, it is the epitome of Imperial style and … Continue reading →

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Starry, starry night: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s celestial Cinderella provides magic

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

Prokofiev: Cinderella ***** Birmingham Royal Ballet, Mayflower, Southampton, 25th January 2017 Compared with his raw, heartrending music for Romeo and Juliet, Prokofiev composed a sassier, slinkier score for Cinderella and this has given choreographers licence to lend the ballet a … Continue reading →

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Wheel of Fortune: Carmina burana a safe bet for Birmingham Royal Ballet

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Tchaikovsky: Serenade/ Orff: Carmina burana  *** Birmingham Royal Ballet, Coliseum, 20th March 2015 Celebrating 20 years as Director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, David Bintley brings his company to London for three nights (and an afternoon!) of seedy sex and drunken debauchery … Continue reading →

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