Dance
BRB Far From the Madding Crowd, Birmingham HippodromeWednesday, 15 May 201320-23 Jun, Far From the Madding Crowd, Birmingham Hippodrome.Thomas Hardy's novel about Bathsheba Everdene and her fatal attractivenes s to three men was adapted by David Bintley into a ballet with music by Pau l Reade, who also composed Hobson's... Read more... |
Birmingham Royal Ballet, Sadler's WellsWednesday, 15 May 201315-19 Oct: BRB in two programmes - a triple bill of David Bintl ey's dances, including his beautiful indigo-coloured Tombeaux and the popu lar animals of Penguin Café (15... Read more... |
Giselle, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Birmingham HippodromeWednesday, 15 May 201319-22 June 2013, Giselle, Birmingham Hippodrome. David Bintle y and Galina Samsova’s production, designed by Hayden Griffin. In the ruin s of an abbey Giselle tries to stop the ghosts from killing the man who bet rayed her love. Giselle stands... Read more... |
Bolshoi Ballet, La Bayadère, ROHWednesday, 15 May 2013Bolshoi Ballet season 29th July - 17th August; three-week seas on Despite the horror of the sulphuric acid attack on the Bolshoi directorSergei Filin, the season goes ahead with familiar stars Svetlana Zakharov a, Maria Alexandrova and rising star... Read more... |
Play Without Words, New Adventures, Sadler's WellsWednesday, 15 May 201312 July-5 August, Sadler’s Wells: Matthew Bourne’s award-winni ng Play Without Words, originally premiered at the National Theatre in 200 2, returns afresh in a four-week season. A funny, sinister society powe r-play in the vein of Joseph Losey's... Read more... |
Israel Galván, Sadler's WellsWednesday, 15 May 201315-27 March: the annual Flamenco Festival features this year a stellar array of artists in Spain's superb song and dance form. 17 March : Farruquito, a star of flamenco puro. 18 March: Estrella Morente, reno wned singer daughter of singer Enrique... Read more... |
Birmingham Royal Ballet, Aladdin London Premiere, London ColiseumWednesday, 15 May 201320-24 March: London premiere of David Bintley’s magical tale oflove, trickery and triumph, originally created in Japan but now restagedfor its British acquisition by Bintley's own company Birmingham Royal Ball et. A run-in with Palace guards leads... Read more... |
Tango Fire, Flames of Desire, Peacock TheatreWednesday, 15 May 201330 Jan- 24 Feb: Argentina’s Tango Fire returns to London with i ts latest production, Flames of Desire, a seductive journey through the h istory of tango – tracing its roots in Buenos Aires before moving through t he decades to showcase its growing... Read more... |
New English Ballet Theatre, Sadler's WellsWednesday, 15 May 20134-8 July, Sadler’s Wells: Set up to nurture the talents of a n ew generation of dancers, choreographers, musicians, artists and designe rs, New English Ballet Theatre, whose patrons include Darcey Bussell and Carlos Acosta, make their debut season... Read more... |
LA Dance Project, Sadler's WellsWednesday, 15 May 20132-4 Oct: film star Natalie (Black Swan) Portman's husband, cho reographer and dancer Benjamin Millepied founded LA Dance Project as an art ist collective in 2012 with composer Nico Muhly, art consultant Matthieu H umery, producer Charles Fabius and... Read more... |
Coppelia, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Birmingham HippodromeWednesday, 15 May 20134-8 June 2013, Coppélia, Birmingham Hippodrome. Peter Wright’ s enchanting production of this joyous and witty ballet about a girl whose boyfriend two-times her with a doll is a celebration of love, with a spark ling score by Delibes, designs by... Read more... |
Boston Ballet, Coliseum, Prog 2Wednesday, 15 May 20133-7 July: Returning to London for the first time in 30 years,America's Boston Ballet presents two high-class programmes reflecting a ce ntury of greatest choreographers from Nijinsky to Wheeldon.. Programme 1 - 3, 4, 6 (eve)... Read more... |
