United Kingdom Mozart: Soloists, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and CBSO Chorus / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 26.6.2014 (GR).
Geoff Read
Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée as Entertaining and Delightful as Ever
United Kingdom Hérold, La Fille mal gardée (ballet music arranged and orchestrated by John Lanchbery): Dancers from the Birmingham Royal Ballet, the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, / Philip Ellis. (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 11.6.2014. (GR)
Birmingham Royal Ballet Show D-day Stands for Dance
United Kingdom Darkness and Light – A Triple Bill of Dance based around the choreography of Sir Frederick Ashton: Artists of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Philip Ellis (conductor). The Birmingham Hippodrome, 4.6.2014 (GR)
No Flies on this Adaptation of the Golding classic
United Kingdom Lord of the Flies, New Adventure (Contemporary dance adaptation of the William Golding novel): The Birmingham Hippodrome, 15:5:2014 (GR).
Sylvie Guillem and Friends Bring Style to Birmingham’s International Dance Festival
United Kingdom Haubrich, Morrow, Beethoven, 6000 miles away: Sylvie Guillem and Friends, Birmingham Hippodrome, 6.5.2014 (GR).
Birmingham Royal Ballet launch City’s International Dance Festival with Verve
United Kingdom Three Short Works: Quatrain; Kin; Les Rendezvous: Artists of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Philip Ellis (Conductor). The Crescent, Birmingham, 24:4:2014 (GR).
Peter Wright’s Sleeping Beauty in great hands (and legs) with BRB
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Koen Kessels (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 10.10.2013 (GR).
Turnage’s Greek Retains its ‘Angry Young Man’ Image
United Kingdom Mark-Anthony Turnage, Greek: A production by The Music Theatre Wales Ensemble with Michael Rafferty (Conductor) and directed by Michael McCarthy at the Birmingham Town Hall, 5.10.2013 (GR)