Birmingham Royal Ballet

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Banner advertising the Birmingham Royal Ballet at the Hippodrome
Banner advertising the Birmingham Royal Ballet at the Hippodrome

The Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB) is one of the UK's foremost ballet companies, based at the Birmingham Hippodrome in Birmingham, where it enjoys custom-built facilities such as the Jerwood Centre for the Prevention and Treatment of Dance Injuries and the Patrick Centre, a studio theatre.

It was formerly based at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, under other names, and had close links with the Royal Opera House.

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[edit] Timeline of BRB

1931: Ninette de Valois founds a company at Sadler's Wells Theatre. It is known as the Vic-Wells Ballet as it performs both at Sadler's Wells Theatre and the Old Vic Theatre in London.
1940: Sadler's Wells Theatre is bombed during World War II and consequently the company begins to tour widely throughout the country. At this point the name of the company is changed to the Sadler's Wells Ballet.
1946: The company is invited to become the resident company of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. De Valois therefore decides to found a second company called Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet at Sadler's Wells Theatre.
1951: Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet undertakes a highly successful tour of the USA.
1955: Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet temporarily loses its link with Sadler's Wells Theatre and bases itself with its sister company at the Royal Opera House.
1956: A Royal Charter is bestowed on both companies and their joint school. The Sadler's Wells Ballet becomes The Royal Ballet and Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet becomes the Touring Company of The Royal Ballet.
1970: The Touring Company returns to base itself at Sadler's Wells Theatre, while continuing to tour the country.
1977: The Touring Company changes its name to Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet, with Peter Wright as Director.
1987: Birmingham Hippodrome and Birmingham City Council invites Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet to re-locate to Birmingham.
1990: Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet moves to a new home in Birmingham and changes its name to Birmingham Royal Ballet.
1995: Peter Wright retires. David Bintley becomes Artistic Director.
1997: Birmingham Royal Ballet becomes independent of the Royal Opera House.
2002: Elmhurst School for Dance officially becomes the associate school of Birmingham Royal Ballet, moving to new premises in Edgbaston, Birmingham in 2004. Elmhurst School for Dance is the oldest vocational dance school in the United Kingdom and was previously located in Camberley, Surrey.
2004: The first of the annual "mini-tours" where-by the company splits into two and perform in small venues in the North East and South West of England. This enables the company to reach a wider audience.

[edit] Works Performed

Title Running Time (mins) Choreographer Composer
Agon 28 George Balanchine Igor Stravinsky
All For A Kiss 5 Aonghus Hoole Igor Stravinsky
Apollo 30 George Balanchine Igor Stravinsky
Arthur pt I 60,45 David Bintley John McCabe
Arthur pt II 58,65 David Bintley John McCabe
Avec Moi Ce Soir Glyn Scott Igor Stravinsky
Beauty and the Beast 50,50 David Bintley Glenn Buhr
Bright Young Things 30 Oliver Hindle George Gershwin
Brouillards 37 John Cranko Claude Debussy
Carmina Burana 67 David Bintley Carl Orff
Carnival Of The Animals 25 David Justin, Toby Norman-Wright, Jonathan Payn, Nicole Tongue Camille Saint-Saëns
Checkmate 46 Ninette de Valois Arthur Bliss
Choros 30 David Bintley Aubrey Meyer
Concert Fantasy 30 David Bintley Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Concerto Barocco 20 George Balanchine Johann Sebastian Bach
Coppelia 35,28,38 Peter Wright after Marius Petipa & Enrico Cecchetti Léo Delibes
Cyrano 53,33,41 David Bintley Carl Davis
The Dance House 26 David Bintley Dmitri Shostakovich
Danses Concertantes Kit Holder, Glyn Scott, Aonghus Hoole, Kosuke Yamamoto Igor Stravinsky
Dante Sonata 17 Frederick Ashton Franz Liszt arr Constant Lambert
Daphnis And Chloë 55 Frederick Ashton Maurice Ravel
The Dream 54 Frederick Ashton Felix Mendelssohn
Dumbarton Oaks 15 Michael Kopinski Igor Stravinsky
Duo Concertant 17 George Balanchine Igor Stravinsky
Ebony Concerto Samara Downs Igor Stravinsky
Edward II 60,55 David Bintley John McCabe
Elite Syncopations 38 Kenneth MacMillan Scott Joplin et al
The End Of Winter Kosuke Yamamoto Igor Stravinsky
Enigma Variations 34 Frederick Ashton Edward Elgar
Façade 20 Frederick Ashton William Walton
Fancy Free 31 Jerome Robbins Leonard Bernstein
Far From The Madding Crowd 50,40,40 David Bintley Paul Read
La Fille Mal Garde 28,34,38 Frederick Ashton Ferdinand Hérold
The Firebird 47 Mikhail Fokine Igor Stravinsky
Five Brahms Waltzes In The Manner of Isadora Duncan 8 Frederick Ashton Johannes Brahms
Five Tangos 27 Hans van Manen Astor Piazzolla
Four Seasons 45 Oliver Hindle, Shimon Kalichman, Mikaela Polley, Samira Saidi, Asier Uriagereka, Richard Whistler, Yuri Zhukov Antonio Vivaldi
The Four Seasons 46 Oliver Hindle Antonio Vivaldi
The Four Temperaments 32 George Balanchine Paul Hindemith
Giselle 55,46 Marius Petipa after Jean Coralli & Jules Perrot Adolphe Adam
Grosse Fuge 27 Hans van Manen Ludwig van Beethoven
Hobsons Choice 34,28,42 David Bintley Paul Read
In The Upper Room 40 Twyla Tharp Philip Glass
Into The Ferment 25 Jonathan Payn James MacMillan
Krishna 35 Nahid Siddiqui Hariprasad Chaurasia
The Lady And The Fool 48 John Cranko Giuseppe Verdi arr Charles Mackerras
Much A-Dance About Nothing Jenny Murphy Igor Stravinsky
Nine Sinatra Songs 33 Twyla Tharp
The Nutcracker 50,50 Peter Wright, Lev Ivanov, Vincent Redmon Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker Sweeties 35 David Bintley Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn (after Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Orpheus 30 George Balanchine Igor Stravinsky
The Orpheus Suite 45 David Bintley Colin Towns
Paquita 28 Marius Petipa Ludwig Minkus
Les Petits Riens 25 David Bintley Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Pictures At An Exhibition 35 Shimon Kalichman, Toby Norman-Wright, Annette Pain, Jonathan Payn, Mikaela Polley, Samira Saidi, Nicole Tongue, Richard Whistler, Asier Uriagereka, Yuri Zhukov Modest Mussorgsky arr Maurice Ravel
Pineapple Poll 41 John Cranko Arthur Sullivan arr Charles Mackerras
The Planets 53 Rosie Kay, David Bintley, Samara Downs, Lei Zhao, Michael Kopinski, Kit Holder, Jenny Murphy Gustav Holst
Powder 33 Stanton Welch Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Prodigal Son 36 George Balanchine Sergey Prokofiev
The Prospect Before Us 38 Ninette de Valois William Boyce arr Constant Lambert
The Protecting Veil 43 David Bintley John Tavener
Pulcinella 40 Kim Brandstrup Igor Stravinsky
The Rite Of Spring 35 Millicent Hodson after Vaslav Nijinsky Igor Stravinsky
Romeo And Juliet 60,34,40 Kenneth MacMillan Sergey Prokofiev
Sanctum 26 Lila York Maurice Ravel & Christopher Rouse
Scènes De Ballet 22 Frederick Ashton Igor Stravinsky
The Seasons 32 David Bintley Giuseppe Verdi
Serenade 34 George Balanchine Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Shakespeare Suite 38 David Bintley Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
Slaughter On Tenth Avenue 25 George Balanchine Richard Rodgers
Sleeping Beauty 34,30,32,39 Marius Petipa, Peter Wright Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Small Worlds Kit Holder Igor Stravinsky
Solitaire 27 Kenneth MacMillan Malcolm Arnold
Song Of The Earth 63 Kenneth MacMillan Gustav Mahler
The Sons Of Horus 30 David Bintley Peter McGowan
Still Life At The Peguin Cafe 42 David Bintley Simon Jeffes
Stravinsky Violin Concerto 20 George Balanchine Igor Stravinsky
Swan Lake 32,32,44,20 Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov & Peter Wright Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphonic Variations 21 Frederick Ashton César Franck
Symphony In Three Movements 24 George Balanchine Igor Stravinsky
Take Five 25 David Bintley The Dave Brubeck Quartet transcribed by Colin Towns
Tombeaux 25 David Bintley William Walton
Tweedledum and Tweedledee 5 Frederick Ashton Percy Grainger
The Two Pigeons 27,33 Frederick Ashton André Messager
Unravelled Nathanael Skelton Igor Stravinsky
Voice Of Spring 4 Frederick Ashton Johann Strauss II
The Walk To The Paradise Garden 9 Frederick Ashton Frederick Delius
Western Symphony 30 George Balanchine trad Americal melodies arr by Hershey Kay

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