Birmingham Royal Ballet is delighted to announce the launch of its new company BRB2 and its inaugural UK tour in April – June 2023.
BRB2 is a new initiative where BRB pro-actively seeks out some of the best young ballet graduates from around the world to join a two-year performance programme, providing vital employment for the next generation of exceptional ballet dancers (aged 18-22) to transition from training into jobs at BRB or other leading ballet companies, impacting the dance sector worldwide. It will act as a magnet for the best UK and international talent, providing extensive training and professional experience, sending developed, professional dancers back into the dance sector and providing role models for the next generation. BRB2 is inspired by Dutch National Ballet Junior Company and ABT Studio Company.
The BRB2 dancers will not only train and perform with the whole Birmingham Royal Ballet company in major productions, but they will also develop their own touring programme, supported by senior members of BRBs ballet staff.
Listings information
Northampton Royal & Derngate
25 April 7.30pm – full live orchestra
Theatre Royal Nottingham
28 April 7.30pm; 29 April 2.30pm & 7.30pm
New Theatre Peterborough
3 & 4 May 7.30pm
The Linbury Theatre, London
13 & 14 June 7.30pm
Wolverhampton Grand
24 & 25 June 7.30pm
Programme
Rhapsody – pas de deux
Choreography: Frederick Ashton
Music: Sergey Rachmaninoff, Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
La Sylphide – Act II pas de deux
Choreography: August Bournonville
Music: Herman Lovenskiold
Swan Lake – Act II Pas de deux
Music: Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
The Dying Swans
Choreography: Carlos Acosta (after Michel Fokine and Michel Descombes)
Music: Camille Saint-Saens
Diana and Actaeon – pas de deux
Choreography: Marius Petipa, Agrippina Vaganova
Music: Cesare Pugni
End of Time – pas de deux
Choreography: Ben Stevenson
Music: Sergey Rachmaninoff, Cello Sonata in G Minor (3rd movement)
Interval
A Buenos Aires
Choreography: Gustavo Mollajoli
Music: Astor Piazzolla, Primavera Portena
Je ne regrette rien
Choreography: Ben Van Cauwenbergh
Music: Edith Piaf’s Je ne regrette rien
Les Bourgeois
Choreography: Ben Van Cauwenbergh
Music: Jacques Brel’s Les Bourgeois
Carmen
Choreography: Carlos Acosta
Music: Bizet – Shchedrin
Nisi Dominus
Choreography: Will Tuckett
Music: Claudio Monteverdi (from Vespers)
Majisimo
Choreography: Georges Garcia
Music: Jules Massenet (from Le Cid)
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