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In an improbable but exciting marriage between ballet and hard rock, Birmingham Royal Ballet joins forces with Black Sabbath – you can see it at Sadler's Wells
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BRB2, the brand-new junior company of Birmingham Royal Ballet, has its London debut at the Linbury Theatre with an eclectic programme picked by director Carlos Acosta
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The great Carlos Acosta returns to the Royal Opera House with Carlos at 50, a programme that celebrates another landmark in his illustrious life and career
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Summer 2023 welcomes the return to London of the Australian Ballet, says goodbye to a much-loved Royal Ballet ballerina and celebrates a very special birthday
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Birmingham Royal Ballet visits Sadler's Wells with Into the Music, a triple bill of works that show particular responses to their chosen musical scores
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Dance at its most varied this month
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Grab an opportunity to see one of the most joyous dance performances on offer, when Birmingham Royal Ballet's Don Quixote comes to a cinema near you
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Birmingham Royal Ballet brings sunshine and joy to Sadler’s Wells with its exhilarating new production of Don Quixote
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The Royal Academy of Dance launches the third series of its Why Dance Matters podcasts, featuring an eclectic roster of international guests
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Acosta Danza's 100% Cuban, currently at Sadler's Wells, showcases the immense talents of its dancers in a less than satisfactory programme
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A Sunday of ballet on BBC Four as part of the corporation's extensive programme of dance for 2022 to be broadcast on TV, radio, iPlayer and Sounds.
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The BBC broadcasts Yuli, the biopic of the Cuban ballet superstar Carlos Acosta, tracing this path from the streets of Havana to the main international dance stages
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As she prepares to dance the emblematic Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, newly minted Royal Ballet principal, Fumi Kaneko, talks to Culture Whisper about her life and favourite roles
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Birmingham Royal Ballet’s latest triple bill, Curated by Carlos, is an uneven affair, which nevertheless shows a lively and reenergised company
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Birmingham Royal Ballet has released an elegiac short film, Empty Stage, which commemorates performance artists in our times of dark theatres
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Dancing Nation is a free all-day festival of British dance presented by Sadler's Wells and BBC Arts
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Birmingham Royal Ballet streams its Covid-adapted, but no less glorious, The Nutcracker live from the Birmingham this Christmas season
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Birmingham Royal Ballet celebrates a landmark anniversary with Birmingham Royal Ballet at 30, a special commemorative programme to be streamed worldwide
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Birmingham Royal Ballet offers a peek into its post-lockdown work with a digital programme of short pieces filmed in the studio over the past week
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The Royal Ballet streams choreographer Frederick Ashton’s sunniest ballet, La Fille Mal Gardée, as part of the Royal Opera House’s #OurHouseToYourHouse programe
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Acosta Danza’s Up Close is a mixed programme by Carlos Acosta’s superb company now installed at the ROH’s Linbury Theatre for a short residency
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Acosta Danza’s Evolution, currently at Sadler’s Wells, is a mixed bill made up of three enjoyable works and one monumental dud
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Carlos Acosta kicks off his artistic directorship of Birmingham Royal Ballet with Curated by Carlos, an ambitious programme of dance, visual art and literature at Sadler's Wells
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Traditional and innovative ballet alternates with Verdi, Beethoven and a new family opera
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Birmingham Royal Ballet return to Sadler’s Wells with [Un]leashed and Hobson’s Choice, celebrating female voices in choreography and the company’s outgoing veteran director
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A crowd-pleaser, if ever there was one, The Royal Ballet’s sunny, funny production of Don Quixote is wowing audiences at the Royal Opera House
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With A Celebration Carlos Acosta – the incomparable ballet superstar – marks 30 years in dance supported by his own young Cuban company, Acosta Danza, at the Royal Albert Hall
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A vibrant and varied programme acquaints London with Acosta Danza, the new company of the Cuban ballet superstar, Carlos Acosta
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North London’s top dance house, Sadler’s Wells, has announced a varied and exciting programme for 2017
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Acosta Danza, acclaimed Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta’s brand new dance company, has its much anticipated UK debut at Sadler’s Wells in September 2017
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Carlos Acosta: last performance is a feel-good affair as the Cuban takes his final classical bow
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Carlos Acosta and Zenaida Yanowsky star in Will Tuckett’s exploration of the life and loves of Queen Elizabeth.