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Subscribe 2017/18 SEASON & Save at BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME up to 20% SIGN up for a YEAR of AMAZING BALLET Buy Your 2017-18 Subscription Now and Save up to 20% Subscribe 2017/18 SEASON & save AT BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME up to 20% SIGN UP FOR A YEAR OF AMAZING BALLET Buy your 2017-18 subscription now and save up to 20% PRIORITY BOOKING PUBLIC BOOKING Full Subscription: BRB Friends & Renewals – Available now New Full Subscriptions: 17 March Design-Your-Own: BRB Friends – Available now New Design-Your-Own & Single Design-Your-Own: Public Renewals – 27 March Tickets: 18 April Single Tickets: BRB Friends – 4 April Join BRB Friends today to secure priority booking: brb.org.uk/friends Call Birmingham Hippodrome on 0844 338 5000 to book. Calls cost 4.5p per minute plus your telephone operator’s charge. CONTENTS WELCOME 1 AUTUMN 2017 Penguin Café mixed programme 2 Elite Syncopations | Concerto | ‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café Aladdin 4 CHRISTMAS 2017 The Nutcracker 8 SPRING 2018 The Sleeping Beauty 10 SUMMER 2018 In the Upper Room mixed programme 14 In the Upper Room | Kin. | Ballet Now: new work Romeo and Juliet 16 BOOKING 20 CALENDAR 21 Birmingham Royal Ballet, Director David Bintley cbe, is Registered Charity No.1061012 and is funded by WELCOME I am very excited to be sharing our 2017–18 Birmingham season with you – a year of love, laughter and the occasional tear. All this powerful dance and music can be yours when you buy one of our subscription packages and, what’s more, you can save up to 20%. Performances start in autumn 2017 and include the return of family favourite Aladdin, in a glittering production, featuring lavish sets and costumes, stunning special effects and beautiful dance. We’ll also be celebrating the work of Kenneth MacMillan, one of the great British choreographers, when we perform a Triple Bill that includes two iconic works: Concerto and Elite Syncopations. These appear with my own ‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café. After the delights of The Nutcracker in the run up to Christmas, we see the return of Sir Peter Wright’s glorious production of The Sleeping Beauty, classical ballet at its most exquisite. This is followed in the summer by an energy-filled Triple Bill, featuring former Company dancer Alexander Whitley’s Kin. and the mesmeric In the Upper Room from dance legend Twyla Tharp, alongside a brand-new work. The year comes to a close with another work from MacMillan, the powerful Romeo and Juliet, a rousing tale that never fails to set hearts racing and passions stirring. Photographs: Richard Battye; Bill Cooper; Caroline Holden; We hope to welcome you as a subscriber and to Richard Redshaw; Andrew Ross; Ty Singleton share these amazing ballets with you. David Bintley cbe, Director 1 AUTUMN 2017 Penguin Café mixed programme ELITE SYNCOPATIONS | CONCERTO | ‘STILL LIFE’ AT THE PENGUIN CAFÉ Youthful energy and technical precision collide in Kenneth MacMillan’s Concerto. Set to Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No.2, MacMillan’s sprightly and vigorous choreography conveys the infectious joy of dancing. A colourful host of endangered animals seek shelter from the storm at the Penguin Café. Featuring a morris-dancing flea, a ballroom-dancing ram, a woolly monkey and many more, ‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café is a witty and poignant look at man’s effect on the natural world. Finally, get swept up in the ragtime fun of MacMillan’s Elite Syncopations, where a host of eccentric characters flirt, dance and vie for the limelight. This playful combination of comedic flair, riotous colour and Scott Joplin’s iconic music is guaranteed to please. All performances feature live music from the Royal Ballet Sinfonia conducted for these performances by Paul Murphy and Philip Ellis. Wednesday 27 – Saturday 30 September Pre-performance talk 29 September, 6.30pm 2 Subscribe now! 0844 338 5000* brb.org.uk/subscription ‘So perfect you could watch it every day... an ingenious work’ THE LONDON EVENING STANDARD ON ‘STILL LIFE’ AT THE PENGUIN CAFÉ’ To be replaced with higher quality image CONCERTO ‘STILL LIFE’ AT THE ELITE SYNCOPATIONS Music Dmitri Shostakovich PENGUIN CAFÉ Music Scott Joplin Choreography Kenneth Music Simon Jeffes and others MacMillan Choreography David Bintley Choreography Kenneth Designs Jürgen Rose Designs Hayden Griffin MacMillan Lighting John B. Read Lighting John B. Read Designs Ian Spurling Lighting John B. Read brb.org.uk/subscription 3 AUTUMN 2017 Aladdin DAVID BINTLEY’S FANTASTICAL FAMILY TREAT Step onto our magic carpet and soar into the fantastical world of David Bintley’s Aladdin, with live music by BAFTA award-winning composer Carl Davis and vibrant designs from Dick Bird and Sue Blane. The classic story of Aladdin and his adventures with a magic lamp is brought to life in this glittering production, featuring lavish sets and costumes, stunning special effects, and beautiful choreography. Magic abounds when the Djinn of the Lamp appears, from a cave of dancing jewels to a larger-than- life Chinese lion. As our hero finds out, you can even become a prince overnight! Aladdin is a dazzling spectacle the whole family will enjoy. All performances feature live music from the Royal Ballet Sinfonia conducted for these performances by Paul Murphy and Philip Ellis. Tuesday 3 – Saturday 7 October First Steps (3–7yrs) Pre-performance talk Touch Tour 6 October, 1pm 6 October, 6.30pm 7 October, 10.30am Class on stage Audience open day Audio description 7 October, 11.15am 7 October, 12pm 7 October, matinee 4 Subscribe now! 0844 338 5000* brb.org.uk/subscription ‘A delightful family show... it looks absolutely astonishing’ THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Music Carl Davis A co-production with Houston Ballet Foundation Choreography David Bintley Supported (2013) by the Garfield Weston Sets Dick Bird Foundation, The John Ellerman Foundation, Costumes Sue Blane the estate of Margery Bremner, the estate of Lighting Mark Jonathan Pamela Green, and Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Director’s Appeal. brb.org.uk/subscription 5 ‘Bright, extrovert steps and colourful costumes... a family-packed theatre is kept happily entertained’ THE GUARDIAN 6 Aladdin CHRISTMAS 2017 The Nutcracker SIR PETER WRIGHT’S QUINTESSENTIAL CHRISTMAS CLASSIC In this most festive ballet, gigantic sets, lavish costumes, 60 dancers and a full orchestra combine to make the perfect Christmas treat for the entire family. This world-famous production by Sir Peter Wright, with extraordinary designs by John Macfarlane, is acclaimed as one of the best in the world. When young Clara sneaks downstairs on Christmas Eve to play with her new Nutcracker Doll, she is swept away on an adventure of gigantic proportions. A magical Christmas tree, a winter wonderland of dancing snowflakes and the sparkling Sugar Plum Fairy create the enchanting world of The Nutcracker, where toys come to life and dreams come true. All performances feature live music from the Royal Ballet Sinfonia conducted for these performances by Koen Kessels, Paul Murphy and Philip Ellis. Friday 24 November – Wednesday 13 December Pre-performance talks Touch tour Class on stage Fridays 1 & 8 December, 6.30pm 25 November, 10.30am 25 November, 11.15am Audience open day Audio description 25 November, 12pm 25 November, matinee 8 Booking open now! 0844 338 5000* brb.org.uk/Nutcracker ‘A ballet in a million and an annual sell-out’ THE BIRMINGHAM POST Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography Peter Wright, Lev Ivanov, Vincent Redmon Production Peter Wright Designs John F. Macfarlane Lighting David A. Finn brb.org.uk/Nutcracker 9 SPRING 2018 The Sleeping Beauty THE MOST MAGICAL FAIRYTALE BALLET OF THEM ALL Enter the opulent world of Imperial Russian ballet, with its marvellous mixture of virtuoso dance, fairytale characters and dazzling spectacle that have delighted audiences for over a hundred years. The curse of a wicked fairy, one touch of a spindle, and a beautiful princess falls into a deep, enchanted sleep which can only be broken by a kiss from a prince. The Sleeping Beauty has become one of the grandest ballets ever created, with a classical score by Tchaikovsky and original choreography by Marius Petipa. An enchanting evening for all the family. All performances feature live music from the Royal Ballet Sinfonia conducted for these performances by Koen Kessels, Paul Murphy and Philip Ellis. Tuesday 13 – Saturday 24 February First Steps (3–7yrs) Pre-performance talk Touch tour 16 February, 1pm 16 February, 6.30pm 17 February, 10.30am Audience open day Audio description Class on stage 17 February, 12pm 17 February, matinee 17 February, 11.45am 10 Subscribe now! 0844 338 5000* brb.org.uk/subscription ‘The finest production of Sleeping Beauty I may ever have seen in Britain’ THE ARTS DESK Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, Peter Wright Production Peter Wright Designs Philip Prowse Lighting Mark Jonathan brb.org.uk/subscription 11 ‘Peter Wright’s masterpiece’ THE DAILY EXPRESS 12 The Sleeping Beauty SUMMER 2018 In the Upper Room mixed programme IN THE UPPER ROOM | KIN. | BALLET NOW: NEW WORK Alexander Whitley’s Kin. is an athletic, abstract piece danced to a pulsing, hypnotic score by Phil Kline. Kin. celebrates the raw kinetics of dance, the virtuosity of ballet technique and the potential for movement to bring us together in different ways. In the Upper Room is an exhilarating, athletic ballet by American dance phenomenon Twyla Tharp. Dancers in sneakers and striking red pointe shoes dominate the stage with energy, flair and finesse. The final ballet is a new work created as part of Ballet Now, supported by the Oak Foundation – a unique five-year programme developing choreographers, composers and designers to create new and innovative works for the world stage. Kin. features live music from the Royal Ballet Sinfonia conducted for these performances by Koen Kessels, Paul Murphy and Philip Ellis. Wednesday 20 – Saturday 23 June Pre-performance talk 22 June, 6.30pm 14 Subscribe now! 0844 338 5000* brb.org.uk/subscription ‘Dazzling..
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