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	Wolfgang Stollwitzer interview October 5, 2008
	The Beasts within October 4, 2008
	Lei Zhao September 6, 2008
	Kristen McGarrity September 6, 2008
	Behind the scenes: Department for Learning August 18, 2008
	New faces look back July 14, 2008
	Birmingham Royal Ballet on Classic FM July 8, 2008
	Notes on Petrushka (full version) July 4, 2008
	The history of Le Baiser de la fée July 4, 2008
	Notes on Card Game July 4, 2008
	Jonathan Payn on BBC Radio York, Spring 2008 June 18, 2008
	Ambra Vallo on Giselle June 13, 2008
	Desmond Kelly June 6, 2008
	The Fairy's Kiss May 13, 2008
	The history of Card Game May 10, 2008
	Petrushka May 9, 2008
	Stravinsky: the real deal May 3, 2008
	Your personal profile April 22, 2008
	Behind-the-scenes: wardrobe April 2, 2008
	South-West tour notes March 20, 2008
	2008-09 season March 20, 2008
	North-East tour notes March 19, 2008
	Anniek Soobroy March 10, 2008
	Céline Gittens March 7, 2008
	The light fantastic February 12, 2008
	Dominic Antonucci February 11, 2008
	Japan 2008 desktop wallpaper January 11, 2008
	Behind the scenes: Diana Childs December 7, 2007
	Fantasy and Reality December 1, 2007
	An Entertainment of Genius December 1, 2007
	Beauty and the Beast November 19, 2007
	Stravinsky autumn 2008 September 19, 2007
	Angela Paul October 9, 2007
	All that jazz October 8, 2007
	Cardiff2008 October 5, 2007
	Enjoy Strictly dancing? October 3, 2007
	New arrivals 2007 September 24, 2007
	Tyrone Singleton September 21, 2007
	Edward II August 10, 2007
	Strictly dancing August 10, 2007
	Take Five costume rehearsals June 22, 2007
	Mary Goodhew: the making of a dancer June 12, 2007
	Michael O'Hare June 1, 2007
	200708 Season March 28, 2007
	Carl Davis interview February 7, 2007
	Pas de deux - Stravinsky and Balanchine January 29, 2007
	Ballet Hoo! aftershow interviews October 7, 2006
	The Acrobat and the Ringmaster April 20, 2006
	Transaction Charges July 14, 2006

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Enjoy Strictly dancing?

Deciding which ballet to see next? Here are our recommendations, depending on which of the three ballets you enjoyed the most.

Paquita

If your favourite of the three pieces performed was Paquita, we'd recommend you get yourself a ticket to one of Birmingham Royal Ballet's spring performances of Swan Lake. Sharing both Paquita's choreographer Marius Petipa and Producer Galina Samsova, the full-length classic also features joyous performances and tremendous sets and costumes. Tickets for the Company's performances of the ballet in Birmingham are already on sale, along with tour dates at the Lowry, Salford, and the New Theatre Oxford, while shows in Belfast go on sale xxxx.
If you fancy something slightly darker, but still from Samsova and Petipa, try Giselle in summer 2008. An intense tale of love and betrayal, the ballet also has input from Sir Peter Wright, responsible for may of Birmingham Royal Ballet's classical productions, including The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty and Coppélia. Performances at Birmingham Hippodrome are on sale now, with tour dates to follow in the new year.
Click here for further information on Swan Lake.
Click here for further information on Giselle.

Nine Sinatra Songs

If it was the swing and jazz-fuelled character studies of Nine Sinatra Songs that stood out for you, we cannot recommend The Shakespeare Suite too highly. Like the ballets in Strictly dancing, this piece forms part of a programme of three lively one-act works, entitled All that jazz. To the sound of the legendary Duke Ellington, The Shakespeare Suite presents a selection of the Bard's most popular characters. From the Romantic joy of one of Romeo and Juliet's first encounters, through the comedy squabbling of Kate and Petruccio (The Taming of the Shrew) to the tempestuous paranoia of Hamlet, this piece presents a broad spectrum of emotion just as Nine Sinatra Songs did - this time with a live jazz orchestra!
Click here for further information on All that jazz.

Daphnis and Chloë

If the tale of the young man out to rescue his sweetheart proved a highlight, try The Orpheus Suite. Also part of 'All that jazz' (see above), the piece tells the tale of the Greek Hero Orpheus, and his quest to reclaim his wife Eurydice from the land of the dead. One of the Argonauts that accompanied Jason on his travels, and saved them from the sirens by combatting their song with his own, the brave musician tries to charm his way into even more dangerous territory, all in the name of love. With more contemporary designs than Daphnis and Chloë, but still retaining the language of ballet, The Orpheus Suite tells a story of similar self-sacrificing devotion with even more supernatural mystery.
Click here for further information on All that jazz.

Quick pick

Here's what fellow Birmingham audience members have already booked to see next:

Stravinsky! The real deal

Another programme of one-act ballets, this offers a chance to see what different choreographers have done with three of Stravinsky's most popular ballet scores. John Cranko presents vitalic energy and mischief in Card Game, Michael Corder creates a brand new version of Le Baiser de la fée, and Petrushka remains one of the most successful original products of the acclaimed partnership between the composer and Mikhail Fokine. 44% of the Birmingham Strictly dancing audience have already booked for this show - are you among them yet?
Click here for details of all current performances.

Your choice

Further information about all the shows in BRB's new season can be found by visiting brb.org.uk/200708season