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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
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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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New arrivals 2007



Birmingham Royal Ballet welcomes a series of new arrivals this season, who will be making their debuts with the Company throughout the autumn tour. Here's an outline of the new faces you'll be seeing this year.

Natasha Oughtred
Soloist


Born in East Yorkshire, Natasha joined the Royal Ballet Upper School in 1999 and the following year was a winner at the Adeline Genée Awards. She joins the Company from the Royal Ballet, where she began in 2000 before making soloist in 2005. The only new dancer at this level, Natasha is due to be performing solo roles in this autumn's performances of Paquita in Birmingham and on tour, as well as the lead female role in Ashton's Daphnis and Chloë.

Laura-Jane Gibson
Artist


Birmingham Royal Ballet audiences may well already be familiar with this graduate of Elmhurst School for Dance, who hails from Ayreshire, Scotland. The recent Ballet on the Buses project saw her join five other Birmingham Royal Ballet dancers to present a short piece on and around a vintage routemaster that toured Birmingham and the Midlands. For those wanting to see her on a regular stage, she'll be appearing as a shepherdess in Daphnis and Chloë this autumn, as well as dancing alongside the other new girls in Paquita

Yvette Knight
Artist


Yvette joins the Company from the Royal Ballet School, where she was a finalist in the Young British Dancer of the Year competition in 2006, earning the Sibley-Dowell award for a promising dancer. Currently in rehearsals for the autumn tour, audiences will be able to see her join the corps for Paquita, and for David Bintley's Edward II as a woman of the court of King Charles IV.

Callie Roberts
Artist


After studying dance for 13 years, while on a visit to see her sister (and current Birmingham Royal Ballet Soloist) Jenna, Callie took part in a dance class in London and was immediately offered a scholarship to the Royal Ballet School. She acheived a silver award in the 2004 Genee International dance awards, and graduated from the school this year. Audiences will be able to see her perform in Birmingham and on tour as part of this autumn's Strictly dancing.

Christopher Rodgers-Wilson
Artist


Christopher came to the Royal Ballet School from Australia, gaining a place in the second year of the upper school, skipping the first year of the course. Having graduated this year, Christopher makes a dramatic debut with Birmingham Royal Ballet this autumn, appearing as one of the Barons in David Bintley's Edward II.

Oliver Till
Artist


The only new arrival not from the UK or Australia, Oliver was born in Virginia, USA He trained at the Royal Ballet School, dancing as a student with the Royal Ballet in The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. He is currently rehearsing the Fauvel scene in Edward II, and will also appear as one of the villianous pirates in Daphnis and Chloë.

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