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Birmingham Royal Ballet's 2010 split tour13 April 2010 Company and Royal Ballet Sinfonia split in half to perform at both ends of England.Between 25 May and 5 June 2010, Birmingham Royal Ballet once again embarks upon a tour of mid-scale venues throughout the UK. In its 20th anniversary year the company will divide into two with half of the company travelling to the southwest of the country and the remaining half travelling to the north and east. This year, the split tour will see the company perform in Sheffield, York, Durham and Kings Lynn in the north and east and Cheltenham, Poole and Truro in the southwest. The split-tour initiative, now in its seventh year, enables the company to present full-scale works with orchestral accompaniment in venues not normally associated with a company of this size. The works to be performed have been carefully chosen to demonstrate the versatility of the company, ensuring that audiences have access to the highest quality of dance performances available in the UK today. In the north and east the triple bill will celebrate pieces by company Director David Bintley, Australian Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director Garry Stewart and celebrated choreographer Hans van Manen and in the southwest choreography by David Bintley, George Balanchine and John Cranko will delight audiences. Performing in the north and east, Allegri diversi is a short piece by David Bintley, choreographed for Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet (now Birmingham Royal Ballet) in 1987. The effortless elegance of the dance gives life to Rossini’s light and playful score. Grosse Fuge is choreographed by Hans van Manen and sees delicate interplay between groups of men and women to the music of Ludwig van Beethoven. The Centre and its Opposite by Australian Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director Garry Stewart sees the dancers directly competing for the attention of the audience, fusing classical ballet with hard-edged contemporary dance to music by Huey Benjamin. In the southwest the triple bill includes Brouillards with choreography by John Cranko. The piece is based upon nine of composer Claude Debussy’s piano preludes. The title of the piece, Brouillards means ‘mists’, and it is this image that bookends the choreography of the ballet, with the dancers appearing and disappearing from the stage leaving behind nothing but memories. The Dance House by Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Director David Bintley was created following the death of a friend and is set to Shostakovich’s Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue is a crazy comedic piece from the 1930s musical On Your Toes with choreography from George Balanchine and music by Richard Rodgers. North and East venues
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Videos for the North East:Can't see the clip? Click here to watch it on vimeo.com Can't see the clip? Click here to watch it on vimeo.com Videos for the South West:Can't see the clip? Click here to watch it on vimeo.com Can't see the clip? Click here to watch it on vimeo.com ENDS For further press information please contact: Simon Harper, Media and PR Manager, on 0121 245 3562; Email: SimonHarper@brb.org.uk or Claire Lishman, Media and PR Officer, on 0121 245 3549 Email: ClaireLishman@brb.org.uk PRINT THIS PAGE |
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