Image shows a single dancer spotlighted in orange against a vivid pink background. The dancer has dark hair pulled into a bun on the back of her head. She is wearing a white tiara and is wearing a fine white dress, with a mid-thigh-length skirt in diaphanous fabric and a sleeveless top with straps. The fine garland of grey flowers form the left shoulder strap and crosses her body to the right side of her waist. The dancer is facing to the right of the image, standing on point on her left leg, with her right leg raised in arabesque, the toe pointing to the top left of the picture. Her left arm is raised and outstretched towards the top right hand corner of the image. Her left arm is behind her with the elbow bent and her wrist bent so her fingers touch her shoulder
Image shows a single dancer spotlighted in orange against a vivid pink background. The dancer has dark hair pulled into a bun on the back of her head. She is wearing a white tiara and is wearing a fine white dress, with a mid-thigh-length skirt in diaphanous fabric and a sleeveless top with straps. The fine garland of grey flowers form the left shoulder strap and crosses her body to the right side of her waist. The dancer is facing to the right of the image, standing on point on her left leg, with her right leg raised in arabesque, the toe pointing to the top left of the picture. Her left arm is raised and outstretched towards the top right hand corner of the image. Her left arm is behind her with the elbow bent and her wrist bent so her fingers touch her shoulder

BRB2: Carlos Acosta's Classical Selection (2023)

A brilliant gala celebration of classical ballet. From sensational, heart-stopping moments to comic masterpieces, there's instantly recognisable music and dance that will bring the house down. Tickets from £10*

About BRB2: Carlos Acosta's Classical Selection (2023)

This sparkling gala has been selected by Carlos Acosta and features highlights such as Bournonville’s delightful La Sylphide, Vaganova’s explosive Diana and Actaeon pas de deux, Carlos’s own temperature-raising Carmen and his new interpretation for two dancers of The Dying Swan.

Rhapsody: choreography Sir Frederick Ashton; music Rachmaninov

La Sylphide pas de deux: choreography August Bournonville; music Løvenskiold

Swan Lake, Act II pas de deux: choreography Lev Ivanov; music Tchaikovsky

Carmen: choreography Carlos Acosta; music Bizet

The Dying Swans: choreography Carlos Acosta after Mikhail Fokine; music Saint-Saëns

Diana and Actaeon: choreography Agripina Vaganova; music Drigo

End of Time: choreography Ben Stevenson; music Rachmaninov

À Buenos Aires: choreography Lorenzo Mollajoli; music Piazzolla

Je ne regrette rien: choreography Ben van Cauwenbergh; music Dumont/Vaucaire, recording by Edith Piaf

Le Bourgeois: choreography Ben van Cauwenbergh; music Brel/Corti, recording by Jacques Brel

Nisi Dominus: choreography Will Tuckett; music Monteverdi (Vespers)

Majísimo: choreography Jorge Garcia; music Massenet (from Le Cid)

BRB2 is a brand-new company for some of the best young dancers from around the world. This year BRB2 features Frieda Kaden, Maïlène Katoch, Oscar Kempsey-Fagg, Mason King and Jack Easton, who are joined by seven established dancers from the Company: Artists Enrique Bejarano Vidal, Olivia Chang Clarke, Regan Hutsell, Sofia Liñares, Eric Pinto Cata, Lucy Waine, and Soloist Riku Ito.

*Tickets available from £10 in some tour venues. Subject to availability.

Download your castsheet by clicking the buttons on the performance calendar below, or after the performance by visiting our castsheet archive. The final version of each download will be available approx. two hours before the listed performance (earlier versions may be posted in advance if available).

Supported by David and Mary Laing, The Kirby Laing Foundation and The Linbury Trust

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