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Today we celebrate Sir Peter Wright's 99th birthday!
Sir Peter served as the Company's Director between 1977 and 1995 and is honoured as our Founding Director Laureate. During his tenure, he led the Company's move to Birmingham, from its previous home at Sadler's Wells in London, to become Birmingham Royal Ballet.
His visionary direction shaped the Company's identity, and he created beloved productions of the classical ballets that continue to define our repertoire today, including Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty and Coppélia (see below).
We are deeply grateful for Sir Peter's extraordinary contribution and wish him the happiest of birthdays as he enters his 100th year.
Whenever we talk about BRB, we have to talk about Sir Peter Wright.Carlos Acosta, Director
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Artists of Birmingham Royal Ballet as the Swan Maidens.
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Céline Gittens as Odette and Brandon Lawrence as Prince Siegfried.
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Reina Fuchigami, Rachele Pizzillo, Karla Doorbar and Lynsey Sutherland as the Cygnets.
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Sofia Liñares and Yaoqian Shang as the Two Courtesans and Brandon Lawrence as Prince Siegfried.
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Jonathan Payn as Baron von Rothbart and Céline Gittens as Odile.
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Céline Gittens as Odile and Brandon Lawrence as Prince Siegfried.
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Javier Rojas as Harlequin and Rosanna Ely as Columbine in the Party Scene.
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Beatrice Parma as the Rose Fairy and Artists of Birmingham Royal Ballet as Flowers, Lead Flowers and their Attendants.
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Yuki Sugiura as the Snow Fairy.
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Reina Fuchigami as Clara.
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Max Maslen as the Prince and Miki Mizutani as the Sugar Plum Fairy.
© 2025 Credit : Johan PerssonSir Peter is possibly the greatest producer of the Tchaikovsky and 19th-century ballets. His ballets are masterpieces, and it's almost impossible to overestimate the importance they have in our repertory.Sir David Bintley, former Director
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Yu Kurihara as Princess Aurora and Lachlan Monaghan as Prince Florimund.
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Daria Stanciulescu as The Fairy Carabosse.
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Lachlan Monaghan as Prince Florimund, Eilis Small as The Lilac Fairy and Artists of Birmingham Royal Ballet as Nymphs.
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Yu Kurihara as Princess Aurora.
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Eilis Small as The Lilac Fairy.
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Beatrice Parma as Swanilda and Rory Mackay as Dr Coppélius.
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Beatrice Parma as Swanilda and Tzu-Chao Chou as Franz.
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Beatrice Parma as Swanilda and Tzu-Chao Chou as Franz.
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Frieda Kaden, Yuki Sugiura, Matilde Rodrigues, Regan Hutsell, Tess Hogge, Amelia Thompson, Rosanna Ely and Sofia Liñares as Swanilda's Friends.
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Daria Stanciulescu as the Gypsy, Tzu-Chao Chou as Franz and Artists of Birmingham Royal Ballet in the Mazurka and Czardas.
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