WATCH: Birthday Offering Masterclass Part 1

News & Stories 26 Mar 2026

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Christopher Carr coaches BRB dancers in Frederick Ashton's Birthday Offering – a one-act ballet celebrating the birth of British ballet – in Part 1 of this masterclass from the Frederick Ashton Foundation. 

We are performing Birthday Offering as part of our 20th-Century Masterpieces triple bill on 19 and 20 June 2026.

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  1. Theme and Variations: rehearsal photo gallery

  2. Lilla Bauer: Kurt Jooss's Original 'Young Girl' in The Green Table

  3. Assistant Director Dominic Antonucci on George Balanchine's Theme and Variations: a full-circle journey

  4. Theme and Variations: performance photo gallery

  5. The Green Table: the story of Kurt Jooss and Ballets Jooss

  6. WATCH: Birthday Offering Masterclass Part 2

  7. The Green Table: rehearsal photo gallery

  8. The Green Table: 1990s archive photo gallery

  9. Introducing Theme and Variations by George Balanchine

  10. Introducing Birthday Offering by Frederick Ashton

  11. Introducing The Green Table

  12. Our City, Your Ballet: dancers' favourite memories in Birmingham

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