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. The Green Table: the story of Kurt Jooss and Ballet Jooss

  2. WATCH: Birthday Offering Masterclass Part 2

  3. The Green Table: rehearsal photo gallery

  4. The Green Table: 1990s archive photo gallery

  5. Introducing Theme and Variations by George Balanchine

  6. Introducing Birthday Offering by Frederick Ashton

  7. Introducing The Green Table

  8. Fuel for performance: inside dancer nutrition at Birmingham Royal Ballet

  9. Sir Peter Wright Centenary: Sleeping Beauty photo gallery

  10. WATCH: Meet Isabelle Fokine

  11. WATCH: Meet our new BRB2 dancers

  12. WATCH: Meet BRB2 Artists Ellyne Knol and Andrea Riolo

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