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Carlos Acosta introduces the Diaghilev ballets that form BRB2's programme Carlos Acosta's Ballet Celebration | Diaghilev & the Birth of Modern Ballet ahead of its tour in May.
Sergei Diaghilev was a Russian choreographer and ballet impresario, who founded the Ballets Russes and revolutionised ballet in the early 20th-century.
Filmed for BRB2's first run of this programme in 2025.
BRB2 is generously supported by multi-year gifts from the Oak Foundation, Charles Holloway OBE, Jerwood Foundation, Linbury Trust, Mary Laing and the late David Laing. The company is also made possible through support by The George Cadbury Fund, The Amar-Franses and Foster-Jenkins Trust, The GNC Trust, The Gitta Tangye Trust, The GJW Turner Trust, The Noël Coward Foundation, Monuskin, and Thriplow Charitable Trust.
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