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Birmingham Royal Ballet - Brouillards/The Dance House/Slaughter on Tenty Avenue

Lighthouse (previously known as Poole Arts Centre), Poole
From: Friday, 28th May 2010
To: Saturday, 29 May 2010

Our Review: starstarstarstar

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Our Review: starstarstarstar

Simon Cole - 29 May 2010

Birmingham Royal Ballet, one of the UK’s leading classical ballet companies, are back in the south west, with an intriguing showcase of three contrasting works.

The first piece, Brouillards, with original choreograpy by John Cranko, was first staged by Cranko’s Stuttgart Ballet in March 1970, and came just three years before his untimely death. A very personal creation, the ballet begins with the whole cast, dressed very simply in white, spilling on to the stage to one of nine piano preludes by Claude Debussy, included in the programme. This entry is repeated at the end of the act, with a number of vignettes in between, portraying a variety of moods and emotions. Highlights include “Hommage a S. Pickwick Esq.” in which the lead (Valentin Olovyannikov) represents the famed Dickens character, complete with bowler hat and umbrella, in a comical interlude. “Bruyeres” beautifully danced by Mathias Dingman, trying to a...

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Debussy (Brouillards) (Music)
John Cranko (Brouillards) (Choreographer)
Nicholas Ware (Brouillards) (Lighting)
Richard Rodgers (Slaughter on Tenth Avenue) (Music)
George Balanchine (Slaughter on Tenth Avenue) (Choreographer)
Kate Ford (Slaughter on Tenth Avenue) (Design)
Nicholas Royle (Slaughter on Tenth Avenue) (Lighting)
Shostakovich (The Dance House) (Music)
David Bintley (CBE - The Dance House) (Choreographer)
Robert Heindel (The Dance House) (Design)
Lisa J. Pinkham (The Dance House) (Lighting)


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