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RARE PHOTOS: Birmingham royal ballet - The Real Truth

Dancer and later chief executive of Birmingham Royal Ballet who took leading roles at the Wallace Collection and then Strawberry Hill House in London

The Guardian - UK

These are the UK cities that will host Black Sabbath: The Ballet in autumn and winter 2025

The Birmingham Royal Ballet’s production, dedicated to the godfathers of heavy metal, will hit the road from September to November

Metal Hammer

Ballet superstar Carlos Acosta: ‘Dance was salvation. My life depended on it’

Ballet has always been more than just a job for Carlos Acosta. And as director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, he is trying to make it bigger than ever – even in the face of brutal cuts and the tragic death of its CEO

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Ballet legend Peter Wright: ‘Margot Fonteyn was cold as ice. Rudi Nureyev was a bit of a pain’

At 98, the choreographer has lost none of his love for dance – or his scathing wit. As his famous Nutcracker is performed again, he talks about grit, the ‘rubbish’ classics and directing a historic duo

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Birmingham Royal Ballet: La Fille mal gardée review – witty revival for a charming classic

This production of Frederick Ashton’s version of the bucolic love story allows the beauty and humour to flow naturally from the choreography

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Glastonbury live: Sunday with SZA, Shania Twain, Burna Boy and more – as it happened

Pictures, reviews and more, after Glastonbury’s final day and sets by Avril Lavigne, Janelle Monáe, Steel Pulse, Kim Gordon, the National and others

The Guardian - UK

Carlos Acosta: ‘It’s hard to talk about weight in ballet’

The Havana-born superstar may have retired from dancing nearly a decade ago, but he has no plans to slow down. Currently the artistic director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, he talks to Charlotte Cripps about ballet and Black Sabbath, middle-aged spread, and his plans to bring ballet to the masses

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Black Sabbath Ballet announces international dates after huge success of UK run

Black Sabbath – The Ballet is headed for the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany and the USA

Metal Hammer

Birmingham Royal Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty; Dimitris Papaioannou: Ink – review

Carlos Acosta’s BRB revels in an expansive revival of Peter Wright’s 80s classic, while the Greek choreographer’s sensational-looking Ink tantalises and terrifies

The Guardian - UK

Lycett, Acosta and Duran Duran condemn Birmingham’s 100% arts budget cut

Napalm Death, visual artist Pogus Caesar and Peaky Blinders’ Steven Knight also among city’s cultural figures warning over ‘horrifying’ move

The Guardian - UK

Carlos Acosta and Tony Iommi on Black Sabbath the Ballet – ‘Hopefully people won’t be ripping the seats out’

As this surprising collaboration opens in London, Acosta says it’s part of his drive to bring ballet to new audiences ‘for the survival of the art form itself’

Evening Standard

Black Sabbath – The Ballet: a heavy metal expert reviews this 'spectacle of entertainment'

Ballets are typically performed to the enchanting and distinctive melodies of classical music, not the emphatic beats and supersonic volume of heavy metal. But it’s the music of heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath that scores Birmingham Royal Ballet’s new show, Black Sabbath – The Ballet, which is currently showing at…

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Birmingham Royal Ballet: Black Sabbath – The Ballet; English National Ballet: Our Voices – review

The fathers of heavy metal have gained at least one new fan thanks to an inspired new Carlos Acosta commission. And the music’s the star in the English National Ballet ambitious new mixed bill

The Guardian - UK

Black Sabbath at Birmingham Royal Ballet review: head banging at the ballet? It shouldn’t work but it does

Londoners will have a chance to experience this culture clash of Carlos Acosta and Ozzy Osborne when the ballet arrives in the capital next month

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Paranoid pirouettes – inside Black Sabbath: The Ballet, already a headbanging hit

Will Birmingham Royal Ballet’s near-sold-out spectacular get audiences air guitaring? Our writer dons his denim and leather tutu to meet choreographer Carlos Acosta and Sabbath legend Tony Iommi

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Birmingham Royal Ballet uses virtual reality to make dance more accessible

Company aims to allow those unable to go to the theatre, including neurodivergent people, the elderly and children, to enjoy its shows

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Tony Iommi is loving the new Black Sabbath ballet: "I never thought we would have people dancing to War Pigs and Iron Man"

Tony Iommi has visited rehearsals for the Birmingham Royal Ballet's forthcoming production of Black Sabbath - The Ballet, and he very much likes what he sees

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‘Hate to be predictable’: Acosta brings Black Sabbath ballet to Birmingham

City gets ready for ‘world’s first heavy metal dance experience’ celebrating the music of Ozzy and co

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Riffs and tutus: Black Sabbath ballet to be staged in Birmingham

Rock band to lend eight songs to the ‘world’s first heavy metal dance experience’ performed by Carlos Acosta’s Birmingham Royal Ballet in September

The Guardian - UK

Birmingham Royal Ballet: Into the Music; Made in Leeds: Three Short Ballets – review

Inspired by Munch paintings and infused with hip-hop, two invigorating triple bills by Royal Ballet alumni are a riot of styles and contemporary staging

The Guardian - UK

Birmingham Royal Ballet: Into the Music review – an allegro trio

From dancers partnering with projections and CCTV-style surveillance to an engrossing piece inspired by Edvard Munch, Carlos Acosta’s company is continuing to carve out a niche

Evening Standard

Carlos Acosta on pushing ballet’s boundaries, Brexit and how he has nothing to prove on stage

Now director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, the world-renowned dancer is bringing new show Into the Music to Sadler’s Wells

The Independent UK

Travellers ‘abandoned’ in Bermuda for 21 hours after Miami to London flight diverted over ‘smoke in cockpit’

Passengers say American Airlines deprived them of food for almost 10 hours after landing unexpectedly in Bermuda

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Flight diverted due to 'mechanical issue' leaves passengers stranded in Bermuda

They are currently said to be getting a replacement flight 20 hours after landing

The Independent UK

Travellers ‘abandoned’ in Bermuda for 21 hours after Miami to London flight diverted over ‘smoke in cockpit’

Passengers say American Airlines deprived them of food for almost 10 hours after landing unexpectedly in Bermuda

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