Swan Lake, Birmingham Royal Ballet, review: has Tchaikovsky's classic ever looked this beautiful?
This Birmingham Royal Ballet production is visually sumptuous, magnificently danced, and a fitting tribute to the late Galina Samsova
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This Birmingham Royal Ballet production is visually sumptuous, magnificently danced, and a fitting tribute to the late Galina Samsova
Elaborate sets and bejewelled dancers abound as Carlos Acosta brings Don Quixote and Sancho Panza’s chivalrous adventure to the stage
Seeing The Nutcracker through the eyes of a child 3/5 BRB's Covid-safe Nutcracker is a tragically reduced affair – but parents watching it at home may nevertheless find a magical silver lining A dusting of magic: The Nutcracker performed by the Birmingham Royal Ballet Credit: BRB Twitter Had you told me, this time last year, that 12 months later I would be reviewing Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Nutcracker via a crummy laptop wired up to our home telly, while awaiting a Thai takeaway, and to a breathless running commentary from my three-year-old son, George, I would have suggested you go a...