Birmingham Royal Ballet — Pomp and Circumstances / Sylvia
Sadler’s Wells no longer has an allocation of tickets for Birmingham Royal Ballet at the London Coliseum.
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We regret that as we no longer have availability for these performances, we are unable to offer our normal ticket exchange service for any tickets bought for the Spring Dance season.Birmingham Royal Ballet makes a long-awaited return to the London Coliseum with a refreshing programme of works.
Pomp and Circumstances offers three very different ballets. David Bintley's ever-popular and much-loved 'Still Life' at the Penguin Café, last seen in London in 2001, features a varied, amusing and touching array of creatures seeking shelter from the storm. The programme is completed with George Balanchine's stunning abstract dance piece Serenade and Frederick Ashton's Enigma Variations, which brings Edward Elgar and his friends to life in dance.
- "Bintley’s choreography is always elegant and attractive"
- THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
David Bintley's major reworking of Sylvia offers a humorous trip through time to learn valuable lessons in love. When the strife between Count Guccioli and his wife threatens to disrupt their anniversary celebration, the Count's infidelities endanger the burgeoning love between Amyntas and Sylvia, their servants. Bintley brings his unrivalled comic talent to this classic ballet, featuring music by Léo Delibes, the composer of Coppélia, and a colourful cast of Gods and Goddesses, slave girls and pirates.
- "Sylvia, in Bintley's revival, cheers up the spirits at a time when so many of us need a tonic"
- THE STAGE
- "With dancing this good, it becomes an elegant romp"
- THE GUARDIAN
- "The grand pas de deux for Sylvia and Amynta is one of Bintley's finest"
- THE TIMES
- "An ingeniously reworked version"
- THE OBSERVER
Rehearsal videos
Joseph Caley and Principal César Morales each perform the exhausting Troyte solo from Frederick Ashton's Enigma Variations. Watch video »
Alexander Campbell's first rehearsal as the Kangaroo Rat from David Bintley's 'Still Life' at the Penguin Café.
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