Birmingham Royal Ballet

April 21, 2011

Birmingham Royal Ballet

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on April 2011 When David Bintley isn’t busy directing the New National Theater Tokyo, he’s at his original home in Birmingham. The Birmingham Royal Ballet now arrives to present two signature pieces by famed British choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton, as well as the Tchaikovsky chestnut Sleeping Beauty. The tour launches with […]

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Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on April 2011

Photo by Bill Cooper

When David Bintley isn’t busy directing the New National Theater Tokyo, he’s at his original home in Birmingham. The Birmingham Royal Ballet now arrives to present two signature pieces by famed British choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton, as well as the Tchaikovsky chestnut Sleeping Beauty. The tour launches with a newly scheduled quake benefit on May 17 featuring Ashton’s The Dream, based on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and his Daphnis and Chloe. It continues May 21-22 with Sleeping Beauty before reprising the opening program on May 27-29.

Daphnis et Chloé & The Dream
May 17, 6:30 & 9pm, ¥8,000-¥18,000. U-Port Hall, Gotanda. Tel: 03-3791-8888. May 27, 6:30pm; May 28-29, 3pm, ¥5,000-¥18,000. Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Ueno. Tel: 03-5721-8000.

The Sleeping Beauty
May 21, 1:30 & 6:30pm; May 22, 1:30pm, ¥5,000-¥18,000. Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Ueno. Tel: 03-5721-8000.