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The choreography, music and performance made this an impressive event, but Iommi’s cameo was an emphatic cherry on the top that sent the crowd home with an enthusiastic spring in their step.

A unique take on a well-worn favourite, Carlos Acosta has done a good job on his Havana based Nutcracker.

Birmingham Royal Ballet and Black Sabbath are two of Birmingham’s greatest cultural exports and now they are on a European tour together before heading to the US next year.

Carlos Acosta can still draw in the crowds and this carefully chosen programme is well worth watching.

A remarkable merging of two of Birmingham's greatest cultural institutions.

After a two-year interregnum, Acosta Danza are back at Sadler's Wells with an updated programme of five short works.

The spirit of Cuba visits Madrid as Carlos Acosta's dance troupe performs a mixed at the Teatro Real, including Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's Mermaid.