Performer: Bronislava Nijinska

Carlos Acosta devises a programme of Ballets Russes highlights to celebrate Serge Diaghilev and to showcase the young dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet’s junior company, BRB2. 

A diverse triple bill, both musically and choreographically, this has been a gamble that's paid off.

The penultimate programme of The Royal Ballet’s season takes the audience on a journey, from a joyous celebration with seven imperially dressed ballerinas, to a summer dacha filled with tense emotions, and finally back in time to the ceremonial rites of a Russian peasant wedding.

Spanish choreographer Avatâra Ayuso talks candidly about fellow choreographer Bronislava Nijinska, historical misogyny within the dance sector, and what we are doing about it today.

Since the end of the 19th century, a whole raft of schools and companies were founded by women, resulting in a large number of seminal works in dance history.