Black Sabbath – The Ballet: hard rock with a soft centre

Birmingham Royal Ballet in Black Sabbath – The Ballet

Javier Rojas and Yaoqian Shang in Black Sabbath – The Ballet

Regan Hutsell in Black Sabbath – The Ballet

Céline Gittens and Tyrone Singleton in Black Sabbath – The Ballet

By Vikki Jane Vile, 20 June 2024

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“The volume is cranked up too and it’s easy to understand why everyone is elated”

Reviewed at Grand Théâtre, Luxembourg on 19 June 2024

Black Sabbath – The Ballet (Pontus Lidberg, Raúl Reinoso, Cassi Abranches)

Birmingham Royal Ballet

Christopher Austin, Conductor

Alexandre Arrechea, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Black Sabbath – The Ballet: right balance between ballet and rock

Graham Watts, 22nd October

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.

****1

Acosta Danza: dazzling dancing

Deborah Weiss, 15th February

Acosta Danza, always compelling, deliver a triple bill in the Linbury Theatre that shows off their plentiful attributes.

****1

A surreal memoir: Pontus Lidberg's On the Nature of Rabbits

Carla Escoda, 6th March

Inspired by the fall of the Berlin Wall and the AIDS crisis, Pontus Lidberg's On the Nature of Rabbits comes to New York's Joyce Theater.

**111

Birmingham Royal Ballet: Black Sabbath – The Ballet A hit or a miss?

Graham Watts, 27th September

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

***11

100% Cuban as Acosta Danza returns to the UK

Graham Watts, 9th February

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

****1

Acosta Danza thrills Madrid in “Evolution”

Cristina de Lucas, 22nd October

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.

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Vikki Jane Vile

Vikki Jane Vile has been reviewing dance for over ten years, specialising in Ballroom and Ballet. In 2018, she became a member of the Critics' Circle for Dance. Vikki writes for BroadwayWorld and previously Dancing Times, LondonDance.com and CultureWhisper. She also prides herself on being a Strictly Come Dancing connoisseur since its inception and has appeared on BBC radio and several podcasts as an expert on all things Strictly. Having lived in London for ten years, she is now based in Germany and adapting to the Berlin dance scene.