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Carlos Acosta Takes on a New Role: Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet

Birmingham Royal Ballet announced today that international star Carlos Acosta will be taking over as director in January of 2020. Current BRB director David Bintley will be stepping down this summer, at the end of the company’s 2019 season, after a 24-year tenure. “It is a tremendous honor and privilege to have been appointed to […]

Miko Fogarty: I Like a Teacher Who Lets Me Know What to Expect

Photo by Andrew Ross, courtesy of Birmingham Royal Ballet In our December issue, we hear what professional dancers have to say about their go-to teachers. Miko Fogarty Birmingham Royal Ballet Birmingham, UK “I loved learning from Marilyn ‘Marny’ Trounson at Zohar School of Dance. Her class was always well-structured: We’d have the same combinations for […]