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CARLOS ACOSTA TELLS DIANE PARKES HOW BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET IS NURTURING TALENT

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BIRMINGHAM Royal Ballet director Carlos Acosta says its junior company, BRB2, will be bringing the very best of past, present and future dance to venues.

BRB2 aims to identify, develop and showcase talented young dancers from around the world in theatres across the country.

And their new production, Carlos Acosta's Ballet Celebration, which comes to Birmingham Hippodrome on Tuesday May 6, takes audiences back to the roots of modern ballet with a show in tribute to the great stage impresario Sergei Dhiagilev.

With a programme featuring The Firebird, Spectre de la Rose, Les Sylphides, Les Biches and Scheherazade, the performance showcases some of the most revolutionary works of ballet - danced by the stars of the future.

Carlos, who took over the helm at BRB five years ago, says this is a rare chance for audiences to see these young dancers before they follow in his footsteps and perform on the world's greatest stages.

"These are very talented young dancers that hopefully in a couple of years' time or in a year's time will join our company and will rise all the way through the ranks," Carlos says.

"But this is a chance to see them as they are starting out. They are excellent dancers. We have brought talented young dancers from Australia, from America, from Cuba, from Ukraine as I'm very aware not just to operate on our own doorsteps but to reach out to different countries to see what talent is there as well.