Full list of Works

ADIEU
Music Andrzej Panufnik; Designs Mike Becket
Premiered on 29 April 1980 by The Royal Ballet

AFTER BACH
Music Johan Sebastian Bach
Premiered in 2020 by Freefall Dance Company

ALADDIN
Music Carl Davis; Designs Sue Blane & Dick Bird
Premiered on 15 November 2008 by the National Ballet of Japan

ALLEGRI DIVERSI
Music Gioaccino Rossini; Designs Terry Bartlett
Premiered on 15 January 1987 by Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

ARTHUR part 1
Music John McCabe; Designs Jasper Conran & Peter J. Davison
Premiered on 25 January 2000 by Birmingham Royal Ballet

ARTHUR part 2
Music John McCabe; Designs Jasper Conran & Peter J. Davison
Premiered on 9 May 2001 by Birmingham Royal Ballet

BAISER DE LA FÉE
Music Igor Stravinsky
Premiered by the National Ballet of Japan

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Music Glenn Buhr; Designs Philip Prowse
Premiered on 1 December 2003 by Birmingham Royal Ballet

BIG CITY SUMMER
Music Malcolm Arnold; Designs Mike Beckett
Premiered on 3 November 1981 by Hong Kong Ballet

BRAHMS HANDEL VARIATIONS
Music Johannes Brahms; Designs Maria Djurkovic/Jasper Conran
Premiered on 30 October 1990 by Birmingham Royal Ballet as part of their inaugural performances

CARMINA BURANA
Music Carl Orff; Designs Philip Prowse
Premiered on 27 September 1995 by Birmingham Royal Ballet

CHOROS
Music Peter McGowen; Designs Terry Bartlett
Premiered on 20 September 1983 by Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

CINDERELLA
Music Sergei Prokofiev; Designs John F. Macfarlane
Premiered on 24 November 2010 by Birmingham Royal Ballet

COMIC CUTZ
Music Raymond Scott; Designs David Bintley
Premiered on 7 July 2017 by students of Elmhurst Ballet School

COMEDY OF ERRORS, A
Music Matthew Hindson; Designs Dick Bird
Premiered on 25 March 2022 by Sarasota Ballet

COMPLEAT CONSORT, THE
Music Igor Stravinsky; Designs Jasper Conran
Premiered on 6 December 1994 by Bayerisches Staatsballett, Munich

CONCERT FANTASY
Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Designs Claire Leadbeater
Premiered on 2 October 2002 by Birmingham Royal Ballet

CONSORT LESSONS
Music Igor Stravinsky; Designs Terry Bartlett
Premiered on7 December 1983 by The Royal Ballet

CYRANO
Music Wilfred Josephs; Designs Hayden Griffin
Premiered on 2 May 1991 by The Royal Ballet

CYRANO (revised version)
Music Carl Davis; Designs Hayden Griffin
Premiered on 7 February 2007 by Birmingham Royal Ballet

DANCE HOUSE, THE
Music Dmitri Shostakovich; Designs Robert Heindel
Premiered on 14 February 1994 by San Francisco Ballet

DULCE ET DECORUM EST
Music Dmitri Shostakovich; Designs David Bintley
Premiered in 1976 by The Royal Ballet Choreographic Group

EDWARD II
Music John McCabe; Designs Jasper Conran & Peter J. Davison
Premiered on 15 April 1995 by Stuttgart Ballett

E=MC²
Music Mathew Hindson; Designs Kate Ford
Premiered on 23 September 2009 by Birmingham Royal Ballet

EN BATEAU
Music Claude Debussy; Designs David Bintley
Premiered on 21 July 1988 by students of the Royal Ballet School

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD
Music Paul Reade; Designs Hayden Griffin
Premiered on 22 February 1996 by Birmingham Royal Ballet

FASTER
Music Matthew Hindson; Designs Becs Andrews
Premiered on 26 June 2012 by Birmingham Royal Ballet

FLOWERS OF THE FOREST (incorporating Four Scottish Dances)
Music Malcolm Arnold & Benjamin Britten; Designs Jan Blake
Premiered on 13 September 1985 by Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

FOUR SCOTTISH DANCES
Music Malcolm Arnold; Designs David Bintley/Jan Blake
Premiered in July 1979 by dancers of The Royal Ballet as Vyvyan Lorraine Follies

GALANTERIES
Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Designs Jan Blake/Kandis Cook
Premiered on 12 July 1986 by The Royal Ballet

GISELLE (with Galina Samsova)
Music Adolphe Adam; Designs Hayden Griffin
Premiered on 30 September 1999 by Birmingham Royal Ballet

GYMNOPEDIES
Music Erik Satie; Designs Jasper Conran
Premiered on 30 August 2002 by Deborah Bull and Alessandro Molin

HOBSON’S CHOICE
Music Paul Reade; Designs Hayden Griffin & Claudia Meyer
Premiered on 13 February 1989 by Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

HOMAGE TO CHOPIN
Music Andrzej Panufnik; Designs Mike Becket
Premiered on 22 February 1980 by Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

HOMAGE TO THE QUEEN (Earth)
Music Malcolm Arnold; Designs Oliver Messel
Premiered on 5 June 2006 by The Royal Ballet

JOB
Music Ralph Vaughan Williams; Designs Hayden Griffin
Premiered on 17 March 1992 by San Francisco Ballet

KING DANCES, THE
Music Stephen Montague; Designs Katrina Lindsay
Premiered on 17 June 2015 by Birmingham Royal Ballet

LANDSCHAFT UND ERINNERUNGEN
Music Ludwig van Beethoven; Designs Ruari Murchison
Premiered in 1997 by Stuttgart Ballett

MAN I LOVE, THE
Music George Gershwin; Designs David Bintley
Premiered on 17 July 1985 by students of the Royal Ballet School

MEADOW OF PROVERBS
Music Darius Milhaud; Designs Mike Becket
Premiered on 16 March 1979 by Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

METAMORPHOSIS
Music Peter McGowen; Designs Mike Becket
Premiered on 10 April 1984 by Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

MINSTRELS
Music Claude Debussy; Designs Mike Becket
Premiered in 1977 by The Royal Ballet Choreographic Group

NIGHT MOVES
Music Benjamin Britten; Designs Terry Bartlett
Premiered on 7 April 1981 by Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

NUTCRACKER SWEETIES, THE
Music Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn; Designs Jasper Conran
Premiered on 26 September 1996 by Birmingham Royal Ballet

ORPHEUS SUITE, THE
Music Colin Towns; Designs Kandis Cook & Steven Scott
Premiered on 6 October 2004 by Birmingham Royal Ballet

OUTSIDER, THE
Music Josef Boháč; Designs Mike Becket
Premiered on 16 March 1978 by Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

PETITS RIENS, LES
Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Designs David Bintley
Premiered on 20 July 1991 by students of The Royal Ballet School

PLANETS, THE
Music Gustav Holst; Designs Sue Blane & Ralph Koltai
Premiered on 1 August 1990 by The Royal Ballet

POLONIA
Music Andrzej Panufnik; Designs Mike Becket
Premiered on 9 December 1980 by Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

PRINCE OF THE PAGODAS, THE
Music Benjamin Britten; Designs Rae Smith
Premiered on 30 October 2011 by the National Ballet of Japan

PROTECTING VEIL, THE
Music John Tavener; Designs Ruari Murchison
Premiered on 3 June 1998 by Birmingham Royal Ballet

PUNCH AND THE STREET PARTY
Music Lord Berners; Designs Mike Becket
Premiered on 29 August 1979 by Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

SAISONS, LES
Music Alexander Glazunov; Designs Charles Quiggin & Peter J. Davison
Premiered on 21 May 2003 by The Royal Ballet

SEASONS, THE
Music Giuseppe Verdi; Designs Jean-Marc Puissant
Premiered on 13 September 2001 by Birmingham Royal Ballet

SHAKESPEARE SUITE, THE
Music Duke Ellington; Designs Jasper Conran & Steven Scott
Premiered on 6 October 1999 by Birmingham Royal Ballet

SNOW QUEEN, THE
Music Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Tovey); Designs Terry Bartlett
Premiered on 28 April 1986 by Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

SONS OF HORUS, THE
Music Peter McGowen; Designs Terry Bartlett
Premiered on 30 October 1985 by The Royal Ballet

SPARTACUS PAS DE DEUX
Music Aram Khachaturian; Designs David Bintley
Premiered on 29 January 2018 by Birmingham Royal Ballet

SPIDER’S BANQUET, THE
Music Albert Roussel; Designs Ruari Murchison
Premiered in July 1997 by students of the Royal Ballet School

SPIDER’S BANQUET, THE (revised version)
Music Albert Roussel; Designs Dick Bird
Premiered by The National Ballet of Japan

SPRING PAS DE DEUX
Music Giuseppe Verdi; Designs Jean-Marc Puissant
Premiered on 30 November 2000 by Birmingham Royal Ballet

SPRING TIME
Music Antonio Vivaldi (arr. Towns); Designs David Bintley
Premiered on 30 June 2016 by students of the Royal Ballet School

SPIRIT OF FUGUE, THE
Music Peter McGowen; Designs Terry Bartlett
Premiered on 22 November 1988 by The Royal Ballet

‘STILL LIFE’ AT THE PENGUIN CAFÉ
Music Simon Jeffes; Designs Hayden Griffin
Premiered on 9 March 1988 by The Royal Ballet

SWAN OF TUONELA, THE
Music Jean Sibelius (arr. Tovey); Designs Terry Bartett
Premiered on 1 September 1982 by Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

SYLVIA
Music Léo Delibes; Designs Sue Blane
Premiered on 26 October 1993 by Birmingham Royal Ballet

SYLVIA (revised version)
Music Léo Delibes; Designs Sue Blane
Premiered on 25 February 2009 by Birmingham Royal Ballet

TAKE FIVE (first work to music)
Music Dave Brubeck; Designs Mike Beckett
Premiered on 26 September 1978 by Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

TAKE FIVE (second work to music)
Music Dave Brubeck; Designs Jean-Marc Puissant
Premiered on 22 June 2007 by Birmingham Royal Ballet

TEMPEST, THE
Music Sally Beamish; Designs Rae Smith
Premiered on 1 October 2016 by Birmingham Royal Ballet

TOMBEAUX
Music William Walton; Designs Jasper Conran
Premiered on 11 February 1993 by The Royal Ballet

TRIAL OF PROMETHEUS, THE
Music Geoffrey Burgon; Designs Terry Bartlett
Premiered on 20 October 1988 by The Royal Ballet

TURKEY IN THE STRAW
Music Igor Stravinsky; Designs David Bintley
Premiered in 1976 by The Royal Ballet Choreographic Group

UNSQUARE DANCE
Music Dave Brubeck; Designs David Bintley
Premiered on 20 May 1982 by Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

WANDERER FANTASY, THE
Music Franz Schubert (arr. Liszt); Designs Terry Bartlett
Premiered on 2 February 1989 by San Francisco Ballet

YOUNG APOLLO
Music Benjamin Britten & Gordon Crosse; Designs Victor Pasmore
Premiered on 17 November 1984 by The Royal Ballet