The Seasons
Birmingham Royal Ballet: Nao Sakuma; photo: Bill Cooper
MUSIC Giuseppe Verdi
DESIGNS Jean-Marc Puissant
LIGHTING Mark Jonathan
Set to music from Verdi’s I Vespri Siciliana this ballet was a very stripped down piece with only colour itself alluding to the seasons. It features a virtuoso ‘Spring’ pas de deux which is often danced as a concert item.
‘The Seasons is one of Bintley's strongest works'
THE INDEPENDENT
‘A youthfulness and beauty that is quite disarming’
THE STAGE