The Shakespeare Suite
Birmingham Royal Ballet: Artists of the Company; photo: Andrew Ross
MUSIC Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
COSTUMES Jasper Conran
SETS AND LIGHTING Peter Teigen after the original designs by Steven Scott
The second of my Ellington ballets, choreographed to his Such Sweet Thunder suite and depicting several Shakespearean ‘couples’. The proceedings, ruminations on the nature of love, are overseen by a dubious Hamlet.
'Helped by the sinewy expressiveness of Duke Ellington's titular score, and by Jasper Conran's impeccably witty costumes, Bintley creates a series of pitch-perfect vignettes'
THE GUARDIAN
‘Witty, dramatic and cleverly drawn… this is Bintley at his most creatively animated’
THE TIMES
‘A fizzing company showcase’
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