About us
Birmingham Royal Ballet is one of the world’s great companies, a true powerhouse in classic ballet and contemporary dance.
We’re proudly rooted in Birmingham, our home since 1990, and we cherish our connections with the diverse people of our city. At the same time, we tour around the UK and internationally, bringing world-class ballet and live music to the widest range of audiences in our nation and beyond.
We perform everything from grand romantic ballets to breathtaking new dance works inspired by our world today – including many pieces created just for us by the world’s best established and emerging choreographers.
We’re bringing new life to the greatest ballet traditions – but under the leadership of Carlos Acosta, our Director, we’re also pushing the art form into electrifying new directions, underpinned by the artistry, creativity and technical excellence for which we’re known around the world.
We can trace our origins back to 1931, when Dame Ninette de Valois founded the Vic-Wells Ballet – a precursor to BRB, established under the great Peter Wright in 1990. But while we’re proud of our history, we’re also passionately committed to the future of ballet – and we’re doing our best to leave it in good hands. Our inclusive learning and engagement programmes are helping to nurture a new generation of young dancers, making sure they can take forward our great art form through the years and decades to come.
We are BRB. Join us for the best in classic and contemporary ballet.
Over 105 live performances every year
Over 150,000 tickets sold annually
Over 25,00 tickets sold Black Sabbath – The Ballet International Tour
223 employees
The people behind BRB
Of course the company is more than its dancers and musicians. Nothing would be possible without those behind the scenes – the ballet staff, stage crew, the costume department, the lighting and sound engineers, the development team, the digital team, the finance and HR departments, indeed everyone in the offices and behind the scenes who make possible what happens so wonderfully on stage.
Scale and reach
Birmingham Royal Ballet is a remarkable company. It produces work of amazing diversity. It performs live music and dance to over 140,000 people a year in the UK and around the world.
It inspires thousands of children and young people with a love of dance. It takes ballet and a live orchestra to people and places in the UK that would otherwise not see dance or hear music of this scale and quality.