Royal Ballet Principal Dancer, Matthew Ball will guest star with Birmingham Royal Ballet for the first time in The Sleeping Beauty alongside BRB principal dancer Céline Gittens at Birmingham Hippodrome on Saturday 24 February and Thursday 29 February.
Born in Liverpool, Matthew Ball trained at The Royal Ballet School and joined The Royal Ballet during the 2013/14 season. His roles with The Royal Ballet include Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake), Romeo (Romeo and Juliet), Apollo, Armand, Prince Florimund and Bluebird (The Sleeping Beauty), Prince (The Nutcracker), Crown Prince Rudolf (Mayerling), Des Grieux (Manon). He also performed the role of The Swan/Stranger in Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake.
He said, “Peter Wright's wonderful productions have formed an integral part of my career in The Royal Ballet and I can't wait to appear in his sumptuous interpretation of this classic!”
Marking the production’s 40th anniversary year, the 2024 UK tour opened at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton and will continue to Birmingham Hippodrome, The Lowry in Salford, Sunderland Empire, Theatre Royal in Plymouth, Bristol Hippodrome and London’s Sadler’s Wells.