Watch this ballet company transform 'Peter and the Wolf' into an irresistible urban fairytale

31 May 2019, 17:04

'Peter and the Wolf' from Birmingham Royal Ballet

Prokofiev's woodland fairytale, but taken to the backstreets.

Birmingham Royal Ballet dancers have swapped the stage for graffitied alleyways, and tutus for hoodies – and we're living for it.

Choreographer Ruth Brill has created a new, urban take on Sergei Prokofiev’s symphonic fairytale 'Peter and the Wolf', featured as part of an upcoming triple-bill '[Un]leashed'. We reckon it looks ridiculously cool.

It will be performed alongside two other ballets, Jessica Lang’s 'Lyric Pieces' and 'Sense of Time', with a score by Gabriel Prokofiev, the grandson of Sergei.

[Un]leashed is at the Birmingham Hippodrome 12-15 June and Sadler’s Wells in London 25 and 26 June.

And if you're in the mood for more downtown dance, check out this from Hong Kong Ballet:

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