City of a Thousand Trades

City of a Thousand Trades is part of the triple bill Curated by Carlos, which premiered at Birmingham Repertory Theatre in June 2021. Further performances of Curated by Carlos take place in November 2021 at Sadler's Wells, London.
Buy your tickets: brb.org.uk/curated
City of a Thousand Trades is a love letter to Birmingham, commissioned by Birmingham Royal Ballet's director Carlos Acosta and celebrating the city's richly diverse cultural and industrial heritage. Birmingham became known as the City of a Thousand Trades at the height of the Industrial Revolution when skilled workers migrated to the city from throughout the Commonwealth, creating a melting pot of cultures. The ballet is brought to stage by Havana-born choreographer Miguel Altunaga, and dramaturg and co-director Madeleine Kludje from Birmingham Repertory Theatre, with music by Mathias Coppens, inspired by the City’s soundscape, including its legacy as the birthplace of Heavy Metal.
City of a Thousand Trades is a new Ballet Now Commission and part of our triple bill, Curated by Carlos.
With many thanks to Dan Lowenstein and House of Create

[@paulineiv878]

Beautiful and Breathtaking glad to see the fine arts return!!🌷⚘

[@lorrainebishop3520]

As a 78 yo brummie from Hay Mill, as we're my parents and grandparents. Parishioners of St Cyprians church and Redhill Road School.... Birmingham is no more

[@alyssafaithmcleod4211]

Absolutely stunning

[@lilydelcastillo992]

Pretty intense 🤗

[@avigatorcheung5718]

Why don't put on some of it in birmingham, so sad...