Robert Parker, Principal, Birmingham Royal Ballet; photo: Andrew Ross
2011 summer school faculty includes:
Desmond Kelly OBE, Artistic Director, Elmhurst School of Dance
Marion Tait CBE, Ballet Mistress, Birmingham Royal Ballet
Robert Parker, Principal, Birmingham Royal Ballet
Ambra Vallo, Principal, Birmingham Royal Ballet
Victoria Marr, First Soloist, Birmingham Royal Ballet
Laëtitia Lo Sardo, First Soloist, Birmingham Royal Ballet
Michael O'Hare, Ballet Master, Birmingham Royal Ballet
Dominic Antonucci, Ballet Master, Birmingham Royal Ballet
Rachel Peppin, Former Principal, Birmingham Royal Ballet, teaching Pilates
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Robert Parker
Born in Hull, Robert Parker trained at the Royal Ballet School and joined
BRB in 1994. He received early acclaim when he danced the Second Seminarian
in Carmina burana at the Royal Opera House in 1996. His charismatic stage
presence and energy have led to the creation of a number of roles on him,
including the Sailor in The Nutcracker Sweeties, Hamlet in The Shakespeare
Suite, Arthur and Mordred in Arthur, and most recently the title role in
Beauty and the Beast. Robert has also excelled in such varied repertory as
the Young Man in The Two Pigeons (for which he received great acclaim during
the Company's visit to New York last summer), Siegfried in Swan Lake, the
Hoofer in Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, and In the Upper Room. Robert was
promoted to Principal in 1999.
REPERTORY INCLUDES
Frederick Ashton: La Fille mal gardée (Colas),
The Two Pigeons (Young Man),
Scènes de ballet
and Voices of Spring
George Balanchine: Apollo (title role),
Four Temperaments (Melancholic Variation),
Prodigal Son (title role),
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (Hoofer),
Western Symphony (Fourth Movement)
and Duo Concertant
David Bintley: Edward II (Edward, Gaveston),
Far from the Madding Crowd (Oak),
Hobson's Choice (Will Mossop, Fred Beenstock),
Carmina burana (Second Seminarian),
Choros (Pyrrhic),
The Seasons ('Spring', 'Autumn'),
Tombeaux (lead role),
Dance House,
and David Bintley and Galina Samsova's production of Giselle (Albrecht)
Kenneth MacMillan: Romeo and Juliet (Romeo),
Elite Syncopations ('Friday Night')
and Song of the Earth (Messenger of Death)
Hans van Manen: Five Tangos
Jerome Robbins: Fancy Free (Sailor)
Twyla Tharp: In the Upper Room
Peter Wright's productions of Coppélia (Franz),
The Nutcracker (Prince),
The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Florimund, Bluebird),
and Peter Wright and Galina Samsova's production of Swan Lake (Siegfried)
Spring Waters pas de deux
CREATED ROLES
David Bintley: Arthur (title role, Mordred)
Beauty and the Beast (Beast),
The Nutcracker Sweeties (Sailor),
The Orpheus Suite (Orpheus),
The Shakespeare Suite (Hamlet)
and Proctecting Veil
Stanton Welch: Powder
Lil York: Sanctum
AWARDS
Olivier Award nomination, 2001; Critics' Circle Award nomination, 2001;
Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Male Artist, 2003.
GUEST APPEARANCES
The Royal Ballet.
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