"The resulting mash-up of heavy metal and ballet is not exactly a marriage made in heaven (or, perhaps, more to the point in this case, a marriage made in hell), but it's mostly vibrant and entertaining enough. The band is celebrated, the dancers have fun, old Sabbath fans relive their wild youth, and enthusiastic younger audiences attest to the enduring power of Black Sabbath's music, played live by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia conducted by Christopher Austin."
"Black Sabbath The Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet's homage to the Birmingham band that gave the world heavy metal, is back at Sadler's Wells two years after its Birmingham premiere and just a few months after the death of the band's emblematic front man, Ozzy Osbourne. The brainchild of BRB's audacious director, the Cuban ballet superstar Carlos Acosta, Black Sabbath The Ballet is a mega-project, a work in three Acts, involving three choreographers and seven composers/orchestrators under the direction of Christopher Austin,"
Birmingham Royal Ballet's Black Sabbath The Ballet returned to Sadler's Wells two years after its Birmingham premiere, arriving a few months after Ozzy Osbourne's death. Carlos Acosta conceived the three-act mega-project featuring three choreographers, seven composers and orchestrators under Christopher Austin, and an on-stage guitarist, Marc Hayward. The production fuses heavy metal and classical ballet with live performance by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia. The result is mostly vibrant and entertaining, celebrating the band while engaging both older fans and enthusiastic younger audiences. Choreography proves uneven: several sequences succeed, others feel shoehorned, and moments such as a principal pointe solo can seem incongruous.
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