Music and dance, the heavenly partnership. Sometimes, the sound coming out of the orchestra pit is almost more important than the movement on the stage. Particularly in the case of Black Sabbath: the Ballet.
This unlikely notion was the genius idea of Birmingham Royal Ballet’s artistic director, Carlos Acosta, who decided to commission a ballet based on the songs of his adopted city’s most famous cultural export. The result – a glorious, engaging and warm-hearted mess – is already more or less sold out. By bringing two of Birmingham’s brightest artistic beacons together, it encourages a new audience to ballet. And, conversely, a new fanbase to Black Sabbath.
