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Birmingham HippodromeEmploying five female choreographers in one production is a bold move but this sweeping celebration of strong women does not cohereThere’s no doubting the good intentions of anyone involved in this ballet. BRB’s artistic director, Carlos Acosta, seemed determined to rebalance the dominance of male choreographers by commissioning five women for one production. That there would be too many cooks, however, was all too predictable.Originally this ballet was going to be the story of Brummie adoptee Malala Yousafzai, but over time that morphed into a more general celebration of women, based on the book Once Upon a Time in Birmingham: Women Who Dared to Dream, and then something woollier, six disparate sections tied together around the image of the moon. Continue reading...