The Royal Ballet in Cuba with Mike Nunn and Billy Trivett (Billy and Mike on a bike!)
I first ran into this “dynamic duo” in their documentary “The Royal Ballet in Cuba,” which I found was a fun way to follow the company and meet Cuban ballet lovers.
Ballet Boyz, Who Are They?
BalletBoyz is a title Michael Nunn and William Trevitt never much wanted. But it’s stuck to them like glue ever since, in 1999, the two of them made a video diary for Channel 4 about life in the Royal Ballet, and somebody somewhere in the TV company decided that the project needed “youth” appeal.
Fourteen years and countless productions later, they’re certainly not boys, and their 10-strong, all-male company, the Talent, doesn’t do ballet. Instead, it does 21st-century choreography with a muscular and occasionally dangerous edge.
Nunn and Trevitt, as well as their “boyz” and choreographers are doing amazing work, as you’ll realize, as you enjoy the video below.
Just click on the play button and you’ll be taken to it on Vimeo. This page will still be open, so come back (after you’ve thoroughly enjoyed the boyz rehearsing and sharing their insights on working together and with amazing choreographers like Liam Scarlett).
If Nunn and Trevitt have changed the dance landscape, it’s not because they’ve ever offered anything radically different, but because they understand how to present new work in a way that makes it accessible and exciting.
From The Observer by Luke Jennings
BalletBoyz: the Talent 2013 – review
Sadler’s Wells, Londonhttp://www.balletboyz.com/news/latest-reviews-for-the-talent-2013/
About the Boyz from BalletBoyz on Vimeo.
For more on this innovative “boy band” troupe visit the links below:
- The Telegraph: Ballet Boyz Ready for The New Boyz on The Block
- New York Magazine’s Review on Ballet Boyz
- Ballet Boyz website.
Ballet Boyz, Who Are They?
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