Key appointment at Birmingham Royal Ballet
Birmingham Royal Ballet has appointed Dominic Antonucci as assistant director.
Currently ballet master with the company, Antonucci will be promoted to the role of assistant director with immediate effect.
He succeeds Marion Tait, who stepped down from the role at the end of 2020.
Dominic Antonucci (pictured) said: “I am incredibly honoured and pleased to have been appointed Assistant Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet. I have a long, rich history with the Company and care deeply about its success and its future.
“Carlos Acosta has a tremendously inspiring and ambitious vision for Birmingham Royal Ballet and I am thrilled to be able to support his efforts as he navigates the Company through this very difficult but nonetheless exciting time.
“I was extremely fortunate to have been mentored by the two previous assistant directors, Marion Tait and Desmond Kelly. I would like to express my utmost gratitude to both of them for generously passing on their wisdom, expertise and passion.
“The future for Birmingham Royal Ballet is very bright and I sincerely look forward to helping Carlos and the Company realise its enormous potential as we emerge from the pandemic and return to the stage. ”
Director Carlos Acosta and CEO Caroline Miller said: “We are delighted to be appointing Dominic to the role of Assistant Director.
“He has most certainly proved himself to be an invaluable member of the Birmingham Royal Ballet team and we know that with his continued support and creative guidance, we are all in safe hands. ”
Born in Athens, Ohio, and brought up in Akron, Dominic attended the Nan Klinger School of Dance and the School of American Ballet.
He performed with American Ballet Theatre from 1991 to 1994, joined Birmingham Royal Ballet in 1994 as a Soloist and was promoted to Principal in 2003.
Dominic danced all of the leading male repertoire and was particularly prominent in the ballets of Sir Peter Wright and Sir David Bintley.
He has staged Sir David Bintley 's Take 5 on the National Ballet of Japan as well as teaching and rehearsing that company in Ashton 's Cinderella.
He was appointed to Ballet Master in 2009.
Away from the studio, Dominic is a regular contributor to The Dancing Times.