Birmingham Royal Ballet
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Birmingham Royal Ballet is one of the United Kingdom’s leading classical ballet companies, based in Birmingham and renowned for its extensive repertoire and international touring.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Birmingham Royal Ballet canonical | 6 |
| Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3469157 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Birmingham Royal Ballet Context triple: [Birmingham Hippodrome, associatedWith, Birmingham Royal Ballet]
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A.
The Royal Ballet
The Royal Ballet is one of the world’s leading classical ballet companies, based at London’s Royal Opera House and renowned for its rich heritage, star dancers, and extensive repertoire of 19th- and 20th-century masterpieces.
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B.
Scottish Ballet
Scottish Ballet is Scotland’s national ballet company, renowned for its classical and contemporary dance productions and based in Glasgow.
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C.
Royal Ballet School
The Royal Ballet School is a prestigious London-based institution that provides elite professional training for young dancers aspiring to join companies such as The Royal Ballet.
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D.
Ballet Society
Ballet Society was a mid-20th-century American ballet organization founded by George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein that served as a precursor to the New York City Ballet.
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E.
The Australian Ballet
The Australian Ballet is one of Australia’s leading classical ballet companies, renowned internationally for its high-calibre dancers and diverse repertoire of traditional and contemporary works.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Birmingham Royal Ballet Target entity description: Birmingham Royal Ballet is one of the United Kingdom’s leading classical ballet companies, based in Birmingham and renowned for its extensive repertoire and international touring.
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A.
The Royal Ballet
The Royal Ballet is one of the world’s leading classical ballet companies, based at London’s Royal Opera House and renowned for its rich heritage, star dancers, and extensive repertoire of 19th- and 20th-century masterpieces.
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B.
Scottish Ballet
Scottish Ballet is Scotland’s national ballet company, renowned for its classical and contemporary dance productions and based in Glasgow.
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C.
Royal Ballet School
The Royal Ballet School is a prestigious London-based institution that provides elite professional training for young dancers aspiring to join companies such as The Royal Ballet.
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D.
Ballet Society
Ballet Society was a mid-20th-century American ballet organization founded by George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein that served as a precursor to the New York City Ballet.
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E.
The Australian Ballet
The Australian Ballet is one of Australia’s leading classical ballet companies, renowned internationally for its high-calibre dancers and diverse repertoire of traditional and contemporary works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballet company
ⓘ
performing arts organization ⓘ |
| affiliation |
The Royal Ballet
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Ballet
|
| artForm | ballet ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Birmingham Hippodrome
ⓘ
surface form:
Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre Trust
|
| basedIn | Birmingham ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| focus |
creation of new ballet works
ⓘ
preservation of classical ballet repertoire ⓘ |
| formerName |
Birmingham Royal Ballet
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet
|
| genre | classical ballet ⓘ |
| hasArtisticDirector |
Carlos Yunior Acosta Quesada
ⓘ
surface form:
Carlos Acosta
|
| hasCategory |
Ballet companies in the United Kingdom
ⓘ
Culture in Birmingham, West Midlands ⓘ |
| hasEducationProgram | outreach and learning projects ⓘ |
| hasHeadquarters |
Birmingham Hippodrome
ⓘ
surface form:
Birmingham Hippodrome complex
|
| hasMusicDirector | Koen Kessels ⓘ |
| hasOrchestra | Royal Ballet Sinfonia ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.brb.org.uk ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extensive repertoire
ⓘ
international touring ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | England ⓘ |
| movedTo | Birmingham ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
The Royal Ballet
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Ballet
|
| performsAt |
Birmingham Hippodrome
ⓘ
international theatres ⓘ touring venues in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| performsWorkOf |
David Bintley
ⓘ
Frederick Ashton ⓘ Kenneth MacMillan ⓘ Sir Peter Wright ⓘ |
| regionServed |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
West Midlands ⓘ |
| repertoireIncludes |
Coppélia
ⓘ
Giselle in Giselle ⓘ
surface form:
Giselle
Roméo et Juliette ⓘ
surface form:
Romeo and Juliet
The Sleeping Beauty ⓘ
surface form:
Sleeping Beauty
Swan Lake ⓘ The Nutcracker (Balanchine version) ⓘ
surface form:
The Nutcracker
|
| reputation | leading UK ballet company ⓘ |
| sector | non-profit arts ⓘ |
| touringScope |
international
ⓘ
national ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Birmingham Royal Ballet Description of subject: Birmingham Royal Ballet is one of the United Kingdom’s leading classical ballet companies, based in Birmingham and renowned for its extensive repertoire and international touring.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet