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Blogs
Dolly goes East
On a wet Tuesday morning last week I started my internship with Northern Ballet’s Communications team. After a very warm welcome the team sent me to Manchester to see the latest production of Madame Butterfly.
Submitted by Dolly Williams on Fri 5 October
The Duck with no name no more!
You've done it. You’ve chosen me a name and I’m delighted!
Submitted by Stanley the Duckling on Fri 28 September
Name That Duck!
Hello again, have you missed me?!
Submitted by Stanley the Duckling on Thu 20 September
Royal Opera House Gala Event
On Sunday 21st October Angela Rippon will be chairing a Gala Event, "Celebration - In a Class of their Own" in the Linbury Theatre of the Royal Opera House.
The celebration is in aid of the Dance Teachers' Benevolent Fund with a donation also being made to the Wayne Sleep Foundation for Young Performers.
The £200 tickets include a champagne reception with canapés before the performance and during the interval.
Submitted by Northern Ballet on Wed 19 September
My Stitch Up
Good morning duck fans. With all the cuddles I’ve been getting over the last few weeks at the Breeze events I’ve had the stuffing knocked out of me, quite literally, and I’ve now got a little cut on my neck!
Submitted by Stanley the Duckling on Thu 6 September
New friends & famous faces
Quack quack! What a wonderful few days I’ve just had at the Breeze on tour event at Kirkstall Abbey.
Submitted by Stanley the Duckling on Fri 31 August
Autumn 2012 season dancers
This summer we welcomed 10 new dancers to the Company and saw a host of promotions.
Below are the headshots of all our dancers this season (all taken by Simon Lawson except Hironao Takahashi's taken by Justin Slee) with links to their biographies.
All our dancers
Pippa Moore (Premier Dancer)
Martha Leebolt (Premier Dancer)
Hironao Takahashi (Premier Dancer)
Kenneth Tindall (Premier Dancer)
Javier Torres (Premier Dancer)
Tobias Batley (Premier Dancer)
Darren Goldsmith (Principal Character Artist)
Hannah Bateman (Leading Soloist)
Julie Charlet (First Soloist)
Michela Paolacci (First Soloist)
Ashley Dixon (First Soloist)
Victoria Sibson (Soloist)
Dreda Blow (Soloist)
John Hull (Soloist)
Lori Gilchrist (Coryphée)
Sebastian Loe (Coryphée)
Giuliano Contadini (Coryphée)
Jessica Morgan (Dancer)
Rachael Gillespie (Dancer)
Benjamin Mitchell (Dancer)
Thomas Aragones (Dancer)
Graham Kotowich (Dancer)
Antoinette Brooks-Daw (Dancer)
Jeremy Curnier (Dancer)
Luisa Rocco (Dancer)
Nicola Gervasi (Dancer)
Joshua Barwick (Dancer)
Matthew Broadbent (Dancer)
Teresa Saavedra-Bordes (Dancer)
Abigail Prudames (Dancer)
Jessica Cohen (Dancer)
Kevin Poeung (Dancer)
Isaac Lee-Baker (Dancer)
Sean Bates (Dancer)
Olivia Holland (Apprentice)
Mariana Rodrigues (Apprentice)
Joseph Taylor (Apprentice)
Matthew Topliss (Apprentice)
Submitted by Northern Ballet on Thu 30 August
A different kind of duck race
Hello again! Last week I left my friends at the duck pond and joined Northern Ballet at the John Charles Centre for Sport for another Breeze on tour event.
Submitted by Stanley the Duckling on Tue 21 August
Former Academy Students Dale & Joseph Visit
Joseph Poulton and Dale Rhodes were 2 of the original students we took onto our Professional training programme (CAT) in its pilot year in 2004. They both graduated from the Academy 2008.
This week they have been back in to visit us all and I managed to have a quick chat with them about their training and their time at Northern Ballet Academy.
Submitted by Northern Ballet on Thu 16 August
Great weather for ducklings!
Hello! I am the latest addition to the Northern Ballet team and I've spent the last few weeks visiting parks around Leeds with Breeze on Tour, telling people all about our new ballet for children, Ugly Duckling.
Submitted by Stanley the Duckling on Mon 13 August
