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Blogs

Music, Milstein & The Handshake Principle

On Thursday, 1 September, Geoffrey Allan and Benjamin Frith will perform a piano and violin duet at the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre. In his latest blog Geoff tells us more about the music...

Chris Moyles in Leeds

Chris Moyles - photo Daniel Heaf (Creative Commons via Flickr)

Chris Moyles - photo Daniel Heaf

The Chris Moyles Show on Radio One was broadcast last Friday from Chris’s hometown of Leeds so all of us nice people at Northern Ballet delivered them a hearty welcome with freshly made goodies from our Northern Ballet Café Bar.

Chris and the team breakfasted on freshly made scones, Victoria sponge cake, bacon and sausage butties, poached egg and ham sandwiches. It was a veritable crate of goodies!

A very musical summer

Ensemble pieces

Ahead of the latest event in our concert series on 1 September Northern Ballet Sinfonia orchestra leader, Geoff Allan, tells us about his summer and more about Benjamin Frith, the extraordinary pianist performing with Geoff on the night.

A Northern Ballet Academy Student in Canada

Andrew Tomlinson at the National Ballet School in Canada

Andrew Tomlinson (16) has been training with Northern Ballet on the CAT programme for 6 years - he recently went on a very exciting trip to Canada and here is his blog to tell you what he got up to.

Summer of Love

So... The holidays are over and we’ve just started a new season, but before I get into our first week back here’s what happened in the hols!

Bank of England Breakfast

Mervyn King with Mark Skipper (left) and David Nixon OBE (right)

On 27 July Northern Ballet played host to The Bank of England Breakfast with guest speaker Mervyn King, the Governor of the Bank of England.

The event allowed us to demonstrate the flexibility of our space, our unique offering as a venue and exceptional catering.

Meet Sarah Hick - Catering Manager

Sarah Hick
Sarah Hick - Catering Manager

What were you doing before you came to work here?

Dance in the City Summer School

Northern Ballet's Dance in the City Summer School is taking place from 22 - 26 August.

The course is open to anyone aged 7 to 16 with an interest in dance so join us for a week of movement, creativity and fun. 

The deadline for registration is 12 August, so don't miss out, book your place today. Call Jo Dean on 0113 220 8000 or email jo.dean@northernballet.com

Download the registration form and learn more.

International Summer School - blog 1

Summer School

The International Summer School got off to a great start yesterday as over 100 eager faces arrived.

Students have come from all across the country as well as further afield - we have students from Canada, Geneva, the US, Brazil, Czech Repuplic, Japan and Finland.

Summer Classes for adults

It may be the holidays but that does not mean that we all have to stop dancing.

Over the summer we be running a number of master classes for adults wanting to dance in the sunshine, get fit, learn the basics or dance with the professionals.

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