Blogs

It's never too early to think about Christmas, especially when it comes to finding a gift for that hard-to-please person in your life. Why not surprise your loved ones with a unique present from Northern Ballet? Friends membership offers fantastic opportunities to get closer to the Company including invitations to special behind-the-scenes events both on tour and at our new landmark building in the heart of Leeds, and copies of inside, Northern Ballet's bi-annual magazine for supporters.

Leeds Metropolitan University is a partner is our new building and while their performing arts students have been learning and devising new work in our dance studios, Leeds Met Gallery & Studio Theatre has programmed a season of performances in our Studio Theatre.

We’re delighted to announce that all the Academy dance classes are now taking place in our stunning new studios in Quarry Hill, conventiently located next to the Bus Station. With classes for all ages and abilities in state-of-the-art facilities complete with a relaxing café bar, there’s no better place to dance. Classes run six days a week and it’s never too late to get involved so visit www.northernballet.com/openclasses for a full timetable and registration information.

Northern Ballet has taken up residence in our new purpose-built home on Quarry Hill in central Leeds which we share with the Northern Ballet Academy and Phoenix Dance Theatre. It is a vibrant and exciting venue with lots on offer including dance classes for everyone in our stunning dance studios (including Europe's largest indoor rehearsal space). Our 230-seat studio theatre and other spaces throughout the building are available for hire for rehearsals, meetings and conferences. We also have a fully licenced cafe/bar and a catering team on hand to cater for your event.

We want you to enjoy your experience of Northern Ballet. Please make sure to buy tickets for our performances direct from theatres or authorised ticket sellers only to avoid disappointment.

Premier dancer Javier Torres joined Northern Ballet this season straight from the  prestigious Ballet Nacional de Cuba. He left there after 10 years  and has embarked on a season with Northern Ballet which we are all truly excited about, and as you'll see in the following photo blog, I'm sure the crowds will flock from all over the UK to see him.

Last night Northern Ballet celebrated the phenomenal work of Cllr Bernard Atha, who has been the Company’s Chair for many years.

This is my first photographic blog for Northern Ballet and I thought I'd start with a little insight into Bangkok. As we had very little time during our 4 days over there, I was only able to catch us on our day off, but we packed a lot in. I'll definitely be putting more dance photography on in my later blogs but for now here's 'A day off in Bangkok'.

Since the dancers have been on tour for the past month yesterday was their first time in our new home. All day long they were popping through offices, trying out the studios and telling us what they thought.

Here's just a few of their thoughts on the new building...

Watch this video on YouTube.

New home, new website and a new Facebook fanpage!

Join us on our new Facebook page to keep up-to-date with the latest news and interact directly with us and with other Northern Ballet fans.