We use cookies to help us make our website better. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. To find out more see our cookie information page.
Latest Blogs
Rugby World Champions Meet World-Class Dancers
Dancers Antoinette Brooks-Daw and Jeremy Curnier have been having some fun at Headingley Stadium today to celebrate world champions Leeds Rhinos supporting our Sponsor a Dancer campaign. Leeds Rhinos and England star Ryan Hall, man of the match in Leeds Rhino’s recent World Club Championship victory, met Antoinette and Jeremy to learn some ballet steps. It turned out that Ryan was a natural when it comes to doing lifts and soon he was not only holding up the World Club Championship trophy but...
Adult Open Classes - 27 Feb to 3 Mar
The adult open classes running this week are... Class Trainer Times Monday Advanced Adult Ballet Jane Tucker 7 - 8.30pm Wednesday Beginners and improvers Adult Ballet Simon Kidd 7 - 8.30pm Ballet Fusion workout class Natalie Russell 7.20 - 8.20pm Thursday Intermediate Adult Ballet Michael Berkin 7 - 8.30pm Zumba© Natalie Russell 7 - 8pm Call reception on 0113 220 8000 to book a place. Visit the registration & timetables page for more information on these classes...
Perpetual Motion - An Musician's Afterword
I'm currently travelling back from Leeds to London after a week of very successful and enjoyable performances of Perpetual Motion. This has been a new endeavour for Northern Ballet as, for the first time, the mixed bill was interspersed with musical interludes... as performed by me! It's been great to be on the stage rather than underneath it and I've also been able to watch the performances every night as I sit in the auditorium whilst I'm waiting to play. I've loved watching the dancers at...
Perpetual Motion blog
We’re half way through Perpetual Motion here at the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre and it’s overdue that I say something about it. Firstly, it’s fantastic. We have an outstanding facility in the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre and it both serves and is served by the nature of this show. Secondly, I’m interested by the title. Perpetual Motion is the will-o-the-whisp of thermodynamics. The idea of a machine that operates indefinitely whilst consuming less energy than it produces...
Half-term already!
I cannot believe that half a term has passed already – the time has flown by. I have worked with over 500 young people across15 schools over the last 3 weeks for the START project. It has been such good fun working with so many young people, helping them to discover the magic of dance. I will be returning to most of the schools after half term to deliver dance workshops based on Northern Ballet’s Madame Butterfly which all of the participants will see at Leeds Grand Theatre in March. The...
Easter Course Update
We are delighted to announce that we will be working with International Puppet and Physical Theatre Artist, Rebekha Caputo during our Easter Course. We will work towards a final dance performance based on Northern Ballet’s Beauty and the Beast using puppetry to inspire our creative dance tasks and choreography. If you have an interest in dance and want to challenge yourself this Easter, this is the course for you. There will be a ballet class every morning followed by a fun-filled day of...
Leanne Kirkham, Dance Education Officer
My name is Leanne Kirkham and I’m the new Education Officer at Northern Ballet, I’m here for six months and will keep you regularly updated on my time and experiences here. I’m very excited about working with such a well established professional company and am looking forward to meeting lots of new people in Leeds through my outreach work. My job is mainly to promote Northern Ballet as an accessible, friendly place where you can watch the amazing company in their performances and experience...
Northern Ballet on Sky Arts
On Sunday 15 January at 5pm Sky Arts 2 premiered a film about Northern Ballet. Click here to see when Sky Arts at Northern Ballet is on next. Sky followed us from the end of The Nutcracker at Manchester Opera House and were with us during rehearsals for Beauty & the Beast, right up to the premiere at Leeds Grand Theatre on 17 December 2011. View the Northern Ballet takes to the Sky media release.
CAT graduate dances with Scottish Ballet
Former CAT student Matthew Topliss (Northern Ballet Academy 2005 - 09) is now in his third year with the Royal Conservatoire Scotland. He is currently working with Scottish Ballet as part of the cast for Ashley Page's production of Sleeping Beauty, performing in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness and Newcastle. Viki Westall, Northern Ballet Academy Deputy Associate Director, caught up with him in a short break between rehearsals. "I've been here since November, it's going really...
Steve Hanson, a brilliant photographer
Many followers of Northern Ballet will be familiar with the work of Steve Hanson who created our publicity images over many years. We were all devastated to learn the sad news that Steve had died following a long illness. Steve made such an important contribution to Northern Ballet's visual identity but for anyone who was lucky enough to work with him he will be remembered as a genuinely great person who was a pleasure to work with. His photography for Northern Ballet was widely admired and...
