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By Katherine Vine
Youngsters from an Altrincham dance school are starring on one of Manchester’s most famous stages.
The 22 young dancers from the Lynda Cardwell Theatre School on Moss Lane are this week performing in The Nutcracker at the Palace Theatre.
They are making their stage debut alongside the professional dancers from Northern Ballet, playing the mice in the wicked Mouse King’s army, as well as the children in the party scene.
Of course the most challenging choreography does not belong to Clara but to her older sister when later seen as the Sugar Plum Fairy. Julie Charlet’s Fairy is delightful and her duets in Act II with her cavalier, a strong and elegant John Hull, are lyrical and technically impressive.
David Nixon’s compelling interpretation of Cleopatra’s story for Northern Ballet casts a spotlight on her pivotal liaisons with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, and on Monday night the ballet company previewed two pas de deux from the new ballet.
As a tour of his production of The Nutcracker comes to the Lyceum, David Nixon talks to Ian Soutar about his latest dance project.
“PEOPLE like to return to The Nutcracker because it reminds them of childhood and that magical time when your dreams can become reality,” says David Nixon, Artistic Director of Northern Ballet.
Northern Ballet's new Leeds headquarters. Rod McPhee tours the building and interviews Chief Executive, Mark Skipper about the building, the move and what it means for the company now and in the future.
Northern Ballet we're featured in the BBC documentary Wonderland last night as Harvey, a member of all-boy cheer leading squad DAZL Diamonds, came for a first round audition to the Centre for Advanced Training. He'll be back again in the new year for his next audition and the programme will be available on the BBC iPlayer until 3 November.
