Northern Ballet dancers performing a Charleston in The Great Gatsby. Photo Emma Kauldhar.

About Northern Ballet

Northern Ballet is the UK's foremost narrative ballet company.

We tell unexpected stories that move our audiences across the country and online. We aim to reach as many different people and places as possible with our passionate storytelling, mastery of classical dance technique and live music.

We believe in the power to change lives through dance and are committed to engaging with people from all different sectors of the community. We have an absolute commitment to our leading role as an international ambassador for world-class dance, often showcasing our exceptional home-grown artistry on the world-stage.

Northern Ballet dancers perform in unison through a flood of light. Photo Emma Kauldhar.

Our People

The dancers, musicians, directors and staff who help to produce our ballets.
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Nortehrn Ballet dancers line up perfectly as flowers in The Nutcracker.

Our Repertoire

Explore the range of productions we have performed in recent years.
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Chiaki Nagao and Hironao Takahashi in Romeo & Juliet, a ballet by Christopher Gable and Massimo Morricone

Our History

Northern Ballet was set up in 1969 and has since grown to become one of the best-loved dance companies in the world.
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'Northern Ballet feels like a company on a roll'
The Telegraph, March 2019
A large dance studio

Our Building

Northern Ballet is a unique city centre venue with world-class dance studios and exceptional location for entertaining, for business and for events.
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Our Sinfonia

Almost all of our performances are performed to live music played by Northern Ballet Sinfonia.
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Dancer en pointe

Academy of Northern Ballet

Inspiring the dancers of tomorrow, at the Academy of Northern Ballet you will experience a 21st Century approach to ballet training.
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Winner | Achievement in Dance
UK Theatre Awards 2018
Northern Ballet dancers rehearse as Swans

Careers

Whether based on tour, or at Northern Ballet HQ in Leeds, a career with us allows you to become part of an ambitious world-class arts organisation.
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At a party the dancers are captured mid-jump

Set & Costume Hire

Sets and costumes from many of Northern Ballet's productions are available for hire.
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A groups of dancers on stage in masks and 18th century attire

International Touring

Northern Ballet is one of the UK's best loved ballet companies. We tour nationally and internationally with a range of spectacular large-scale narrative productions.
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Winners | Digital Innovation
UK Theatre Awards 2019
Cratchit desperately tries to find more coal in the scuttle while Scrooge does his accounts

Our Archive

The Northern Ballet Archive tells the story of the Company’s development from foundation in 1969 to the present day.
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Abigail Prudames's Little Mermaid is lifted by an ocean of dancers. Photo Emma Kauldhar.

Support Us

Northern Ballet is the UK’s widest-touring ballet company, bringing the joy of the arts to hundreds of thousands of people every year who otherwise would have limited opportunities
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Northern Ballet dancers dancing in perfect time at the Ball in our ballet of Cinderella. Photo Emma Kauldhar.

Annual Review 2019/20

Celebrating 12 months of artistic, training, outreach and commercial excellence across all aspects of Northern Ballet.
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UK Theatre 2021 Organisation Member