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Northern Ballet dancers dressed in costume from Gloria for the poster of our MacMillan programme. Photo Guy Farrow

Las Hermanas/Concerto/Gloria

Northern Ballet brings dance history to Leeds as we perform a trio of ballets by legendary choreographer Sir Kenneth MacMillan.

The Company’s world-class dancers will showcase their exceptional abilities as they perform three exquisite ballets.

Las Hermanas is a tense psychological drama about five sisters and the consequences that follow a life of harsh repression; Gloria is inspired by Vera Brittain’s wartime memoir Testament of Youth; and Concerto is a dazzling classical piece set to music by Shostakovich.

Running time 2 hours (approximately)

Independent
'Genuinely moving stuff'
Sunday Express
The Stage (on Gloria)
‘Northern Ballet's performance of it [Gloria] was terrific’
The Daily Telegraph
'Perfect for those who may be venturing to the ballet for the first time'
Yorkshire Times
Backtrack
‘a perfect showcase for this profoundly talented company of artists’
Dance Europe
Abigail Prudames and Joseph Taylor in Concerto
Northern Ballet dancers in Concerto
Dominique Larose in Concerto
Northern Ballet dancers in Gloria
Lorenzo Trossello in Gloria
Dreda Blow and Giuliano Contadini in Las Hermanas
Dreda Blow, Giuliano Contadini, Minju Kang and Sarah Chun in Las Hermanas

Choreography
  • Sir Kenneth MacMillan
Producer
  • Antony Dowson

Grateful thanks to The Royal Ballet for the loan of sets, costumes and properties for Las Hermanas and Gloria, and to Noriko Kobayashi Ballet Theatre for the loan of sets and costumes for Concerto.

Header photo taken by Guy Farrow, production photos taken by Emma Kaudlhar.