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Kevin Poeung as Peter Pan in a photoshoot image for Northern Ballet's 50th anniversary. Photo Guy Farrow.

Happy Birthday to us!

Our incredible journey began 50 years ago today.

With just 11 dancers, Northern Dance Theatre was born in Manchester with the vision of bringing dramatic dance to audiences outside of London.

Five decades and two name changes later, we remain passionate about bringing inventive dramatic ballet to your doorstep, with three world premières to come in our 50th celebration year - Geisha, Merlin and our new children's ballet (to be announced).

Northern Ballet dancers posing in front of a large number 50 wearing costumes of different productions. Photo Guy Farrow.

Take a look through our archives on Google Arts & Culture and find out more about our proud history.

We're marking our 50th anniversary with a year of celebrations and asking you to back our Donate to Create Appeal to help us continue to lead the way in bring new and innovative ballet to audiences across the UK.

Our 50th celebrations

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Photos Guy Farrow.

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