Our Communications team are available to assist with press and media enquiries in relation to Northern Ballet and the Academy of Northern Ballet.
Please get in touch to request information, images, interviews, photography and filming, press tickets and photo calls. Requests from production companies should also be directed to the press team.
Contact us
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Liz Rose
Director of Audiences & Communications
0113 220 8000
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Sam Jones
Communications Officer
0113 220 8000
samuel.jones@northernballet.com
News and Press Releases
10.06.22
Former Northern Ballet Artistic Director David Nixon awarded CBE
Former Northern Ballet Artistic Director David Nixon has received a CBE for services to dance, in Her Majesty the Queen’s Birthday Honours list 2022.
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12.04.22
Premier Dancer Javier Torres to retire from Northern Ballet
Premier Dancer Javier Torres will retire from Northern Ballet this May, after 12 years with the Company.
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08.04.22
Chief Executive Mark Skipper DL to retire
After 35 years of service Mark Skipper DL will step down as Chief Executive of Northern Ballet later this year.
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30.03.22
Ashley Dixon's New Roles
Principal Dancer Ashley Dixon to become Principal Character Artist and Assistant Rehearsal Director at Northern Ballet.
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07.03.22
Northern Ballet’s Casanova opening to coincide with exhibition by local artist Christine Eastham
Thursday 10 March will mark both the opening night of Northern Ballet’s Casanova at Leeds Grand Theatre and the opening of a new exhibition by Leeds artist Christine Eastham.
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28.02.22
Northern Ballet to screen Merlin in cinemas
Following the success of its national tour, Northern Ballet’s Merlin is to be shown in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on Sunday 24 April.
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10.02.22
Charlotte Tonkinson becomes an Academy Ambassador
We’re thrilled to announce that The Royal Ballet Artist Charlotte Tonkinson is now an ambassador for the Academy of Northern Ballet.
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31.01.22
Announcing our new Artistic Director
We're delighted to announce The Royal Ballet Principal Federico Bonelli as the Company’s new Artistic Director.
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27.01.22
New partnership announced with Close Brothers Asset Management
We are delighted to welcome Close Brothers Asset Management on board as our newest corporate partners.
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19.11.21
Culture Recovery Fund
We are very grateful to announce that we have been awarded a further £372,000 from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund.
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02.11.21
Leavers and Joiners 2021
This season you may have seen some new faces on stage as we welcomed six new dancers to the Company. We will also sadly say goodbye to four dancers at the end of the season.
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13.09.21
David Nixon OBE's Fond Farewell from Fans
On Saturday we performed David Nixon OBE's Dangerous Liaisons, the final time we will perform one of his ballets whilst he is Artistic Director.
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