Our Staff
- artistic
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Artistic Director
Artistic Associate and
Artistic Director of Short Ballets for Small PeopleRehearsal Director
Guest Rehearsal Director
Christelle Horna
Assistant Rehearsal Director & Assistant Artistic Director of Short Ballets for Small People
Dramatic Associate
Dancers
Contact email: info@northernballet.com
- business
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Chief Executive Finance Director Judith Hartley
Planning Manager Tobias Perkins
HR Manager Dawn Wilson
Finance Managers Joanne Gomersall
Sam Cormack
Finance Officer Kath Holliday
Contact email: info@northernballet.com
- communications
Director of Communications Emma Mooney
Head of Communications Liz Rose
In-house Designer Richard Barrelle
Digital Manager Phill Garnett
Media & PR Manager Lauren Godfrey
Communications Marketing Manager
Liam Verity
Communications Officer Rachel Evans
Digital & Design Officer Emily Nuttall
Communications Assistant Kathryn Piekarski
Contact email: info@northernballet.com
- development
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Director of Developement Crys Whitewoods
Development Manager:
Corporates & IndividualsZoë Connell
Development Manager:
Trusts & FoundationsBethany McNaboe Events & Business
Development ManagerAlan Gallacher
Senior Development Executive:
CorporatesHannah Blackwood
Development Executive:
Friends, Patrons & LegaciesRebecca Crowther
Research & Data Executive
Rebecca Cheung
Contact email: info@northernballet.com
- IT
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IT Director IT Officer & Assistant Developer David Fodden
- learning
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Director of Learning Leanne Kirkham
Head of Learning Jo Dean
Artistic Learning Manager Sophie Alder
Learning Project Manager
Lauren Prydderch Dance Education Officers Philippa Ranger
Keisha Hamilton
Dance Education Apprentice Ebony Godridge
Workshop Administrator
Heather Newstead
Contact email: learning@northernballet.com
- medical
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Physiotherapy Services Sport & Spinal Physiotherapy Ltd, Leeds
Liz Atha
Craig Scholfield
Company Doctors Dr James Brown MBB, FFSEM
Dr Sarah L Lawton MA (Cantab), MBB, CHIR. DRCOG
Company Counsellor Lynne Jackson
Company Masseurs Sylvia Cove
Adam Hirst
Jane Whitley
Contact email: craig.schofield@northernballet.com
- music – northern ballet sinfonia
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Music Director Associate Conductor Orchestra & Concerts Manager Company/Orchestra Pianist Orchestra Pit Manager Orchestra Players
Contact email: info@northernballet.com
- academy of northern ballet
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Director of Academy David Nixon OBE
Associate Director of Academy Director of Academy Operations
Catherine Worthington Centre of Advanced Training Manager Yasmin Delves
Associate & Graduate Programme Manager
Head of Lower Level Pre-Professional Programme
Open Programme Manager & Student Support Coordinator
Emma Rodriguez-Saona
Academy Pianists
Faculty Contact email: academy@northernballet.com
- operations
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Operations Manager Shaun Daniels
Receptionists Fiona Heseltine (head)
Georgina Booth
Rachel Clarke
Will Dawson
Kathy Dean
Karen Dixon
Sofia Edstrand
Carol McCarthy
Dena Marsh
Liz Peel
Caretakers Robert Cordingly (Senior)
Peter Scott
Barry Trainor
- company & stage management
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Company Manager Naomi Foster
Stage Manager Philip Andrew
Senior Deputy Stage Manager Chun-Yen Chia
Assistant Stage Manager
Lyndsey Holmes
Contact email: steve.wilkins@northernballet.com
- technical
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Technical Director Steve Wilkins
Head of Lighting Alastair West
Deputy Head of Lighting Simon James
Studio Technical Manager Martin Smith
Head of Stage Sid Taylor
Deputy Head of Stage Nick Anger
Stage Technician Stewart Campbell
Seasonal Stage Technician
Sean Wright
Seasonal Assistant Electrician
Roisin Dullard
Head of Workshop Griz Pedley
Deputy Head of Workshop Pradeep Dash
Transport Stagefreight
Contact email: steve.wilkins@northernballet.com
- wardrobe & wigs
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Head of Wardrobe Kim Brassley
Senior Wardrobe Manager Mikhaila Pye
Costume Makers & Cutters Carley Marsh
Julie Anderson
Costume Maker & Deputy Wigs Manager
Helen Russell
Assistant Costume Maker
Donna Allen
Wigs Manager
Harriet Rogers Wardrobe Manager Ellie Kemp
Deputy Wardrobe Manager
Imogen Woolley
Wardrobe Assistant
Holly Prescott
Contact email: kim.brassley@northernballet.com