Northern Ballet Theatre is a national touring ballet theatre company, based in Leeds. It performs high quality original narrative ballets across the UK and internationally and has strong education and training departments.
Our funding supports its core activities including the development of its education and audience development programmes, paving the way for the organisation’s move into a new, shared building in Leeds.
northern Ballet works in partnership with Hull College to provide their dance students with access to a professional touring ballet company where they learn that a career in dance is more than just what happens on stage - from behind-the-scenes stage crew to the education officers, from marketing to fundraising there's more than one way to work in dance.
http://northernballet.com/colleges
Dance Master, Hans van Manen, on his celebrated work Concertante being performed by us as part of a mixed programme from 5 - 9 June 2013 in Leeds.
http://northernballet.com/concertante
A special thank you to Brasserie 44 in Leeds for kind use of their location for filming this interview.
Send us your questions on or before Monday 3 June, 2013 and dancers Kenneth Tindall & Hannah Bateman will try to answer as many as they can!
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The costume designer for Kenneth Tindall's Luminous Junc•ture, Emma Guilfoyle, tells us about the process of design and creating for dancers for the first time.
You can see Emma's design in Kenneth's new work during the Mixed Programme at our home in Leeds... http://northernballet.com/mp2013
Title photograph Darren Goldsmith featuring dancers Joshua Barwick & Kevin Poeung.
Mea Venema travels the world teaching different dancers at different companies the works of Hans van Manen. She's come to Northern Ballet to teach Concertante to be performed as part of a Mixed Programme at our home in June 2013.
In this interview Mea tells us about the work and about working with Northern Ballet dancers.
Meet Northern Ballet dancer Ashley Dixon. He's been with the Company for 9 years and tells us how he got into dancing. This video features Ashley dancing an original work choreographed by our Ballet Master, Daniel de Andrade.
Music by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com - 'Orb of Envisage'
Meet Northern Ballet dancer Antoinette Brooks-Daw...
Produced and Directed by Daniel de Andrade
Filmed and edited by Joseph Strange
Sound and lighting by Joseph Strange
Choreography Daniel de Andrade
Music for choreography Waltz for an Imaginary Piano by Johnny Ripper (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
https://soundcloud.com/johnny_ripper/waltz-for-an-imaginary-piano
Music for interview In a Dream/I'm Not Here (Johnny_Ripper cover) by Julsy
https://soundcloud.com/julsy/johnny-ripper-cover
Northern Ballet dancers in excerpts from David Nixon's The Great Gatsby. Filmed during it's première run at Leeds Grand Theatre, March 2013. Music by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett and performed by Northern Ballet Sinfonia.
Touring throughout spring to Sheffield, Edinburgh, Hull, Belfast, Milton Keynes, Cardiff, Norwich & London.
http://northernballet.com/gatsby
Filmed & edited by Zsolt Sándor for Mothership UK http://mothershipuk.com
Paul is a participant on our Ability programme, for adults with learning disabilities. He tells us about his days at our studios and our Ability tutor, Sophie, tells us more about the programme.
More info http://northernballet.com/ability
Northern Ballet dancers Martha Leebolt and Tobias Batley filmed dancing a pas de deux during rehearsals for The Great Gatsby.
Choreography David Nixon OBE.
Music by Richard Rodney Bennett and played on the piano by Grant Green.
http://northernballet.com/gatsby
In March 2013 Northern Ballet premièred our new full-length ballet based on F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
http://northernballet.com/gatsby
Sheffield, Lyceum Theatre - Tue 12 - Sat 16 March
Box Office 0114 249 6000
Edinburgh Festival Theatre - Thu 21 - Sat 23 March
Box Office 0131 529 6000
Hull New Theatre - Wed 3 - Sat 6 April
Box Office 01482 300 300
Belfast Grand Opera House - Wed 10 April - Sat 13 April
Box Office 028 9024 1919
Milton Keynes Theatre - Tue 16 - Sat 20 April
Box Office 0844 871 7652
Cardiff New Theatre - Tue 23 - Sat 27 April
Box Office 029 2087 8889
Norwich Theatre Royal - Tue 30 April - Sat 4 May
01603 630 000
London Sadler's Wells - Tue 14 - Sat 18 May
0844 412 4300
Shot on location at Bibis Italianissimo (http://www.bibisrestaurant.com/) and Northern Ballet, Leeds
Music - "Richard Rodney Bennett - Overture And Kidnapping", sound recording administered by Koch Entertainment
Filmed & edited by Zsolt Sándor for Mothership UK http://mothershipuk.com
An ordinary Company class at Northern Ballet.
At the barre stretching and warming up...
Harlem Shake - Northern Ballet edition
Music Baauer, Harlem Shake
Available in iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/harlem-shake-single/id601136812
Kudos to Kenneth Tindall for making this happen! https://www.facebook.com/KennethTindallChoreographer
Hannah Bateman talks about The Great Gatsby, her role and what to look out for in the new ballet from David Nixon OBE.
More info & tour dates http://northernballet.com/gatsby
Northern Ballet dancers Martha Leebolt & Tobias Batley talk about their roles in David Nixon OBE's new ballet, The Great Gatsby.
the Great Gatsby gets it's world première at Leeds Grand Theatre on 2 March 2013 before touring nationwide to Sheffield, Edinburgh, Hull, Belfast, Milton Keynes, Cardiff, Norwich and London Sadler's Wells.
More info...
http://northernballet.com/gatsby
Official TV trailer for Northern Ballet's The Nutcracker at Leeds Grand Theatre 18 - 30 December 2012.
http://northernballet.com/nutcracker
http://leedsgrandtheatre.com
See the Ad on ITV Yorkshire...
When During
Sat 08 December, 12.05pm Columbo
Sat 08 December, 3.05pm Holiday Home Sweet Home
Sun 10 December, 10.55am Dinner Dates
Sun 10 December, 3.45pm X Factor (repeat)
This year we are delighted that Northern Ballet's Sponsor A Dancer campaign has been selected to participate in the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2012. You can double your support for Sponsor A Dancer by taking part and help finance the future of the Company.
The Big Give is an annual match funding event. On 6, 7 & 8 December any money you donate to us, including the renewal of your Sponsor A Dancer donation, could be doubled.
http://northernballet.com/sponsoradancer
http://northernballet.com/biggive
One of Northern Ballet Academy's more popular open classes is the Over 55s class. Here the participants extol the fun and virtues of the class.
Northern Ballet Academy classes & timetables: http://northernballet.com/index.php?q=academy/registration-timetables
Adult classes:
http://northernballet.com/index.php?q=academy/training-programmes/open-classes/adult-courses
Young people's classes:
http://northernballet.com/index.php?q=academy/training-programmes/open-classes/young-people
Classes for children:
http://northernballet.com/index.php?q=academy/training-programmes/open-classes/early-childhood
Northern Ballet dancers Victoria Sibson (Soloist) and Hannah Bateman (Leading Soloist) created the roles of La Feé Magnifique (The Evil Fairy) and La Feé Luminaire (The Good Fairy) in David Nixon's Beauty & the Beast. Here they show the basic techniques and process of putting on their make-up for the production.
This is a (much) longer version of the video which shows much more details of the process and reasons behind some of the techniques used.
Music by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com
More information on Beauty & the Beast northernballet.com/beauty
Northern Ballet dancers Victoria Sibson (Soloist) and Hannah Bateman (Leading Soloist) created the roles of La Feé Magnifique (The Evil Fairy) and La Feé Luminaire (The Good Fairy) in David Nixon's Beauty & the Beast. Here they show the basic techniques and process of putting on their make-up for the production.
We have a much longer version of the video which shows much more details of the process and reasons behind some of the techniques used.
Music by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com
More information on Beauty & the Beast northernballet.com/beauty
Northern Ballet Soloist, Dreda Blow, rehearsing a solo from David Nixon's Ondine.
Here she's playing the role of Beatrice, a warrior woman who must vie with the water-sprite Ondine for Brand's affection.
This video was recorded in August 2012 ahead of the UK Première of Ondine at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds.
Find out more about Ondine http://northernballet.com/index.php?q=ondine
Find out more about Dreda http://northernballet.com/index.php?q=biography/dreda-blow
At the end of the 2012 Spring tour Northern Ballet brought back David Nixon's I Got Rhythm, a celebration of Gershwin in Song and Dance. This video features excerpts from the title song performed by Northern Ballet dancers Ben Mitchell and Kevin Poeung.
A wonderful, exuberent and uplifting piece the dances bring to life the simple joys anyone can find through dance.
All performed to live music from Northern Ballet Sinfonia and singing from the incomprable Robert Winslade Anderson.
This video is being posted to support our Sponsor A Dancer campaign - for more information visit http://northernballet.com/sponsoradancer
http://northernballet.com/butterfly More information on Northern Ballet's production of Madame Butterfly
Filmed at Leeds Grand Theatre in March 2012, this footage from David Nixon's acclaimed production of Madame Butterfly. Performed by Northern Ballet dancers to live music from the Northern Ballet Sinfonia.
This footage features Keiko Amemori as Butterfly, Kenneth Tindall as Pinkerton and Martha Leebolt as Kate alongside Northern Ballet dancers bringing this tragic tale to life.
A peek into the rehearsal studios as Northern Ballet dancers were rehearsing one of the numbers from I Got Rhythm, 'Cuban Overture'. We interviewed dancers Martin Bell & Christie Duncan about the piece and they gave insight into the rehearsal process.
The session was led by David Kierce. Music by Gershwin performed by Northern Ballet Sinfonia.
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Northern Ballet in partnership with Hull College
Dance Master Hans van Manen on Concertante & Northern Ballet
Ask dancers Kenneth Tindall & Hannah Bateman anything!
Emma Guilfoyle on costume design for Luminous Junc•ture
Mea Venema on Hans van Manen's Concertante
Meet a dancer - Antoinette Brooks-Daw
Northern Ballet - The Great Gatsby excerpts
Northern Ballet - The Great Gatsby Audience Reaction
Northern Ballet - Ability programme
Northern Ballet - The Great Gatsby - Pas de Deux in rehearsal
Northern Ballet - The Great Gatsby trailer
Harlem Shake (Northern Ballet edition)
Northern Ballet - Hannah Bateman on The Great Gatsby
Northern Ballet - The Great Gatsby - Martha Leebolt & Tobias Batley
Northern Ballet - A Message from our Mini Movers
Northern Ballet - The Nutcracker TV trailer 2012
The Big Give Challenge 2012 - Northern Ballet
Northern Ballet's Over 55s Class
Fairy Make-up - Northern Ballet - Beauty & the Beast (long version)
Fairy Make-up - Northern Ballet - Beauty & the Beast (short version)
Northern Ballet - Ondine - Rehearsing Beatrice
Northern Ballet Ben Mitchell & Kevin Poeung in I Got Rhythm
Northern Ballet - Madame Butterfly - 2012 Trailer
In Rehearsals - I Got Rhythm - Northern Ballet
