By Liz Coggins on February 20, 2024
Dance

Romeo & Juliet promises to deliver ballet at its most dramatic and intense. With glorious dancing and Prokofiev’s timeless music played live by Northern Ballet Sinfonia, audiences will be invited to rediscover the iconic love story like it’s the very first time. The beloved adaptation by Christopher Gable CBE and Massimo Moricone, which was […]
By Liz Coggins on January 26, 2024
Dance

This spring Phoenix Dance Theatre will embark on a UK tour with a brand-new mixed programme. BELONGING: Loss. Legacy. Love. The powerfully visceral and thought-provoking triple bill explores the nuances of human experience by three exciting international dance makers. Including two world premieres – Miguel Altunaga’s Cloudburst and Marcus Jarrell Willis’ Terms of Agreement – […]
By Liz Coggins on January 18, 2024
Dance

Northern Ballet’s heart-warming children’s ballet Tortoise & the Hare will on an extensive UK tour from 12 February to the 29 May. The show will visit Leeds, Buxton, Aylesbury, Stoke, Goole, Barrow, Huddersfield, Crewe, Corby, Oxford, York, Durham, Harrogate, Newcastle, Doncaster, Hartlepool, Hull, Mansfield, Middlesbrough, Barnsley, Bridlington, Bradford, Berwick and finally Edinburgh. Tortoise & the […]
By Liz Coggins on January 5, 2024
Dance

Northern Ballet’s hit production of ‘Romeo & Juliet’ has survived fire, flood and the changing fashions of more than three decades. Ahead of the ballet’s much-anticipated revival in March 2024, an exhibition at the Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds, brings together drawings, props, costumes and photographs from the company’s archive to tell […]
By Liz Coggins on November 21, 2023
Dance

Seven Arts Leeds is set to host an enchanting evening on November 25th at 8 pm, where the stage will come alive with the artistry of four classically trained dancers specializing in Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Manipuri and Odissi. Titled “One Dha at a Time,” this performance goes beyond the traditional to explore the intricate world of […]
By Liz Coggins on November 13, 2023
Dance

Yorke Dance Project, the contemporary ballet company run by Yolande Yorke-Edgell, will give the world premiere of a new mixed bill, California Connections: Three Pioneering Women, at the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre, Leeds on Thursday 23 November before a UK tour in autumn 2023 and spring 2024. California Connections: Three Pioneering Women pays tribute […]
By Liz Coggins on November 8, 2023
Dance

Phoenix Dance Theatre will perform special pop-up performances throughout the Thackray Museum of Medicine this Saturday, 11 November, as part of its inaugural Community Engagement Tour. People who live or work in the Harehills or Burmatofts areas of Leeds can enjoy these performances for free as the Thackray are extending their Harehills Monday offer to […]
By Liz Coggins on September 27, 2023
Dance

Without watching the Nut Cracker! Northern Ballet’s enchanting festive favourite The Nutcracker, returns to Leeds Grand Theatre this November following its hugely successful run last year with multiple sell-out performances. The ballet tells the story of Clara and her wooden Nutcracker doll that is much more than it seems. As the clock strikes midnight she […]
By Liz Coggins on September 15, 2023
Dance

Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, Ailey 2 – the second company of the iconic Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – tours the UK for the first time in over a decade this autumn. On Tuesday 17 & Wednesday 18 October, they will make their debut at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford. The company is known […]
By Liz Coggins on August 10, 2023
Dance

Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet comes to the Alhambra from Tuesday 12th September to 16th September. Matthew Bourne’s ROMEO AND JULIET gives Shakespeare’s timeless story of forbidden love a scintillating injection of raw passion and youthful vitality. Confined against their will by a society that seeks to divide, our two young lovers must follow their […]