Jan McNulty Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 From the Company's website: With a new season just around the corner we are pleased to announce the following dancer promotions: Abigail Prudames becomes a Premier Dancer Minju Kang and Joseph Taylor both become Principal Soloists Sarah Chun and Riku Ito are promoted to Leading Soloist Lorenzo Trossello and Jonathan Hanks become First Soloists Heather Lehan becomes a Coryphée Archie Sherman becomes a Dancer We hope you will join us in congratulating these artists on their much deserved promotions. This season we also welcome two new dancers to the company, Kirica Takahashi and Katharine Lee. Following recent auditions, we'll be announcing more new joiners soon. Isabella Gasparini will also return to Northern Ballet as a Guest Artist for David Nixon OBE's Dangerous Liaisons at Leeds Playhouse. Isabella danced with us from 2007 - 2013 before joining The Royal Ballet in 2014. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 How wonderful that lovely Isabella Gasparini will be guesting! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 3 hours ago, Lizbie1 said: How wonderful that lovely Isabella Gasparini will be guesting! And, of course, NB fans discovered her first!! A lovely return. When Isabella was with NB she danced the role of Cecile but I wondered if she would dance Tourvel this time now that Ayami has left. Whatever, it will be good to see her back with NB for however short a stay. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanJL Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Her blog mentions that she will be dancing Madame de Tourvel 🙂 I'm keen to travel up and see, if it's possible to find out casting in advance. (I'll probably go up for a performance or two anyway, but would be nice to be able to see one featuring Gasparini) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 21 minutes ago, DanJL said: Her blog mentions that she will be dancing Madame de Tourvel 🙂 I'm keen to travel up and see, if it's possible to find out casting in advance. (I'll probably go up for a performance or two anyway, but would be nice to be able to see one featuring Gasparini) Sadly NB rarely announce casting in advance... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Newcombe Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 8 minutes ago, Jan McNulty said: Sadly NB rarely announce casting in advance... Sad. Would love to go and see her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanJL Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 37 minutes ago, Jan McNulty said: Sadly NB rarely announce casting in advance... That's a shame, thanks for the information though 🙂 Guess I'll have to take pot luck 🤞🏻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 2 hours ago, DanJL said: That's a shame, thanks for the information though 🙂 Guess I'll have to take pot luck 🤞🏻 Isabella tends to put information or hints on her Instagram account!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanJL Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Thanks capybara, I'll keep an eye on Instagram 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 The Ibis Hotel next to the Northern Ballet home is a cheap option to stay!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 4 hours ago, LinMM said: The Ibis Hotel next to the Northern Ballet home is a cheap option to stay!! It's not quite adjacent!! It is a 5-10 minute walk, the major stumbling block being the giant traffic interchange you have to negotiate. There is also the Travelodge in Vicar Lane and I recently stayed in a Premier Inn just off the motorway which was about a 5 minute taxi ride from town. That was particularly handy for me driving over and not having to negotiate the nightmare one-way system in the city centre. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 30 minutes ago, Jan McNulty said: That was particularly handy for me driving over and not having to negotiate the nightmare one-way system in the city centre. You've brought back horrible memories of going round in circles last time I was there - I think even my SatNav was stumped. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justkeepsmiling Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 A word of warning - the Ibis Budget hotel is VERY noisy at the weekend. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 14 minutes ago, Lizbie1 said: You've brought back horrible memories of going round in circles last time I was there - I think even my SatNav was stumped. Been there, done that! Even the taxi drivers were complaining about the changes to the system currently being implemented! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 19 hours ago, Jan McNulty said: It's not quite adjacent!! It is a 5-10 minute walk, the major stumbling block being the giant traffic interchange you have to negotiate. There is also the Travelodge in Vicar Lane and I recently stayed in a Premier Inn just off the motorway which was about a 5 minute taxi ride from town. That was particularly handy for me driving over and not having to negotiate the nightmare one-way system in the city centre. Thanks for the advice. Having gone past Elland Road on the train yesterday, I was craning my neck to see whether I could spot NB at all. Could spot Opera North (although perhaps that's just a warehouse?) but not NB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted August 15, 2021 Author Share Posted August 15, 2021 2 hours ago, alison said: Thanks for the advice. Having gone past Elland Road on the train yesterday, I was craning my neck to see whether I could spot NB at all. Could spot Opera North (although perhaps that's just a warehouse?) but not NB. You can see NB from the train as you are approaching Leeds Station on the Transpennine route but blink and you'll miss it due to the other buildings growing up around it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJH Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 17:39, Jan McNulty said: Sadly NB rarely announce casting in advance... and when they do it's usually <1 week from what i can recall ... also i do think they have had their fingers burnt in the past ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJH Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 On 14/08/2021 at 20:21, Jan McNulty said: It's not quite adjacent!! It is a 5-10 minute walk, the major stumbling block being the giant traffic interchange you have to negotiate. There is also the Travelodge in Vicar Lane and I recently stayed in a Premier Inn just off the motorway which was about a 5 minute taxi ride from town. That was particularly handy for me driving over and not having to negotiate the nightmare one-way system in the city centre. also Premier inn near the station ( quite new)Premier inn whitehall rd and the Travelodge nearest the Station travelodge Leeds Central ( which IMO is preferable to vicar lane as no rooms at vicar lane have a bath ... but that's a #TBRfamily thing ) also the Jury's Inn https://www.jurysinns.com/hotels/leeds can actually be same price or even marginally cheaper (esp if you sign up to their rewards scheme) than the central Travelodges and Premier inns ... (as for what it's like I know other #TBRfamily members rate it) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanJL Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Casting for the Leeds Dangerous Liaisons shows is now available: https://northernballet.com/dangerous-liaisons/casts Isabella Gasparini will be dancing Madame de Tourvel on the evenings of 3rd and 4th September. Unfortunate timing for me due to commitments with friends, but hopefully others can make it 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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