Press Release: Northern Ballet returns to Sadler’s Wells with sell-out American classic The Great Gatsby

[Jan McNulty]

Northern Ballet returns to Sadler’s Wells with sell-out American classic The Great Gatsby
 
Northern Ballet is returning to Sadler’s Wells with its smash hit production of The Great Gatsby after a sell-out run in 2013. Bringing the glamour and seduction of the roaring twenties to the stage, Europe’s Best Dance Company will perform The Great Gatsby in London from 24 – 28 March 2015. 
 
The Great Gatsby, based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald which celebrates its 90^th anniversary this year, had its world première in Leeds in March 2013, followed by a national tour including a sell-out season in London at Sadler’s Wells. Set on New York’s Long Island, in the heady, indulgent days of the 1920s. Nick Carraway comes to know his infamous neighbour Jay Gatsby – a mysterious millionaire with a secret past and a penchant for lavish parties. As the sparkling façade of Gatsby’s world begins to slip Carraway comes to see the loneliness, obsession and tragedy that lie beneath.
 
Nominated for a UK Theatre Award for Achievement in Dance, The Great Gatsby is choreographed by David Nixon OBE and earned him a nomination for Best Classical Choreography in the 2014 National Dance Awards. Prolific in creating new full-length work, The Great Gatsby, was David Nixon’s fourteenth new ballet for Northern Ballet, where he has been Artistic Director since 2001.
 
David Nixon said: ‘The Great Gatsby is an American classic from an iconic era. The 1920s were a time of exuberance, extravagance and style in pre-depression America and The Great Gatsby incorporates these themes within what is essentially a wonderful love story. The costumes replicate the fashions from the 1920s which are still heavily influencing the trends of today and the music by Sir Rodney Bennett CBE is instantly recognisable, transporting the audience straight back to the jazz age. Reimagining popular classic stories is Northern Ballet’s specialty and The Great Gatsby has everything for a great ballet: a love triangle, decadence, desperation and heartbreak.’   
 
Tickets for The Great Gatsby at Sadler’s Wells are on sale now at sadlerswells.com or by calling the box office on 0844 412 4300.
 
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Notes to Editors
For more details of Northern Ballet's tour, on sale dates and booking information, please visit northernballet.com/whatson.
 
Voted Best Company at the 2014 Taglioni European Ballet Awards, Northern Ballet is one of the UK’s five large ballet companies. Based in Leeds it performs throughout the UK as well as overseas. Northern Ballet’s productions mix classical dance and theatre, embracing popular culture and taking inspiration from literature, opera, or giving a unique interpretation of popular classical ballets.
 
Northern Ballet is the busiest touring ballet company in the UK and is typically on the road for around 32 weeks of the year. The Company of 46 dancers tours a combination of full-length new work and established repertoire to cities throughout the UK and is the only large scale ballet company to do so. Northern Ballet will introduce a new strand of touring from 2015, widening the Company’s already extensive reach. The new mid-scale tour will see the Company perform in nine additional venues.
 
Northern Ballet tours widely with its ballets for children, the first three of which were adapted for TV by CBeebies, and also performs a mixed programme showcasing the versatility of its dancers.
 
Visit northernballet.com for more information on the Company and tour. Production images and information are available via the online media centre.
 
Production credits
Choreography, Direction & Scenario David Nixon OBE
Co-Direction & Scenario Patricia Doyle
Costume Design David Nixon OBE
Set Design Jérôme Kaplan
Lighting Design Tim Mitchell
Music Sir Richard Rodney Bennett CBE
Orchestrations John Longstaff & Gavin Sutherland
Music Advisor Anthony Meredith
 
The Great Gatsby - Tour Listings
 
London, Sadler’s Wells
24 – 28 Mar 2015
sadlerswells.com
Box Office 0844 412 4300
On sale now
 
Norwich, Theatre Royal
14 – 18 Apr 2015
theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk
Box Office 01603 630 000
On sale now