Jan McNulty Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Northern Ballet announces Autumn 2015 season Northern Ballet has released details of its autumn 2015 season which includes two World Premières and will see the Company give 115 performances across 12 UK venues, maintaining its extensive reach as the widest touring ballet company in the UK. Northern Ballet, who recently won Best Company at the Taglioni European Ballet Awards, will commence its season with the World Première of Jonathan Watkins’ 1984. The Company will also tour Wuthering Heights,Madame Butterfly with Perpetuum Mobile, Elves & the Shoemaker and The Nutcracker as well as premièring a new children’s ballet Tortoise & the Hare. Northern Ballet will open its autumn season in September with the World Première of Jonathan Watkins’ adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. A thought-provoking tale of love and betrayal, the production will also tour to Nottingham, Manchester and Sheffield and will be performed at further venues, including Sadler’s Wells, London in spring 2016. Later in September the Company will return to Hull for the first time in 18 months performing Madame Butterfly with Perpetuum Mobile. Showcasing the two faces of Northern Ballet the programme includes Madame Butterfly, a classical narrative ballet where audiences will be transported to Japan as Butterfly sacrifices everything for love. Northern Ballet will also perform Perpetuum Mobile, a contemporary work by Christopher Hampson demonstrating the physicality and versatility of the Company. From October, the spirit and untamed beauty of the Yorkshire Moors will be brought to the stage where the turbulent love affair of Cathy and Heathcliff will come to a devastating climax in Wuthering Heights. Touring to Canterbury and Bradford,Wuthering Heights is set to an original score by Claude-Michel Schönberg, acclaimed composer of Les Misérables, Miss Saigon and Cleopatra. From September to November Northern Ballet will continue to tour its third ballet for children, Elves & the Shoemaker. The Company will also hold the World Première of new children’s ballet Tortoise & the Hare in Leeds in October. Choreographed by Northern Ballet dancers Dreda Blow and Sebastian Loe, this is the second children’s ballet by the pair who created Ugly Duckling, later adapted into a BAFTA winning programme for CBeebies. Approaching the festive season, Northern Ballet will revive its popular Christmas classic The Nutcracker, where audiences will share in Clara’s adventures as she is swept away by her Nutracker Prince into a winter wonderland of dancing snowflakes and the famous Sugar Plum Fairy. Set in the Regency period, the magical production will tour to Woking, Newcastle and Norwich in November before returning to Leeds Grand Theatre for the Company’s annual festive season at the venue. For more details of Northern Ballet's autumn 2015 tour, on sale dates and booking information, please visitnorthernballet.com/whatson. -ENDS- Notes to EditorsFor 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 and nominated for Outstanding Company at the 2014 National Dance 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 48 dancers tours a combination of full-length new work and established repertoire to cities throughout the UK. In 2015, Northern Ballet introduced a new strand of touring, widening the Company’s already extensive reach with performances at 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. Autumn 2015 Tour Listings 1984Leeds, West Yorkshire Playhouse (World Première) 5 – 12 Sep 2015 Box Office 0113 213 7700 wyp.org.uk Nottingham, Theatre Royal 29 Sep – 3 Oct 2015 Box Office 0115 989 5555 trch.co.uk Manchester, Palace Theatre14 – 17 Oct 2015Box Office 0844 871 3019atgtickets.com/manchesterpalace Sheffield, Lyceum Theatre20 – 24 Oct 2015Box Office 0114 249 6000sheffieldtheatres.co.uk Madame Butterfly with Perpetuum MobileHull New Theatre 23 – 26 Sep 2015 Box Office 01482 300 300 hullcc.gov.uk/hullnewtheatre Wuthering HeightsCanterbury, Marlowe Theatre 6 – 10 Oct 2015 Box Office 01227 787 787 marlowetheatre.com Bradford, Alhambra Theatre17 – 21 Nov 2015Box Office 01274 432 000bradford-theatres.co.uk The NutcrackerWoking, New Victoria Theatre4 – 7 Nov 2015 Box Office 0844 871 7645 atgtickets.com/new-victoria-theatre Newcastle, Theatre Royal10 – 14 Nov 2015Box Office 0844 811 2121theatreroyal.co.uk Norwich, Theatre Royal24 – 28 Nov 2015Box Office 01603 630 000theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk Leeds Grand Theatre16 Dec 2015 – 2 Jan 2016Box Office 0844 848 2700leedsgrandtheatre.com Tortoise & the HareLeeds, Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre (World Première) 22 – 26 Oct 2015 Box Office 0113 220 8008 theatreleeds.com Elves & the ShoemakerTouring to the following venues between September and November 2015: Hull New TheatreNottingham, Theatre RoyalCanterbury, Marlowe TheatreManchester, Palace TheatreWoking, New Victoria TheatreNewcastle, Theatre RoyalBradford, Alhambra Theatre For updates and booking information, see northernballet.com/elves. 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