Audrey Burton News

Northern Ballet will open its autumn 2024 season with Three Short Ballets a triple-bill featuring two world premières and a Northern première. The trio of works will be performed in Leeds at the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre from the 6-14 September and in London in early 2025. 

Following the resounding success of its debut last spring, Northern Ballet has announced the return of Sketches, a platform that invites emerging choreographers to delve deep into the artistry of dance.

Northern Ballet's Tortoise & the Hare UK tour begins this month. Get ready for an exciting and captivating performance by Northern Ballet as they bring this classic tale to life on stage. Don't miss out on this must-see production!

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 Northern Ballet's Romeo & Juliet.

This winter, Northern Ballet return to the Royal Opera House's Linbury Theatre with a programme of outstanding contemporary dance – Generations: Three Short Ballets. Curated by former Principal of The Royal Ballet Federico Bonelli – who joined the Company as Artistic Director last year – the triple bill features a world premiere from New York City Ballet Principal Tiler Peck and a UK premiere by Royal Ballet Soloist Benjamin Ella. 

Some of the most exciting names in ballet have been visiting Leeds over the last few months as Northern Ballet prepares a new evening of dance works Generations: Three Short Ballets which will première on their home stage in Quarry Hill this September. 

​​​​​​​The Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre has announced its autumn 2023 programme, including works from Yorke Dance Project, Tala Lee-Turton, Chiara Bersani and Northern Ballet. The season boasts three world premières and three triple bills, giving audiences the chance to witness never before seen works in Leeds before they hit national and international stages. 

This September Northern Ballet will present Generations: Three Short Ballets, a trio of contemporary ballets created by choreographers at different stages of their careers curated by Artistic Director Federico Bonelli.

Northern Ballet announced their 2023/24 Season, the first under new Artistic Director Federico Bonelli. Learn more about the lineup here!

Following the success of McNicol Ballet Collective's debut programme in 2021 the innovative dance company returns this summer with Devotions, a triple bill of virtuosic dance work choreographed by Andrew McNicol. Devotions tours to the Royal Opera House's Linbury Theatre (10 June) as part of the Next Generation Festival, The Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre, Leeds (17 June) and Hull New Theatre (23 & 24 June).

Scottish Ensemble is bringing its astonishing production of Goldberg Variations - ternary patterns for insomnia to audiences around the country and beyond this March. 

​​​​​​​Northern Ballet's well-loved ballet for children Ugly Duckling, begins it's national tour next month. The bite-sized ballet will open at at Northern Ballet's home, the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre next month, before visiting 25 venues nationally.

As part of their spring 2023 tour Sweden's Andersson Dance and Scottish Ensemble bring Goldberg Variations - ternary patterns for insomnia to Leeds for the first time on Thursday 9 March. 

​​​​​​​Northern Ballet has announced that its well-loved ballet for children Ugly Duckling, will embark on a major national tour throughout spring 2023, following its sell out performances in Leeds and London last month. The production will tour from February to May 2023, visiting more than 25 theatres. 

Award-winning company, Ballet Cymru will make their much-anticipated return to Leeds' Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 November with a vibrant, fresh and innovative new ballet, DREAM.

Award winning dance company, James Wilton Dance returns to Leeds this October with a new production, LORE, inspired by folk-lore and our human connection to nature.

​​​​​​​Northern Ballet's original pioneering ballet for children, Ugly Duckling, is to return to the stage this autumn. The production will open at Leeds' Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre from 24 - 27 October before visiting the Royal Opera House's Linbury Theatre in London from 29 - 30 October. 

UK Theatre is launching Love Your Local Theatre, a new campaign encouraging the public to support their local theatres as they begin to recover from the impact of Covid. Over 100 theatres UK-wide have come together to join in on the effort and offer the biggest ever 2-for-1 ticket offer to National Lottery players who attend a show during the month of March.

Transform, Leeds’ international performance festival has today announced the final wave of Transform 21-22, a reimagined festival for our times. The festival presents a series of ambitious world premieres and productions taking place in iconic venues in Leeds, alongside unusual and disused spaces.

Award-winning choreographer and performer SEETA PATEL has superbly re-imagined Stravinsky's iconic ballet, THE RITE OF SPRING, in the powerful classical Indian dance style, Bharatanatyam.