Press Release Archive

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2009

Leeds Canvas wins £500,000 London 2012 Cultural Olympiad commission: 22/10/09: PDF
Bid for adventures with Northern Ballet Theatre: 01/10/09: PDF
Oh Come All Ye Choristers – Primary School Choir Competition: 01/10/09: PDF
Star names line up for Northern Ballet Theatre's 40^th Anniversary Gala: 27/08/09: PDF
Celebrating 40 years with ‘Ballet on Briggate’: 21/08/09: PDF
40^th Anniversary Autumn–Winter Tour: 14/07/09: PDF
Love Bites: Northern Ballet Theatre brings Dracula back to Leeds: 01/07/09: PDF
New Season Dancer Promotions: 01/07/09: PDF
Bradford dancers one-step closer to dance dreams: 05/05/09: PDF
Leeds dancer one-step closer to dance dream: 05/05/09: PDF
Breaking ground at new building project: 20/04/09: PDF
Young jazz sensation, Peter Grant, joins NBT for London performances: 15/04/09: PDF
Steven Wheeler Steps Down After 17 Years: 23/03/09: PDF
NBT Assistant Music Director to guest conduct for Celebration: 29/01/09: Word
Northern Ballet Theatre wins Patrons’ Award: 20/01/09: Word

2008

NBT nominated for MEN Award: 03/11/08: Word
New building for dance given green light: 13/10/08: Word
Leeds in Milan: 15/9/08 : Word
End of season update: 1/7/08: Word
New Directors for NBT: 26/6/08: Word
New ballet, A Tale of Two Cities announced: Word
Preferred contractor for new Leeds dance building: Word
YYD and YYM are Excellent!: Word
David Nixon creates a new work for Ballet Central: Word
New designs unveiled for visionary Leeds dance centre: Word
Olivier Nomination for Northern Ballet Theatre’s Musketeers: Word
Ten Year celebration for rising ballet stars: Word
NBT search for the ballet stars of the future: Word

2007

Beijing Paralympics dance project (20/12/07)
Yorkshire touches down in China (13/12/07)
Damart keep NBT warm on China tour
Northern Ballet Theatre wins MEN Theatre Award (6/12/07)
Yorkshire school pupils dance for joy at new partnership (26/11/07)
Earl of Wessex catches a Dream (26/11/07)
NBT nominated for MEN Theatre Award (15/11/07)
New dance version of Hamlet (30/10/07)
Season's Listings Spring-Summer 08 (17/10/07)
Chiaki Bows… (17/10/07)
New Director of Learning and Access (26/9/07)
Cottingley Fairies Recreation (22/8/07)
The Nutcracker
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ballet meets science (15/6/07)
Autumn season 2007 (4/6/07)
Stage management awards (1/6/07)
Music from The Three Musketeers (30/5/07)
Young people dance to education & employment (15/5/07)
Chiaki Nagao to leave Northern Ballet Theatre (27/4/07)
Romeo & Juliet on tour (26/3/07)
Northern Ballet Theatre and Leeds Met (9/3/07)
Northern Ballet Theatre – an award-winning Company (25/1/07)
Spring/Summer 2007 Season Listings (15/1/07)
David Nixon's The Three Musketeers on tour in 2007 (11/1/07)

2006

Chief Executive of Northern Ballet Theatre short-listed for Manager of the Year award (1/11/06)
Northern Ballet Theatre stars join the celebrations in Belfast (19/10/06)
Leeds Met and Northern Ballet Theatre partnership recognised (10/10/06)
Northern Ballet Theatre receive a Royal visit (9/10/06)
Northern Ballet Theatre Honour Sir Malcolm Arnold (25/9/06)
Northern Ballet Theatre revives its festive classic A Christmas Carol (1/9/06)
Eureka! Make Me A Musketeer Weekend (21/8/06)
Sir Malcolm Arnold & The Three Musketeers (2/8/06)
NBT awarded Jade Fellowship (2/8/06)
Autumn/Winter 2006 Season Listings (20/7/06)
David Nixon's The Three Musketeers – A World Première by Northern Ballet Theatre (21/6/06)
New PR team at Northern Ballet Theatre (20/6/06)
La Traviata – The romantic dance event of the season
From Geishas to Gershwin, NBT Presents Its London Season
All Change as Northern Ballet Theatre Appoints New Director of Fundraising (6/3/06)
Yorkshire Young Dancers Scheme
The Three Musketeers – one of The Guardian's 50 must-sees of the Autumn (31/8/06)
NBT's Hannah Bateman and Kenneth Tindall join The Ballet Boyz and dancers from ENB in an insightful article published in The Guardian about dancers and their feet. (5/9/06)
An article was published in The Guardian on 2 August 2006 which warned of a ‘crisis in ballet’. Read the article here and Northern Ballet Theatre's response. The leader on 5 August 2006 also addresses the subject.

2005

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