Dance in Leeds & Yorkshire autumn 2014

DanceLeeds and Yorkshire Autumn 2014

the best of what’s on in

Barnsley Bradford Doncaster Halifax Huddersfield Leeds Scarborough Sheffield Wakefield York

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We create opportunities for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to see, make and take part in high quality dance that is rooted in their creativity, in their lives and in their communities, with the power to transform and inspire.

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Bradford Bradford Theatres

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Huddersfield Lawrence Batley Theatre

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Doncaster CAST

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Sheffield Sheffield Theatres

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Barnsley The Civic

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Scarborough Stephen Joseph Theatre

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Halifax Square Chapel

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Wakefield Theatre Royal Wakefield

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Halifax Victoria Theatre

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York York Theatre Royal

Northern Ballet Dracula

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Northern Ballet Elves & the Shoemaker

Ballet Black Mixed Program

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Danish National School of Performing Arts Mixed Bill

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Yorkshire Dance presents Friday Firsts #27 Live Bites

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Phoenix Dance Theatre Phoenix @ Home - Tenacity

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The Dance Studio Leeds A Celebration of Dance

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Urban Playground team Run This Town

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Company Chameleon Beauty Of The Beast

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Yorkshire Dance presents Bish Bash Bosh

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Theo Clinkard Accumulation and Ordinary Courage

Yorkshire Dance presents Friday Firsts #28 Douglas & Air Hunger

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Northern Ballet Peter Pan

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Stopgap Dance Company Artifical Things

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Janine Fletcher Trace Elements

Box Office: 01274 432000 bradford-theatres.co.uk

Tobias Batley as Gatsby and Martha Leebolt as Daisy in The Great Gatsby © Bill Cooper

Northern Ballet The Great Gatsby Alhambra Theatre Tue 11 - Sat 15 Nov, 7.30pm Matinees Thu 2pm & Sat 2.30pm Tickets from £32 - 12 + booking fees* Video: http://youtu.be/YWGdAryGQsI

“I guarantee that you will leave the theatre with a warm glow and a smile” Sunday Express Discover the indulgent days of New York’s Long Island during the glamorous 1920s as Northern Ballet brings F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby to the stage.

Nick Carraway comes to know his infamous neighbour Jay Gatsby – a mysterious millionaire with a secret past and a penchant for lavish parties and beautiful women.

As the sparkling façade of Gatsby’s world begins to slip, Carraway realises the loneliness, obsession and tragedy that lies beneath.

Moscow Ballet – La Classique Swan Lake St George’s Hall Mon 24 Nov, 7.30pm Tickets £27.50 - £15 + booking fees* The world-renowned Moscow Ballet – La Classique demonstrate their continued quality in a dramatic production of this timeless favourite set to Tchaikovsky’s superb score.

Swan Lake is a favourite of ballerinas and audiences alike, and is the ultimate fairytale ballet.

For up to date listings of dance in Yorkshire visit www.yorkshiredance.com/whatson

Video: http://youtu.be/f7x9DHyX__o

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Dance Consortium presents

A New Adventures & Re:bourne Production

Alhambra Theatre Fri 24 & Sat 25 Oct, 7.30pm Fri 24 Oct – Free post-show Q&A with members of the company.

Tickets: £25 – £18 + booking fees*

Alhambra Theatre Wed 3 – Sat 6 Dec, 7.30pm Matiness Thu 2pm & Sat 2.30pm Tickets from £28 - £15

Grupo Corpo

With a history stretching back nearly 40 years, Grupo Corpo’s virtuosic dancers combine the precision of classical ballet with the sensuality and passion of Latin dance rhythms.

Grupo Corpo will perform two pieces choreographed by artistic director Rodrigo Pederneiras. Sem Mim is beautifully melancholic and is set to a 13th century Portuguese song cycle.

These are dancers who have rhythm flowing through their veins.

Lord of the Flies

Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures unite with remarkable young talent from West Yorkshire in an extraordinary adaptation of William Golding’s classic novel, Lord of the Flies choreographed by Olivier nominated Scott Ambler.

Chilling, beautiful and hugely entertaining, Lord of the Flies will enthral Bourne fans and inspire a generation of new audiences. *Booking fees: Booking fees: Phone/Counter - £1 per ticket plus postage charge where applicable. Online £1.50 per ticket plus transaction fee of £1.

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Doncaster’s new performance venue Waterdale, Doncaster DN1 3BU www.castindoncaster.com Box Office 01302 303 959 Video: http://youtu.be/hBoRQZNYOwc

Boy Blue Entertainment The Five & the Prophecy of Prana Indika Indika The Show Fri 26 - Sun 5 Oct, 7.15pm Matinées Sat 27 & Sun 28 Sep, Wed 1, Sat 4 & Sun 5 Oct, 2.15pm £20.50 / £18.50 concessions (includes 50p per ticket booking fee, not charged if paying by cash)

Indika is a breath taking odyssey that brings to life the story of one land.

With classical choreography to a hauntingly beautiful score, this joyous production brings together on stage, a whirlwind of colours and an abundance of energy.

An international cast includes 24 talented young dancers from India, including finalists from India’s Dancing Superstar (IDS) and India’s Got Talent (IGT).

This family entertainment promises an unforgettable evening.

Running time: 120 min + 20 minunte interval (approx).

Suitable for families (with children age 5+)

Fri 17 Oct, 7.30pm £16.50 / £12.50 concessions / £8.50 under 26s / Family 5 ticket £47.50 (includes 50p per ticket booking fee, not charged if paying by cash)

Five young troublemakers are drawn into a power struggle that has divided a secret group of warriors. Given a chance to redeem themselves in the ensuing battle to restore peace, their action-packed adventure becomes a celebration of camaraderie and the triumph of the human spirit.

Set in Tokyo, The Five & the Prophecy of Prana sees dazzling visuals frame a dynamic fusion of hip-hop and martial arts in an explosive tribute to manga – Japan’s popular graphic novel form.

Kenrick ‘H20’ Sandy and Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante have worked with the monks from the Shaolin Temple Warrior School, Japanese manga artist Akio Tanaka, and award winning video animation studio Yeast Culture, to create this electrifying show.

For up to date listings of dance in Yorkshire visit www.yorkshiredance.com/whatson

Video: http://youtu.be/cKfEwZG5_ts

New Art Club Hercules Sat 25 Oct, 2.00pm & 7.00pm £14.50 / £12.50 concessions / Family 4 ticket £42* (admits a maximum of two full price ticket holders) *Includes 50 per ticket booking fee One extraordinary superhero, 12 impossible tasks... Hercules is best known for his incredible strength. But who knew the guy could dance?

This story of Hercules is told through hilarious dance routines and amazing speciality acts. It’s a modern cabaret the whole family will enjoy.You get a pantomime, a comic take on history and a party all rolled into one side-splitting adventure.

Created by and starring the award winning dancing comedy double act Tom Roden and Pete Shenton of New Art Club. With a cast of stunning professional performers and talented local dancers, this irreverent, innovative and life-affirming show will have you up on your feet wanting to boogie.

Running time: 90 Mins inc 15 minuet interval Sutible for all ages Co-produced with Dance4 and Nottingham Playhouse

Frantic Assembly & Theatre Royal Plymouth Othello Tue 4 - Sat 8 Nov, 7.30pm Matinées Thu 6 Nov, 1.30pm & Sat 8 Nov, 2.00pm £19.50 / £16.50 concessions (includes 50p per ticket booking fee, not charged if paying by cash)

In following him I follow but myself I am not what I am This is a mating ground. There’s tension around the pool table, cues in hand.

A world of broken glass and beatings in the car park. It’s dog eat dog. And it’s about to kick off…

Othello’s passionate affair with Desdemona leaves him open to jealousy and attack – with devastating consequences. Here, violence is a way of life and reputation is everything.

Frantic Assembly, “The most innovative and progressive company around” (The Times), return with this electrifying take on Shakespeare’s thriller-tragedy of paranoia, jealousy, sex and murder. Fusing a taut adaptation of the classic text with its trademark hard-hitting choreography, Frantic Assembly takes a scalpel to twentyfirst century Britain, exposing prejudice, danger and fear.

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http://www.barnsleycivic.co.uk 01226 327 007

Wayne Sables Project Intense Attachment Cooper Gallery Cottage Fri 26 - Sat 27 Sep 2.00pm, 3.00pm, 4.00pm, 7.00pm, 8.00pm & 9.00pm Tickets - Pay what you can afford* Intense Attachment is a brand new inter-active multi-media performance about the bond a parent forms with an unborn child.

Film, sound, sculpture, dance and technology collide at Cooper Cottage to create an unforgettable, moving and meaningful experience that brings to life a subject not often discussed. People from all walks of life are invited to come and consider this very real life matter.

Created by Barnsley-based choreographer and film maker Wayne Sables, composer / musician Hayley Youell, and designer Steve

photo © Mark Shenton

Denton. Produced by Spin Arts Management, with input from Leeds-based Invisible Flock and support from The Civic. *Reserve your tickets for FREE by calling The Civic Box Office (01226 327 000) prior to the show, and ‘pay what you can afford’ on the night. Limited capacity to 15 per show.

In partnership with Barnsley Museums.

It’s more fun in a group! Parties of 10 or more qualify for reduced rate tickets, for more information call us on 01226 327 000 For up to date listings of dance in Yorkshire visit www.yorkshiredance.com/whatson

10 Square Road Halifax, HX1 1QG 01422 349422 www.squarechapel.co.uk * (Prices include £1 voluntary donation & £1 online booking fee)

photo © Richard Davenport

photo © Chantry Dance Company

Theatre Re The Little Soldiers

Chantry Dance Company The Happy Prince

Wed 15 Oct, 8.00pm Tickets: £13 (£11 concessions)*

Thu 20 Nov, 8.00pm Tickets: £13 (£11 concessions)*

An astonishing concert performance of dance-and-mime theatre. Amidst the wonders of the circus, two brothers fight over a beautiful tightrope walker. As she leads them above and below themselves into other imagined lands, their desire turns to obsession and their rivalry reaches a violent conclusion.

Celebrate Oscar Wilde’s 160th Anniversary with a modern ballet production of his poignant short story, The Happy Prince.

The Little Soldiers is a story of passion, obsession and the endless pursuit of an impossible dream. Theatre Re uses a “spellbinding physical aesthetic” (A Younger Theatre) to take us through the subconscious of two warring brothers.

Adding to the drama is Alex Judd’s live music – a stunning soundscape created by recording and looping as he plays onstage.

“Captivating, spellbinding - a whirling cocktail of chaos and calm.” Mumble Theatre Video: http://youtu.be/OW1tTcyp2ok

Meet the charismatic but sorrowful Prince, who grieves for the lives of the poor in his kingdom. Help arrives in the form of a swallow and together they carry hope and good fortune out to the people.

Also in the programme is a duet set to Gershwin’s popular Rhapsody in Blue and a firm ensemble ballet favourite from CDC’s repertoire, All I Can Do Is Be Me, set to the raw and evocative songs of Bob Dylan.

“An exuberant cast creating huge movement and life on stage. Its strengths were the visual and audio presentation and stylish choreography... a series of breathtaking sequences.” Strawberry Line Times

Video: http://vimeo.com/92083180

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Fountain Street Halifax HX1 1BP Box Office 01422 351158 www.victoriatheatre.co.uk

Video: http://youtu.be/HCONEnQEDtQ

Phoenix Dance Theatre Works by Ivgi & Greben, Darshan Singh Bhuller and Didy Veldman Wed 22 Oct, 7.30pm Tickets: £19.50 and £16.50 (discounts available). All prices include £1 Theatre Support Fee A diverse bill featuring two new works and one classic from the company’s archive.

Video: http://youtu.be/k5XDhYwCHFQ

The Russian State Ballet & Opera House Swan Lake a family orientated production Mon 17 Nov, 7.30pm Tickets: Full price: £32, Concessions £30, Child £19. Prices include £1 Theatre Support Fee Pre-show talk 6.45pm

Didy Veldman’s See Blue Through plunges the stage into a fascinating, mysterious undersea world. Featuring sensuous, elastic choreography and costumes, this audience favourite was first performed by the company in 2005.

A compelling legend of tragic romance tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil curse. Prince Siegfried chances upon a flock of swans while out hunting. When one of the swans turns into a beautiful woman he is instantly captivated – will his love prove strong enough to break the evil spell that she is under?

Document is one of the first UK works by exciting European choreographic duo Ivgi & Greben. Featuring five dancers, this new piece is powerful, relentless and packed with emotion.

Featuring a timeless score by Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake is a certified Russian classic, replete with evocative music and beautiful choreography. An unmissable treat for the whole family.

Completing the bill is the latest work by former Artistic Director Darshan Singh Bhuller. His first work for Phoenix since 2006, this stunning new piece is inspired by his Mapping series, and filled with thrilling, dynamic and physical choreography.

Other highlights include the charming Dance of the Little Swans performed by a moonlit lake and sweeping ballroom waltzes in the splendid Royal Palace.

For up to date listings of dance in Yorkshire visit www.yorkshiredance.com/whatson

Box Office 01484 430528 Online www.thelbt.org Queen’s Square, Queen Street, Huddersfield HD1 2SP DANCE SAVER Book for James Cousins Company & Motionhouse and save £4 off the total ticket price.

Offer only applies when both events are booked together, and can only be booked via the LBT Box Office on 01484 430528.

Video: http://youtu.be/HwkSQby5KYs

James Cousins Company Without Stars | There We Have Been Tue 18 Nov, 7.30pm Tickets £12 - £10 / under 26s £6 Inaugural winner of Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures Choreography Award, Cousins knows how to communicate, finding new and interesting ways to move the body and bring dancers together.

Abstract yet accessible, his choreography is dynamic, emotional and clever.

Inspired by Haruki Murakami’s dark but tender novel, Norwegian Wood, Cousins has choreographed Without Stars and There We Have Been, taking its themes of love, loss and friendship, and adding his own unique quality to create a rich and powerful double-bill. “one of the most stunning contemporary dance pieces I have ever seen” londondance.com

Video: http://youtu.be/B4tuIdK9rqQ

Motionhouse Broken Thu 29 Jan 2015, 7.30pm Tickets £14 - £10 / under 26s £6 A brand new production from the creators of international hit Scattered, Broken erupts onto the stage examining our precarious relationship with the earth, luring the audience into a world of shifting perspectives.

This powerful company submerge highly athletic dance within intricate digital imagery and original music in an unashamedly visual and adrenaline-fuelled spectacle. Hanging in suspense, diving for support and scrambling to safety, the dancers negotiate the cracks and craters of this world of illusions where nothing is quite as it seems.

Ravishing, delicate and poignant, Broken will take you on a journey into the earth as you have never seen it before...

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Isaac Lee-Baker as the Prince & Michela Paolacci as Cinderella © Jason Tozer

Stomp Lyceum Theatre Tue 4 - Sat 8 Nov, 7.45pm Matinées Thu 6 Nov, 2.00pm & Sat 8 Nov, 3.00pm Tickets £19.00 - £29.00 “Brilliant and very funny... pure stage magic” Sunday Telegraph The multi-award winning global phenomenon Stomp is back... and better than ever!

Now in entering its 23rd year, this smashhit show has entertained over 15 million people world-wide and for one week only Sheffield audiences have the chance to rediscover the magic of the one and only Stomp.

Using everyday household items from paint cans and pipes to bin lids and brooms, eight energetic performers fuse dance, percussion and comedy to create a feel-good rhythmic- spectacular, in this inventive and infectiously entertaining show.

Featuring new routines, new music and new choreography not seen in Sheffield before, Stomp is fresher, faster and funnier than ever – don’t miss it!

Northern Ballet Cinderella Lyceum Theatre Tue 25 - Sat 29 Nov, 7.45pm Matinées Thu 27 Nov, 2.00pm & Sat 29 Nov, 3.00pm Tickets £12.00 - £37.00 Set in Imperial Russia at a time when superstitious people believe in the possibility of magic, Northern Ballet’s new adaptation of this classic fairytale sees heartbreak turn to joy as the unstoppable power of young love conquers all.

A beautiful summer’s day turns into tragedy. Devastated by the loss of her father, and excluded by her cruel stepmother and sisters, Cinderella finds solace on the frozen lake where she sees her Prince Charming. As romance blossoms, a magical encounter in a marketplace changes Cinderella’s destiny.

Journey through elegant Russia, with breathtaking winter scenes and opulent ballrooms created by Duncan Hayler (Beauty & the Beast, A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and a new score from Philip Feeney played live by Northern Ballet Sinfonia.

For up to date listings of dance in Yorkshire visit www.yorkshiredance.com/whatson

Anything Goes Crucible Theatre Fri 28 Nov - Sat 17 Jan, 7.15pm Matinée performances 2.00pm on selected dates Tickets: £17.00 - £32.00 Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter Original Book by P.G.Wodehouse & Guy Bolton and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse New Book by Timothy Crouse & John Weidman Originally produced by Lincoln Center Theatre, New York City

Sheffield Theatres Norfolk Street Sheffield S1 1DA 0114 249 6000 sheffieldtheatres.co.uk A transaction fee of £1.50 (£1.00 online) applies to all bookings made at the Box Office (excl. cash)

When Billy Crocker discovers that his heart’s desire, debutante heiress Hope Harcourt, is engaged to an English aristocrat, he stows away aboard the S.S. American to win her back.

Aided by the string of eccentric passengers on board the luxurious transatlantic liner, can this love triangle be untangled before they reach Southampton?

Daniel Evans (Oliver!, My Fair Lady) directs Cole Porter’s uplifting masterpiece of song, dance and romance. Featuring sensational songs including I Get A Kick Out of You, You’re the Top and It’s De-Lovely, Anything Goes promises tap dancing sailors, sassy heroines and a thrilling Christmas treat.

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Stephen Joseph Theatre Westborough Scarborough YO11 1JW Box Office 01723 370541 www.sjt.uk.com

Video: http://youtu.be/IiQJqPpoFmk

Sonia Sabri Company Jugni Mon 27 Oct, 7.30pm Tickets ÂŁ15-10 ÂŁ35 Family Ticket Jugni is an explosion of dance, music and meaning with soaring live vocals and percussion inspired by Qawwali, coupled with powerful contemporary choreography driven by the passion and high energy of traditional dance styles.

Jugni is also a female firefly and symbolically both the innocent outsider and the spirit of life. Celebrated for presenting contemporary Kathak in bold new ways, the company illuminates the stories of real women through movement, rhythm and rhyme.

Choreographer Sonia Sabri, Musical Director Sarvar Sabri and a company of international artists celebrate and inspire. www.sjt.uk.com/content/jugni

For up to date listings of dance in Yorkshire visit www.yorkshiredance.com/whatson

Drury Lane WF1 2TE Box Office 01924 211 311 www.theatreroyalwakefield.co.uk

Rationale Triple Bill Thu 2 Oct, 7.30pm £13, £11, £9 (£5 16-25 year olds) Rationale are set upon taking storytelling to the next level, bridging the gap between old and young. In their new triple bill Rationale presents stories that are exciting, heart-felt and thought provoking.

Ladyboys of Bangkok Red Hot Kisses Tue 28 Oct, 7.30pm £22, £20, £17 The Lady Boys of Bangkok are back in another sizzling and seductive production, setting the stage on fire with a fabulous mix of fun and frolics – a show like no other!

The Russian State Ballet & Opera House The Nutcracker Wed 5 Nov £25, £23, £18 (plus concessions) Family Tickets: £76, £72, £56 A new and exciting performance of The Nutcracker, with all the colour, enthusiasm and vibrancy that you’d expect.

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York Theatre Royal St. Leonard’s Place,York,YO1 7HD 01904 623568 boxoffice@yorktheatreroyal.co.uk www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk

Phoenix Dance Theatre Wed 12 & Thu 13 Nov, 7.30pm Tickets £19, £17, £14, £11, under 18 £13, £11, £9 concessions £2 off (£1 transaction fee per booking) Following 2013’s acclaimed Particle Velocity, Phoenix returns with a triple bill.

Didy Velmans See Blue Through plunges the stage into a fascinating, mysterious, undersea world. Featuring sensuos, elastic choreography and costumes.

Document is a powerful brooding peice that takes five dancers through a relentless and hardhitting struggle with the drakest of human emotions.

Completing the bill is the latest work by former Phoenix Artistic Director Darshan Singh Bhuller. His first work for Phoenix since 2006, this stunning new piece is inspired by his Mapping series of works, and is filled with thrilling, dynamic and physical choreography.

“Daring, exciting, dynamic choreogrpahy, danced with vigour, enjoyment and pride” The Stage

For up to date listings of dance in Yorkshire visit www.yorkshiredance.com/whatson

Dance in Leeds

Northern Ballet

Dracula ___________________________________ West Yorkshire Playhouse Fri 5 - Sat 13 Sep

Georgina May as Lucy Š Merlin Hendy

BALLET Northern Ballet Dracula West Yorkshire Playhouse Fri 5 - Sat 13 Sep, 7.30pm (no perf Sun & Mon) Matinées Thu & Sat 2.00pm Box Office 0113 213 7700 or wyp.org.uk Tickets £15 - £36 Concessions and school tickets available A transaction fee of £1.75 will be added to every booking Age guidance 12+ Imagine a world where you can only go out after dark, where you feel a constant hunger for human blood but where for all eternity you will appear young and beautiful. Welcome to the world of Dracula.

A creature who should inspire repulsion in every living thing but who has seduced countless generations, Bram Stoker’s legendary vampire lives on in this extraordinary ballet.

The dark tale of the immortal Count is played out through our unique blend of sensuous dancing, gripping theatre and gothic sets and costumes.

If you think you know what to expect from ballet, think again. This is ballet with a dramatic bite that will leave you thirsty for more. Don’t miss your chance to experience it. Book now.

“A full-blooded seductive show” The Times “You don’t have to be a sucker for gothic excess to feel its dramatics bite” The Guardian

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Northern Ballet

Elves & the Shoemaker ___________________________________ Various venues Sat 13 Sep - Sat 1 Nov

photo Š Justin Slee

BALLET FOR CHILDREN Northern Ballet Elves & the Shoemaker The Riley Theatre, Chapeltown Sat 13 Sep

Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre, Northern Ballet Mon 27 Oct - Sat 1 Nov

2.30pm, 4pm& 5.30pm

11am, 1pm & 3pm (Fri 31 Oct 11am, 1.30pm & 3.30pm)

The Hunslet Club Sun 14 Sep 2.30pm, 4pm & 5.30 pm

Child-friendly; approx 40 minutes

You can book tickets for all of the above performances here: Box Office 0113 220 8008 or theatreleeds.com Tickets ÂŁ5 / ÂŁ4 for children After the sell-out success of Ugly Duckling and Three Little Pigs and the TV adaptations for CBeebies, Northern Ballet is delighted to announce their latest ballet for children, Elves & the Shoemaker.

A hard-working but poor shoemaker struggles to earn enough money to support his family. The kind-hearted man decides to give his final pair of shoes, all he has left in the world, to a poor lady in need of help. The next morning the shoemaker awakes to find that his last piece of leather has been transformed into the most magnificent pair of shoes overnight. He discovers that not only are the shoes beautiful; they are also magical. Who is the mysterious maker of these marvellous shoes?

Retelling the famous Brothers Grimm story, Elves & the Shoemaker is the perfect opportunity to introduce your little ones to live ballet, music and theatre.

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Phoenix Dance Theatre

Phoenix @ Home – Tenacity ___________________________________ Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre Wed 24 - Sat 27 Sep

photo © Richard Moran

CONTEMPORARY Phoenix Dance Theatre Phoenix @ Home – Tenacity Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre, Northern Ballet Wed 24 - Sat 27 Sep, 7.30pm Box Office 0113 220 8008 theatreleeds.com Tickets £15.00 & Concessions £10.00 £5 tickets available for patrons aged 26 and under, subject to availability Age guidance 8+ Phoenix Dance Theatre presents a mixed programme celebrating 50 years of the Civil Rights Act; an act that allowed voices to be heard and actions to have meaning. Curated to reflect the company’s engagement with its heritage, the pieces in this moving programme pay homage to the development of Civil Rights across the world.

The evening opens with Jane Dudley’s film Harmonica Breakdown showing the making of her renowned solo choreographed in 1939. The film was her response to the Depression and family life in the ‘dustbowl’ of middle America.

Alessandra Seutin’s 1976 tells the story of the Soweto uprising in South Africa, where a group of children were shot dead amidst a bloody protest for their rights.

Gary Lambert’s Longevity is an emotional duet inspired by the speech that was famously delivered by Martin Luther King during the Civil Rights March in Washington in 1963. Warren Adams’ The Audacious One is based on Barack Obama’s landmark speech The Audacity of Hope and examines the question ‘What do we do once we agree to disagree?’

“You will never have seen dance like this before” The Press

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The Dance Studio Leeds presents

A Celebration of Dance ___________________________________ The Carriageworks Theatre Sat 27 Sep

CONTEMPORARY The Dance Studio Leeds presents A Celebration of Dance The Carriageworks Theatre Sat 27 Sep, 7.15pm Box Office 0113 224 3801 www.carriageworkstheatre.org.uk Tickets: £8 (£6 concession), £5 (no concession) Family ticket: £24 A fun, jam packed evening to showcase the rich diversity of dance on offer within our city of Leeds!

Performed by members of the community, both young and mature dancers are coming together to share their love of dance.

From first time performers to professional artisans, this show will have you dancing and clapping along to the riveting beats and rhythms of dance spanning across the different eras and cultures.

All proceeds raised are to be donated to the Leeds Children’s Hospital Appeal.

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The Urban Playgound Team

Run This Town ___________________________________ Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre Thu 2 Oct

photo Š Matthew Andrews

PERFORMANCE-PARKOUR The Urban Playground Team Run This Town Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre, Northern Ballet Thu 2 Oct, 7.30pm Box Office 0113 220 8008 theatreleeds.com Tickets £10.00 & Concessions £8.00 £5 tickets available for patrons aged 26 and under, subject to availability As seen on Sky1’s Got To Dance, The Urban Playground Team are the original Performance-Parkour company.

Parkour (free running) is moving though any terrain using only the abilities of your body and the surroundings – this involves running, jumping, climbing and vaulting.

In Run This Town a group of hi-rise city workers climb the career ladder, slide on the slippery slope of success, engage in an office romance and fight to make a killing before they get the push. Book now to see this exciting and awe-inspiring Company.

“A dazzling display of rapid vaults, synchronised tumbles and gravity-defying spins” The Irish Times

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Yorkshire Dance presents Friday Firsts #26

Bish Bash Bosh ___________________________________ Yorkshire Dance Fri 3 Oct

Jordan Massarella Dance, Selfie Loathing © Joe ‘Boneshaker’ Armitage

CONTEMPORARY Yorkshire Dance presents Friday Firsts #26 Bish Bash Bosh Yorkshire Dance Fri 3 Oct, 7.00pm Box Office 0113 243 8765 Admission free a most unpredictable evening of dance... and more...

As part of Light Night Leeds, Bish Bash Bosh sees Yorkshire Dance hold its annual scratch night which focuses on entertaining, experimenting and presenting a real variety of short work. As usual, the evening will be split into different sections, each using a different space in our building.

Expect to see work from Yorkshire artists such as Barking Productions (Mad Dogs Dance Theatre), Jordan Massarella Dance, Dance United Yorkshire Performance Company, Suzanne Thomas, Hype Dance Company, Lucy Haighton, Laura Simpson and many more.

Acclaimed choreographer and Yorkshire Dance Associate Artist Gary Clarke will be creating a one-off performance piece throughout the day. Between Me and You will reflect upon the notions of LOVE and all of its complexities, performed by both professional dancers and members of the community. The piece will be performed as part of the evening’s programme – the only opportunity to see this unique work made by one of the region’s best and most loved choreographers.

As ever this evening is a blend of wonderful & wacky dance, theatre, cabaret, music & film accompanied with a fun atmosphere and bar service. Come expecting the unexpected because anything goes!

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Theo Clinkard

Accumulation and Ordinary Courage ___________________________________ The Riley Theatre Sat 4 Oct

photo Š Pari Naderi

CONTEMPORARY Theo Clinkard Accumulation and Ordinary Courage The Riley Theatre, Northern School of Contemporary Dance Box Office 0113 2193018 www.nscd.ac.uk/performances Sat 4 Oct, 7.30pm Tickets £12 (£6 concessions)

Theo Clinkard takes to the stage with an engaging double-bill of Accumulation (1971); an iconic solo work by the pioneering American choreographer Trisha Brown and his acclaimed group work Ordinary Courage (2012).

Set to the music of The Grateful Dead, Accumulation (1971) finds the extraordinary in the everyday, through the device of adding one gesture to another and repeating the phrase with each new movement. Since its creation, Trisha’s work has come to be regarded amongst the most influential and important contemporary dance of all time.

Ordinary Courage is the eloquent dance work that launched Theo’s company in 2012, during which he examines the nature of loss and the potential for movement to communicate when words are inadequate. This work features an international cast, a luminous light box installation, lit by Zerlina Hughes and a haunting score by Alan Stones performed live by celebrated pianist Clíodna Shanahan.

Accumulation (1971) is presented through kind permission of the Trisha Brown Dance Company.

“Clinkard’s performance of Trisha Brown’s Accumulation (1971) was witty in all the right offbeat ways.”

The Herald Scotland

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Stopgap Dance Company

Artifical Things ________________________________ The Riley Theatre Fri 10 Oct

photo Š Chris Parkes

CONTEMPORARY Stopgap Dance Company Artificial Things The Riley Theatre, Northern School of Contemporary Dance Fri 10 Oct, 7.30pm, Box Office 0113 219 3018 www.nscd.ac.uk/performances Tickets £12, concessions (£6 concessions)

Under the new artistic direction of Lucy Bennett, Stopgap Dance Company offers the fascinating and unique experience of Artificial Things.

Cinematic in feel, the piece follows an intriguing narrative that invites audience members to join the dancers on an absorbing and collective journey. Slowly suffocating in each other’s company, a group of individuals seek relief in a riotous rock ‘n’ roll party.

However, their wild disorder soon descends into playground politics, and reveals some uncomfortable truths.

When making Artificial Things, Lucy decided to take a fresh creative approach and looked to focus on the individual dancers and their stories. For her initial inspiration, Lucy took a single figure in a snowcovered landscape, eventually shaping a highly visual, full length piece from this image.

In this evocative production Stopgap Dance Company creates a compact world of riddles that questions our notions about human unity and co-existence.

Stopgap Dance Company is the UK’s leading dance company that integrates exceptional disabled and non-disabled dancers.

“Bold and disarming” (Exeunt Magazine)

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Janine Fletcher

Trace Elements ___________________________________ Yorkshire Dance Fri 17 Oct

photo Š Matthew Andrews

CONTEMPORARY Janine Fletcher Trace Elements Yorkshire Dance Fri 17 Oct, 7.30pm Box Office 0113 243 8765 Book securely online www.yorkshiredance.com Tickets ÂŁ8.00, concessions ÂŁ6.00 Trace Elements is a haunting new solo work by Janine Fletcher.

A woman struggles; trying to be honest without telling the whole truth.

She is going round in circles trying to figure it out, leave it behind but old habits die hard.

Trace Elements fuses repetitious movement of the everyday with taut stylisation, to create a silent plea for the past not to be repeated.

Yorkshire Dance is delighted to welcome back this charismatic performer following her appearance in Juncture 2012 as half of The Two Wrongies.

A choreographer and performer with an interdisciplinary approach to the creation of work, Janine co-founded The Two Wrongies with Avis Cockbill in 2007. She has been a member of international performance parkour company The Urban Playground and choreographer for Bicycle Ballet, creating outdoor dance performances on bikes. She has performed in work by Liz Aggiss & Joe Murray and many more.

Created and performed by Janine Fletcher Coaxing and direction by Sue MacLaine

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Ballet Black

Mixed Programme ___________________________________ Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre Thu 6 & Fri 7 Nov

Kanika Carr & Christopher Renfurm in Two of a Kind Š Christopher Marney

BALLET Ballet Black Mixed Programme Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre, Northern Ballet Thu 6 - Fri 7 Nov, 7.30pm Box Office 0113 220 8008 theatreleeds.com Tickets £17.50, concessions £15.00 Following acclaimed performances in 2013, Ballet Black make a welcome return to the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre with a new Mixed Programme.

The Company are delighted to present exciting new ballets from two of Britain’s best choreographers: Two of a Kind by Christopher Marney (War Letters) and Martin Lawrance’s Limbo.

Award-winning dance maker Arthur Pita creates Ballet Black’s newest narrative ballet, Olivier Award-nominated A Dream Within A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Winners of the 2012 Critics’ Circle National Dance Award for Best Independent Company, Ballet Black’s talented and dynamic dancers are not to be missed.

“The Company have never looked better” The Independent

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Danish National School of Performing Arts

Mixed Bill ________________________________ The Riley Theatre Fri 7 Nov

photo Š Jacob Carlsen

CONTEMPORARY Danish National School of Performing Arts Mixed Bill The Riley Theatre, Northern School of Contemporary Dance Fri 7 Nov, 7.30pm Box Office 0113 219 3018 www.nscd.ac.uk/performances Tickets ÂŁ8, concessions ÂŁ5 Part of Connections, a cross-cultural postgraduate exchange programme.

The Connections exchange programme is an opportunity for postgraduate students to expand their knowledge of contemporary dance practice through learning about different creative approaches and cultures. We aim to support the next generation of dance artists in forging the strong artistic relationships essential for successful future collaboration and the advancement of the contemporary dance ecology.

Students from the Danish National School of Performing Arts, based in Copenhagen, will visit NSCD to take part in the Connections exchange programme in early November. The students will have the opportunity to take classes with NSCD postgraduate performance company,Verve, before being given the chance to perform on-site at The Riley Theatre.

The visiting fourth year students will perform three works: No Play Hero choreographed by Yuval Pick, Machinic Wildlife,choreographed

by Nikolina and Sergej Pristas (BADco), and an Instant Composition directed by David Zambrano. Past participants in the Connections programme have included EDge (The Place, London), BODHI PROJECT (SEAD, Austria) and Le MARCHEPIED (Switzerland).

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Yorkshire Dance presents Friday Firsts #27

Live Bites ___________________________________ Yorkshire Dance Fri 7 Nov

Melanie Forbes-Broomes, Buy this! Š Kim Cessford

CONTEMPORARY Yorkshire Dance presents Friday Firsts #27 Live Bites Yorkshire Dance Fri 7 Nov, 7.30pm Box Office 0113 243 8765 Book securely online www.yorkshiredance.com Tickets £8.00, concessions £6.00 Northern Platforms is a joint initiative of five agencies from Scotland and the north of England, to increase the visibility of dance artists and companies outside their respective regions.

Nadia Iftkhar’s The Sense of an Ending is inspired by women; their experiences and stories, highs and lows, love affairs, careers, childhoods, loss, fertility and friendships.

De Nada Dance Theatre’s Passionaria, inspired by Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin novels, is a dark and humorous piece, highlighting the lives of people brave enough to fight social and political conventionalism to find their true identity.

Sophie Unwin,The Chronicles of Joy. “In the words of Bertrand Russell, Aristotle, America and myself, I will teach you the steps to happiness. I will jump head first into the murky world of Joy.” Hannah Buckley’s Woman with Eggs is a solo about women’s ability to be many things.

Melanie Forbes-Broomes’ Buy this! is a new work exposing the absurdities of commodified products through athletic movement and voice.

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Company Chameleon

Beauty Of The Beast ___________________ The Riley Theatre Fri 21 Nov

photo Š Brian Slater

CONTEMPORARY Company Chameleon Beauty Of The Beast The Riley Theatre, Northern School of Contemporary Dance Fri 21 Nov, 7.30pm Box Office 0113 2193018 www.nscd.ac.uk/performances Tickets £12 (concessions £6) NSCD alumni Anthony Missen and Kevin Edward Turner formed Company Chameleon in 2007 after nearly 13 years of dance-based artistic collaboration. Since its formation, the Manchester-based company has enjoyed critical success, and is now The Lowry’s Resident Dance Company.

Beauty Of The Beast is an exploration of masculinity and male group behaviour. Inspired by observations and theories of identity, it references groups to which men’s commitment is so strong that their affiliation is part of their identity, where pressure to conform to group norms is irresistible, and inter-group rivalries can be highly competitive and hostile.

Company Chameleon advocates dance theatre as an effective force for social change, and credits the inner-city Manchester theatre community as fundamental to their own artistic success. Through a commitment to a high quality education programme, the Company seeks to actively encourage access and social inclusion, and support the invaluable legacy once offered to them.

Commissioned by The Lowry, DanceXchange and Live at LICA. “watchable, distinctive and creative you’re left with a sense of true optimism” The Public Reviews

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Yorkshire Dance presents Friday Firsts #28

Douglas & Air Hunger ___________________________________ Yorkshire Dance Fri 5 & Sat 6 Dec

Hagit Yakira, Air Hunger Š Takaka Hasegaw

CONTEMPORARY Yorkshire Dance presents Friday Firsts #28 Douglas & Air Hunger two new dance works commissioned by respond_ Yorkshire Dance Fri 5 & Sat 6 Dec, 7.30pm Box Office 0113 243 8765 Book securely online www.yorkshiredance.com Tickets £8.00, concessions £6.00 Robbie Synge Douglas Douglas is alone, committed and absorbed in his activity. He seeks connections with his surroundings; conversations that go nowhere and everywhere; a new, live ecology in which he can see and feel his place. Douglas has its origins in the everyday tasks of the choreographer at his home in The Highlands. A ‘garden shed’ approach initiated a reconsidering of our often trivial or incidental everyday relationship with objects.

Hagit Yakira Air Hunger We often forget that we breathe, but never forget to breathe...

You’re invited to take a moment to inhale deeply. The instance of losing one’s breathe evokes many reactions, images and memories.

Performers and audience will share the same breath in a collaboration that will inspire and allow moments of exhalation. Air Hunger is a sensual, emotional and honest sharing of experiences that will leave you breathless.

See p50 for more information about respond_

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Northern Ballet

Peter Pan ___________________________________ Leeds Grand Theatre Thu 11 - Sat 20 Dec

Ashley Dixon as Peter Pan Š Alastair Muir

BALLET Northern Ballet Peter Pan Leeds Grand Theatre Thu 11 - Sat 20 Dec, 7.00pm Matinées Wed,Thu & Sat 2.00pm & Sun 4.00pm Box Office 0844 848 2700 leedsgrandtheatre.com Christmas wouldn’t be the same without Northern Ballet. This year Northern Ballet takes you to Neverland for a magical adventure with the boy who never grew up.

Join Wendy, John and Michael as they soar into the night sky with Peter to a magical land of mermaids and fairy dust where children can fly and adventures happen every day. But beware, danger is just around the corner – Captain Hook and his pirates are looking for revenge and Peter Pan is top of their list .

With stunning dancing, breathtaking flying, a spectacular set by Olivier-award winning designer Peter Mumford and music by Oscarwinning composer Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love, Billy Elliot), played live by Northern Ballet Sinfonia, this is one of Northern Ballet’s most magical productions. Book now.

“A Christmas favourite” The Guardian “It has something for everyone: flying, fights, suspense, nostalgia and even a whiff of romance... this Peter Pan is a treat for young and old” Independent on Sunday Adaptation by kind permission of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity.

Original production supported by David Lloyd.

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Other Yorkshire venues which programme dance Barnsley Lamproom Theatre www.barnsleylamproom.com

Whitby Northallerton Scarborough

Hull New Theatre www.hullcc.gov.uk/hullnewtheatre

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Hull Truck Theatre www.hulltruck.co.uk

Harrogate Skipton York

Leeds Stage@Leeds http://www.stage.leeds.ac.uk

Beverley Bradford

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Pocklington Arts Centre www.pocklingtonartscentre.co.uk

Wakefield Barnsley

Doncaster

Richmond, Georgian Theatre Royal www.georgiantheatreroyal.co.uk

Rotherham

Scarborough, Stephen Joseph Theatre www.sjt.uk.com

Sheffield

York Barbican www.yorkbarbican.co.uk

Map: Justin Grasty justin@fattysboxroom.co.uk

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Carriageworks Theatre Millennium Square, Leeds LS2 3AD www.carriageworkstheatre.org.uk

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Northern Ballet / Phoenix Dance Theatre and Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre Quarry Hill, Leeds, LS2 7PA theatreleeds.com northernballet.com www.phoenixdancetheatre.co.uk

stage@leeds University of Leeds Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT www.stage.leeds.ac.uk

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Leeds Grand Theatre & Opera House and Howard Assembly Room 46 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NZ www.leedsgrandtheatre.com

Leeds Town Hall The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AD www.leedstownhall.co.uk

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Seven Artspace 31a Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, Leeds LS7 3PD www.sevenleeds.co.uk

Map: Andy Edwards Design, 0113 242 8350 cover photo Mad Dogs Dance Theatre’s Missing © Joe Armitage at BoneShaker photography

Yorkshire Dance presents Friday Firsts #28 Douglas & Air Hunger See p45 for details

This world premiere of two new dance works, Hagit Yakira’s Air Hunger and Robbie Synge’s Douglas, is the culmination of a

year-long collaboration between Yorkshire Dance, the University of Leeds, Breakfast Creatives and Liz Lerman.

respond_ is a new digital adaptation of Liz Lerman’s renowned Critical Response Process which is enabling people across the world to interact directly with Hagit and Robbie as they share two stages of their works-inprogress online, in September and November 2014.

The respond_ team is testing whether an online adaptation of Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process can deepen audiences’ understanding of and engagement with dance and their empathy with artists; whether it can expand the audience reach of new dance works; and whether it can benefit the creation and development process of new artworks.

Hagit’s work will have been shared with a ‘Closed Group’ of individuals in a process controlled by researchers from University of Leeds, while Robbie’s will have been open to anyone, anywhere in the world. respond_ has been developed by the partnership after being selected by Nesta, Arts Council England and Arts & Humanities Research Council as one of over 60 partnerships to receive funding from the £7 million Digital R&D Fund for the Arts. http://artsdigitalrnd.org.uk @respondto_ #respondto_ www.facebook.com/respondtodance

The research team will be testing the potential of digital communications technologies to enhance the audience experience and demystify the creative process.

Find out more, and join in, at www.respondto.org