Balbir Singh: Honoured for Services to Dance
Artistic Director Balbir Singh received his MBE this week at Windsor Castle for services to dance, following his inclusion in the King’s New Year Honours List. For more than two decades, Balbir has built a body of work that refuses to treat dance as something that happens only under stage lights. His choreography has unfolded […]
Pied Piper: at Leeds Playhouse Until 14 March
Pied Piper is a brilliant burst of beats, rhythm and community spirit. If you’re expecting a traditional retelling of the Pied Piper story, think again. The adaptation currently at Leeds Playhouse is a vibrant hip-hop musical that swaps flutes for microphones and turns the familiar folk tale into a celebration of rhythm, creativity and community. […]
Who Am I To You? at Treasures of the Brotherton, Leeds University, Until 3 October
It is ten years since the Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery opened. Their celebration exhibition, Who Am I to You? looks backwards and forwards. There are books in this exhibition, as befits a gallery set up to explore the archives of the Brotherton Library, but the dominant displays feature busts. These sculptures, many of which […]
Gentleman Jack – So Good We Reviewed it Twice!
Northern Ballet‘s contemporary ballet drawn from the life of Halifax’s Anne Lister, better known as Gentleman Jack, offers a refreshing approach to dance. The production doesn’t rely on the audience’s familiarity with an established storyline in the way canonical works such as Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker or Swan Lake often do. Instead, the choreography […]
The Northern Ballet’s ‘Gentleman Jack’ – A Stunning Spotlight on Anne Lister
Gentleman Jack is at Leeds Grand Theatre from 10 to 14 March. Famously described as the ‘first modern lesbian’, Miss Anne Lister has been a Halifax legend for many years. With her diaries and documents detailing her romantic relationships with women, Lister’s life was criticised by those in her society, with many calling her a […]
