Dancers in white standing one behind the other, half look to the sky with their arms raise like Atlas

Press & Media

Our Communications team are available to assist with press and media enquiries in relation to Northern Ballet and the Academy of Northern Ballet.

Please get in touch to request information, images, interviews, photography and filming, press tickets and photo calls. Requests from production companies should also be directed to the press team.

Contact us

For enquires relating to Gentleman Jack, including ticket requests, please contact

Animo PR: 01943 603311
Anys Williams: anys@animopr.co.uk
Debbie Bradly: debbie@animopr.co.uk 

News and Press Releases
Two dancers wearing crimson, one holds the others waist and that person is en pointe, one hand on the other's shoulder
15.04.26

Intimate Pages Excerpt

An exciting extract from Intimate Pages featuring dancers Sarah Chun and Harris Beattie.
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Detailed photo of work on a metal structure with sparks flying from a grinding tool
14.04.26

Creative Foundations Fund Investment

Northern Ballet has received investment through the Creative Foundations Fund to safeguard and develop our production workshop space in Bramley, Leeds.
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Male dancer stood against a blue stage with a green light behind him. His arms are raised and one leg is extended.
10.04.26

National Dance Award Nominations

We're over the moon to be nominated for not one, but three National Dance Awards.
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Two dancers in white looking into the distance, hands raised
08.04.26

Adagio Hammerklavier Excerpt

Short extract from Adagio Hammerklavier choreographed by Hans van Manen.
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Wearing veils, the two women are dressed to marry each other surrounded by people representing Anne Lister's words
07.04.26

Gentleman Jack | Anne Lister and Ann Walker Pas De Deux

A union that broke societies rules. Anne Lister and Ann Walker – a love like no other.
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Woman in a blue dress smiles, smiling holding her hands to her chest, behind her dancers representing Anne Lister's beguiling words
07.04.26

Gentleman Jack | Tell us what you thought

Gentleman Jack took Leeds by storm in its UK premiere ✨ See what our audiences thought.
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Little Red's family: father, mother, grandmother and Little Red act out the scary wolf to father who is quivering in fright
02.04.26

Life On Tour: Little Red Riding Hood

Graduate students Madison and Evie, who have been performing in our Little Red Riding Hood tour, recently sat down together to answer our questions.
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Dame Darcey Bussell in a high-waisted black skirt and white shirt leaning against a window bright with summer sun
01.04.26

Dame Darcey Bussell to teach at the Academy of Northern Ballet's 2026 Summer Intensive

Dame Darcey Bussell will be joining as guest teaching faculty for the first week of the International Summer Intensive in 2026
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Mariana and Anne Lister stand, holding each other. Mariana in an orange dress, her eye closed as she rests her head on Anne's shoulder, Anne look straight at you
18.03.26

Gentleman Jack | Trailer

Watch our newest trailer for Gentleman Jack now!
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