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Beauty and the Beast »

Beauty and the Beast

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In some ways it's hard not to admire David Nixon's unrelenting commitment to new work, which he continues to direct and choreograph for Northern Ballet. In the past he's tackled the Emily Bronte classic Wuthering Heights, as well as the epic tale of Cl...

Thu 26 Apr 2012 by Sean Watson | Read more »

The Sleeping Beauty »

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Ashley Page, the Artistic Director and Choreographer of Scottish Ballet, has a penchant for politicising the classics and with a century-wide chasm written into The Sleeping Beauty, it's something he's been unable to resist. Princess Aurora's (Claire ...

Wed 01 Feb 2012 by Sean Watson | Read more »

Wuthering Heights »

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The Northern Ballet Theatre makes a welcome return to Edinburgh with this adaptation of Emily Brontë’s literary classic Wuthering Heights. With the company in full bloom, having just won the Patron’s Award at the Critics' Circle Nation...

Tue 16 Mar 2010 by Jennifer Blyth | Read more »

Sleeping Beauty »

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Scottish Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty—the brain-child of Ashley Page and Antony McDonald—is in its second year of touring the UK. The familiar fairy tale has been given an invigorating re-telling, set against the classical compositions of...

Sun 11 Jan 2009 by Claire L Jarvis | Read more »

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