What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
New Bewerley Community School in Beeston has just been awarded the Platinum Artsmark rating for their provision of cultural education. And they are the only primary school in West Yorkshire to receive the highest award. The Artsmark Award is a creative quality standard for schools, accredited by Arts Council England.
I had never seen a ballet in my entire 43 years on this planet so I was very excited to get the opportunity to see Dracula by the excellent Northern Ballet at the Playhouse last night. First of all, it needs to be said that the refurbishment of the Playhouse
Northern Ballet’s latest ‘Short Ballets for Small Children’ will be performed at The Hunslet Club next Sunday (14 September 2014). Northern Ballet’s much-anticipated new ballet for children, Elves & the Shoemaker, will have its World Première in Leeds this autumn before touring to 16 venues across the UK in
Northern Ballet is now taking bookings for their 2014 Summer Course for 6 – 13 year olds designed to get children moving during the summer holidays and give them the opportunity be creative and make new friends whilst experiencing and enjoying dance no matter what their level of experience.
Excitement is mounting at the Hunslet Club in anticipation of hosting the world premiere of a professional production of “3 Little Pigs” by Northern Ballet on Sunday October 20th. Children & young people aged 3 to 16 enjoyed special guest workshops provided by the ballet company. Said Philippa Ranger, Arts
Northern Ballet’s hotly-anticipated new ballet for children Three Little Pigs will première in Leeds this October and it’s set to blow the house down. The second production in Northern Ballet’s series of Short Ballets for Small People, Three Little Pigs has been created to introduce families and young children
Alan Shaw of the Friends of Middleton Park group writes – I thought I would just post a little update about a little event that we have going on this Sunday – yes, it’s the fourth Friends of Middleton Park Craft, Flower and Produce Show – you might have heard
The Hunslet Club is pleased to announce the first professional ballet production to grace it’s stage, Northern Ballet’s Ugly Duckling, which is the Leeds based, world renound company’s first ballet especially for children. A poor duckling is lonely and fed-up, shunned by those around her who see her as too ugly