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Strong drama and powerful central performances of Massimo Moricone's Romeo and Juliet in Bordeaux for the first time.

A revival of Cathy Marston’s Jane Eyre marks another success in Northern Ballet’s strong tradition of narrative dance theatre.

Kenneth Tindall's epic Casanova is a huge success for all concerned in Riga.

Northern Ballet's Ugly Duckling offers a fantastic and inclusive introduction to the ballet for the whole family and at just 45 minutes long, does not try anyone's patience.

A farcical, entertaining Mouse King limbers up atop his cheese!

A programme of exciting new work to symbolise a new identity for Northern Ballet.

Kenneth Tindall's Casanova is a rare example of an excellent British ballet on a grand scale, the most effective coup de théâtre coming in a momentous finale.

 A ballet that has been reduced in substance but is still weighed down by complexity.

Princess Beatrice scratches history from the record in Cathy Marston’s biographical ballet at Sadler’s Wells.

We all know of Casanova, the lover; now, we have a Casanova to love