Europe's Best Dance Company, Northern Ballet arrives in Blackpool next week for 2 nights only
GET swept away by unrivalled
storytelling, dance and live music as Northern Ballet performs Madame Butterfly
at The Grand Theatre, Blackpool from 26 May to 27 May 2015. Recently awarded Best
Company at the European Taglioni Ballet Awards, Northern Ballet specialise in
creating and performing classical story ballets and will bring world class
ballet to the doorstep of audiences in the region.
Madame Butterfly is choreographed by Artistic Director David Nixon OBE and is
one of Northern Ballet's most popular full length productions. In this
heartbreakingly tragic ballet, audiences will be transported to Japan where the
doomed love affair between American Naval Lieutenant, Pinkerton, and his young
Japanese bride, Butterfly, begins. Madly in love and prepared to sacrifice
everything, Butterfly's world falls apart when she is betrayed and forced into a
dramatic climax. Recreated especially for the new tour, Madame Butterfly is a
2 act ballet featuring all new sets and is performed to the famous Puccini score
played live by Northern Ballet Sinfonia.
The programme also features Perpetuum Mobile, choreographed by Christopher
Hampson, Artistic Director of Scottish Ballet. Performed to Bach's Violin
Concerto in E Major, the 17 minute long Perpetuum Mobile provides an excellent
introduction to the technical and athletic talents of Northern Ballet's dancers.
The piece showcases the incredible strength and prowess of the Company to leave
audiences breathless.
David Nixon said:- "Perpetuum Mobile is a beautiful neo-classical work and
Madame Butterfly a wonderful dramatic narrative piece; so this programme is a
perfect introduction of the two faces of Northern Ballet. Our Company has
incredibly talented dancers and these two works will provide the opportunity for
audiences to see the dancers performing at their most physical as well as
demonstrating their abilities as dance-actors of the highest standard.
Introducing this new strand of touring is designed to enrich the dance offering
within the region, challenging the perceptions of which stories can be told
through ballet and providing audiences with something different than Swan Lake
or The Nutcracker."
Tickets for Northern Ballet's Madame Butterfly with Perpetuum Mobile are on sale
now and can be booked
online or by calling the box
office on:- 01253 290190.
