Not long ago Northern Ballet’s artistic director David Nixon told me during rehearsals for this production that “it promises to challenge the idea of what stories can be told through dance”. He wasn’t kidding, nor especially...
Read More“It promises to challenge the idea of what stories can be told through dance,” says Northern Ballet’s artistic director David Nixon. He’s talking about the company’s ground-breaking production of George Orwell’s...
Read MoreThe last time I went to a talk at Manchester’s International Anthony Burgess Foundation, I was very nearly late – a consequence of my terrible sense of direction. I tried to blame it on the dark and hint of snow, but...
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