Dance Education Officer Caroline Burn springs into action this month as she joins the Company on tour to Belfast, London and Norwich. As well as leading workshops in local schools, she will hold Get Closer events at theatres. The events, such as Ballet Explored, Pre-performance talks, touch-tours and audio described performances provide a unique insight into the Company and the production to enhance your theatre visit…
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A Teacher’s Resource Pack is now available for NBT’s production of Hamlet.
To download the pack or for more teacher’s resources, visit NBT’s Learning & Access pages here.
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“TWINKLE-toed youngsters were given a lesson in ballet.
The pupils, of Park Lane High School, Halifax, were visited by members of Northern Ballet Theatre’s dance education project, Dancition.
They were given workshops exploring the themes of the theatre group’s latest production Hamlet.
Students learned some of the steps and produced their own dance pieces. They also attended a Northern Ballet Theatre performance.
Dancition is a six-month project involving four Cal-derdale primary schools and Park Lane High School.”
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“This month our Dance Education Officers have been a busy getting pupils in the festive spirit with school workshops based on the Nutcracker. Bradford Girls Grammar School enjoyed their third residency of the year when Caroline Burn worked with Year 9 students on a two day Nutcracker project…”
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This month we have kicked off our exciting Dancition project in Calderdale with a Teacher Inset session and workshops with the Primary Schools. The teacher inset session proved enjoyable and successful, with teachers responding to set tasks and then creating their own to teach, as well as generating ideas for leading their own schemes of work…
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Learning & Access News:
We are busy this month with school workshops to accompany the brand new production of The Nutcracker which opens at the Palace Theatre in Manchester on 11th October. As well as Nutcracker workshops in Manchester and Sheffield, we will also be leading workshops based on the classic tale, Romeo and Juliet in Bradford.
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