studio heaven: Northern Ballet's plush new venue

Nick Ahad Arts Reporter

The new 12m home for Northern Ballet has been revealed in the heart of the cultural quarter of Leeds..

Neighbours in the Quarry Hill area of the city will include the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Yorkshire Dance, Red Ladder Theatre Company and Leeds College of Music.

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When the building, home to Northern Ballet and contemporary dance company Phoenix Dance, opens to the public in January, it will make Leeds the country’s second city of dance, according to chief executive Mark Skipper. “We have been working towards this since 1996. It is really good to finally be here,” he said.

The enormous glass- fronted building boasts seven studios.

The ground-floor studio, which has seating to turn it into a 230-space theatre, is the largest purpose-built dance studio in Europe.

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