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GRAND GIFT
Sheffield’s Weston Park Cancer Charity received a donation of £36,500 from the Sheffield Charity Construction Ball.
The annual event, which brings together the region’s construction and property sector, is organised by ARUP, HLM Architects and Rider Levett Bucknall and each year raises money for a selected charity.
FLOWER SHOW
Autumn floral fabulousness is guaranteed for green-fingered garden enthusiasts at the 2023 Harrogate Autumn Flower Show at Newby Hall. Entry includes access to Newby’s gardens where you can lose yourself in the some of Europe’s biggest herbaceous borders, glorious garden ‘rooms’ and riverside walks. September 15-17 flowershow.org.uk
Hometown glorious
This September Northern Ballet’s autumn season launches with a wow-factor world premier of a trio of ballets.
Generations: Three Short Ballets, features contemporary ballets created by choreographers at different stages of their careers curated by the company’s artistic director Federico Bonelli.
The evening will feature a world premiere from New York City Ballet principal Tiler Peck in her first choreographic commission for a European ballet company.
Royal Ballet soloist and emerging choreographer Benjamin Ella will present a UK premiere inspired by the music of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.
The contemporary classic Adagio Hammerklavier by Dutch master Hans van Manen, created 50 years ago this year, completes the programme and will be performed by the company for the first time.
‘I’m passionate about championing the choreographic voices of tomorrow and I see Generations: Three Short Ballets as a continuation of this, this time inviting artists from across the generations and across the globe to create and stage work in our beloved hometown of Leeds,’ says Bonelli.
‘Benjamin Ella is a talented young choreographer at the beginning of his career while Tiler Peck’s first European commission marks a new chapter for the rising star. The placement of their work alongside renowned Dutch ballet master Hans van Manen’s perfectly captures the fusion of old and new that makes ballet such a wonderful and dynamic artform.’
The triple bill heralds Northern Ballet’s 23/24 autumn season, its first under the artistic direction of Bonelli. The new season presents stories that connect with people of all ages and backgrounds – stories created in Leeds for a national stage, which will move to London’s Linbury Studio at Royal Opera House in October. Generations: Three Short Ballets will be performed at the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre in Northern Ballet’s home in Leeds, September 8-16. northernballet.com >
TEE TIME
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