Company History – Photo: Bill Cooper

History

Click here to view the interactive Northern Ballet Theatre Timline which has photographs, information and details of premiére performances.

1969 – 1976

Northern Dance Theatre, the name by which the company was originally known, was founded in 1969 by Canadian born Laverne Meyer; a dramatic dancer whose formative years were spent… Read more…

1976 – 1987

In 1976 Robert de Warren was appointed as the new Artistic Director. He was a classically trained dancer with a wealth of experience, having previously worked with the Royal Ballet and… Read more…

The appointment of the third Artistic Director owed something to both chance and good fortune. In 1987, the centenary of the birth of the painter L.S. Lowry, Salford City Council commissioned… Read more…

1999 – Present day

Northern Ballet Theatre's new Artistic Director, David Nixon, joined the company in August 2001. Over the following months he revitalised the company's training programme and set about… Read more…

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History

1969 – 1976

1976 – 1987

1987 – 1998

1999 – Present day