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Ballet Cymru are coming to Leeds on 29 November 2018 to perform A Child's Christmas in Wales. It is another collaboration between Cerys Matthews, Darius James and Amy Doughty The last time those three worked together they produced TIR . This is one of my all time favourite ballets as you can see from my reviews The Pride of Newport and the Pride of Wales 8 Nov 2015 and Ballet Cymru in London 1 Dec 2015.
James and Doughty are not the first choreographers to translate Dylan Thomas's poetry into dance. Christopher Bruce created Ten Poems for Scottish Ballet in 2014 to mark the centenary of the poet's birth. I reviewed the work in Bruce Again on 6 Oct 2014.
This may be Ballet Cymru's first visit to Stanley and Audrey Burton Theatre but Darius James is no stranger as he danced with Northern Ballet when it was called Northern Ballet Theatre. It will be good to welcome him back. I hope that this is the first of many visits.
Tickets for this show are already on sale and are likely to go like hot cakes. This link will take you to the Stanley and Audrey Burton Theatre website.
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