an original score by composer Philip Feeney. The three ballets for children have been adapted by the BBC for CBeebies; the adaptations kept the music and dance but also incorporated one of the channel's properties, Mr Bloom, into the production to make them more suitable for a television audience. During 2013, most of the Channel 4 series Big Ballet was filmed at Northern Ballet. In 2015 Northern Ballet commissioned Barnsley-born choreographer Jonathan Watkins to create a ballet based on George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. A recording of Nineteen Eighty-Four was commissioned by The Space and BBC. It was broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 28 February 2016. In June 2016 1984 won the South Bank Sky Arts Award for Dance. In 2017 Northern Ballet produced three new full-length ballets, one based on the Casanova biography by Ian Kelly, the second based on The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne, and a third based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid. In 2021 Northern Ballet announced David was stepping down as Artistic Director. Federico Bonelli Federico Bonelli was announced as Northern Ballet's new artistic director in January 2022 and he officially began on 3 May 2022. Rehearsal and performance facility In autumn 2010 the Northern Ballet moved to a new purpose-built dance and teaching facility in the Quarry Hill district of Leeds. Located in the center of the city adjacent to the Leeds College of Music the building is the largest dedicated space for dance outside London. The building was funded through a public / private partnership between Leeds City Council, a grant from Arts Council England and fundraising by the Northern Ballet. The building features seven dance studios including a 230-seat studio theatre. Six of the dance studios are installed with specialized harlequin floors. Shared with the contemporary dance company, Phoenix Dance Theatre it is the only facility for dance to house both a national classical and contemporary dance company alongside each another. Academy of Northern Ballet Under the direction of ballet mistress Yoko Ichino the academy is housed within the company's Leeds headquarters. The academy offers open classes, an associate program and selective advanced level training for students up to sixteen years of age. Artistic staff Northern Ballet staff Dancers Source: References External links Northern Ballet Theatre Dance companies in the United Kingdom Organisations based in Leeds Culture in West Yorkshire National Dance Award winners 1969 establishments