PRESS RELEASES

ENGLISH YOUTH BALLET RETURN TO THE NORWICH THEATRE ROYAL, NORWICH WITH A GLORIOUS PRODUCTION OF

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY

FRIDAY 2 JULY & SATURDAY 3 JULY 2010

Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to see a large production of 100 young local dancers perform alongside professional dancers from London who will take the leading roles of Aurora and The Prince.

Rehearsals have already started and will continue over the next couple of weekends in preparation for this sumptuous and scintillating production.

English Youth Ballet celebrate their 12th year travelling the country putting on up to 8 productions a year involving young local dancers. It is an opportunity for youngsters who get through the audition process to have a taste of what life might be like if they ever joined a professional ballet company.

Despite the gruelling 6 hour rehearsals it is also great fun, they make many new friends and are inspired by the choreography and rehearsals taken by professional dancers. English Youth Ballet is unique as no other company offers this opportunity to students between the ages of 8 – 18 years.

Despite the gruelling 6 hour rehearsals it is also great fun, they make many new friends and are inspired by the choreography and rehearsals taken by professional dancers. English Youth Ballet is unique as no other company offers this opportunity to students between the ages of 8 – 18 years.

It was in 2006 that English Youth Ballet won the prestigious Stage Award for Special Achievement in Regional Theatre.

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“Janet Lewis’ English Youth Ballet has now been going for a decade, growing in popularity to such an extent that 8 productions are currently staged each year. The logistics behind such an enterprise are quite baffling – each show uses from 80 – 120 young dancers aged between 8 and 18 so it is not only the concept of providing opportunities for ballet students in the regions to dance in classical ballets but also the incredibly efficient organisation behind it all that deserves accolade’
Dance Europe magazine.

For further information on press release, photographs and sponsorship packs please phone or email Bridget Hearne, General Manager on 020 8992 6891 or 07771 905226 Email: Bridget Hearne or EYB Head Office on 01689 856747 or Email:misslewis@englishyouthballet.co.uk

English Youth Ballet was the winner of the Stage Award for Special Achievement in Regional Theatre in 2006 and Janet Lewis, director, was honoured with an MBE in the New Years Honours list in 2008.

“English Youth Ballet is a triumph”   
Dance Expression magazine

“to say the evening was impressive would be an understatement” 
Eastern Daily Press.

“vibrant costumes, enthusiastic casting and hours of rehearsing made this
a very enjoyable evening that ended with a fabulous finale, receiving an
explosion of applause”
Woking News & Mail

Production shots can be downloaded from the Gallery link. They are zip files and may take a little while to download.