Yorkshire Ballet Seminars to host TO THE BARRE - a live Q&A with legends of the ballet world

Yorkshire Ballet Seminars will host an intimate evening of conversation with ballet legends Marguerite Porter MBE, Laura Connor, Wayne Sleep OBE, Sir David Bintley and Brandon Lawrence on 24 July via stream.theatre.

To The Barre will be chaired by Artistic Director Iain Mackay, and sees this illustrious group of ballet stars discuss their careers, inspirations and share tales of their time at Yorkshire Ballet Seminars.

All proceeds raised will go towards the charitable work that the Yorkshire Ballet Seminars delivers through its residential courses and training events. Yorkshire Ballet Seminars takes great pride in being able to provide scholarships to the most talented students, and bursaries for those who are unable to pay the fees. They receive no government funding, and the ability to offer scholarships and bursaries is entirely due to the generosity of loyal supporters. Over the years, they have awarded scholarships to many of the most recognisable names in the dance world including Kevin O’Hare CBE, Director of The Royal Ballet; Sir David Bintley; Xander Parish, Principal dancer at Mariinsky Ballet; Matthew Ball, Principal at the Royal Ballet; Brandon Lawrence, Principal at the Birmingham Royal ballet, and many more leading dancers within all the major ballet companies.

Huddersfield-born Sir David Bintley said: “I attended some of the first Yorkshire Ballet Seminars back in the 1970s. I was fortunate enough to be one of the first scholarship recipients, and I am delighted that Iain has asked me to go back and work with the students this year as a teacher. It was a huge inspiration for me to attend the Yorkshire Ballet Seminars. It added so much to my training and knowledge of what it would be like to become a professional ballet dancer. When I look back at all those who taught me, I feel lucky to have had that experience while growing up in Yorkshire. I am so glad that Yorkshire Ballet Seminars continues to thrive and inspire new generations of dancers, many of whom I have enjoyed working with at Birmingham Royal Ballet.”

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