Northern Ballet: Gentleman Jack – Sadler’s Wells, London

Northern Ballet: Gentleman Jack – Sadler’s Wells, London

Choreographer: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa Composer: Peter Salem Yorkshire-born Victorian Anne Lister was certainly unconventional. Given to dressing in all-black suits more commonly worn by men, she was insistent on dealing with the estate she inherited from her uncle on the same terms as the local businessmen. Coupled with her affairs with women, she has some [...] The post Northern Ballet: Gentleman Jack – Sadler’s Wells, London appeared first on T…

Northern Ballet’s Gentleman Jack review: Sexy, sapphic and spectacular

This new production tells the incredible story of the “first modern lesbian”, Anne Lister  BY ELLA GAUCI, IMAGE BY TRISTRAM KENTON I am a ballet virgin. I’ll admit, I don’t know the first thing about pliés, arabesques or pirouettes. But I do know how Northern Ballet’s new full-length ballet Gentleman Jack made me feel.  This brand new production aims, in the words of its dramaturg Clare Croft, to bring in “folks in the queer community who’ve nev…