Northern Ballet are to stage a version of American classic The Great Gatsby.
The Leeds-based ballet company, which has Bradford dancers, will launch the new production, based on F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, next year.
Set on New York’s Long Island in the heady, indulgent days of the 1920s, the show unfolds with Nick Caraway getting to know his infamous neighbour Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire with a secret past and a penchant for lavish parties.
As the sparkling facade of Gatsby’s world begins to slip, Caraway comes to see the loneliness, obsession and tragedy that lie beneath.
With choreography, direction and costumes by NBT artistic director David Nixon, co-direction by Patricia Doyle and sets by Jerome Kaplan, The Great Gatsby looks set to be a stunning re-telling of one of the most compelling stories of the 20th century.
The world premiere of The Great Gatsby is at Leeds Grand Theatre on Saturday, March 2, 2013.
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