December 2012 For immediate release

Students set for Northern Ballet winter Waltzer

Leeds Metropolitan University dance students are set to undertake a performance to be held at the home of Northern Ballet and Phoenix Dance Theatre. The event, entitled Waltzer, will get underway at 4pm on Tuesday 18 December in the venues Stanley and Audrey Burton Theatre. It is open to the public and will premiere first and second year BA (Hons) Dance students coursework. Course Leader Rachel Krische, commented: Our students have worked exceptionally hard in preparation for the performance. This is the first event the University has done of its kind and we are thrilled our students will get the opportunity to experience working in a professional environment.

Second year students have been working with choreographer and international dance artist, Anna Williams, to create two new original pieces of work which will be premiered at the event.

Additionally, Rachel and Senior Lecturer Beth Cassani have put together a collage out of first year student mini choreographies, created during their first semester at Leeds Met. For this work there will also be an original sound score, produced in collaboration with Rees Archibald and Kingsley Ash, Senior Lecturers in the School of Film, Music and Performing Arts. Head of School, Andrew Fryer, said: In the run-up to Christmas, this dance

showcase promises to be a fantastic event for our students, staff and members of the public who attend. At Leeds Metropolitan University we pride ourselves on the outstanding talent of our dance undergraduates and this is the perfect opportunity for them to shine, centre-stage.

This is a free performance but places are limited. If you would like to attend the performance at Northern Ballet please contact eventsteam@leedsmet.ac.uk to confirm your place.

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For further details please contact Julia Williams in the Communications team at Leeds Met on 0113 8125978 or email j.t.williams@leedsmet.ac.uk

Notes for editors: Leeds Metropolitan University has more than 27,000 students and around 3,000 staff. The Vice Chancellor of Leeds Metropolitan University is Professor Susan Price and the Chair of the Board is Lord Woolmer of Leeds. Leeds Metropolitans four faculties are: Arts, Environment and Technology, Business & Law, Health and Social Sciences, and Carnegie. Leeds Metropolitans heritage can be traced back to the founding of the Mechanics Institute in Leeds in 1824. The Destination of Leavers in Higher Education (DLHE) showed that the proportion of Leeds Metropolitan 2010/11 graduates in work, further study or both six months after leaving university was 91.87%. Libraries and Learning Innovation at Leeds Metropolitan was awarded the CSE standard for the tenth year running in 2012. In 2012, Leeds Metropolitan was awarded a First in the People & Planet Green League, a league table of environmentally friendly universities, for the sixth consecutive year.