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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

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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 emailj.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.

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