Ballet Cymru 40 – Outstanding Dance Made in Wales

Ballet Cymru are coming to The Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre on Wednesday 18 November, bringing their 40th anniversary celebrations to Leeds with an evening of dance made in Wales. It's a triple bill that pulls from different corners of the company's current work, so you get three distinct pieces in one night rather than a single long performance.

The evening opens with Woven, set to music by Welsh harpist Catrin Finch in collaboration with Irish violinist Aoife Nί Bhriain. From there it moves to Sensible Co-Existence, a new work by Marcus J Willis, Artistic Director of Phoenix Dance Theatre, created specifically for Ballet Cymru's dancers. The final piece is Poems and Tiger Eggs, the company's love letter to Dylan Thomas, choreographed by Artistic Directors Darius James OBE and Amy Doughty, with readings of Thomas's poems by patron and Welsh icon Cerys Matthews OBE.

Between the three, there's a fair bit of new ground. Sensible Co-Existence was made for this specific company, and Poems and Tiger Eggs brings in the voice of Cerys Matthews to read Thomas's poetry alongside the dance. The whole thing runs for about two hours, including a 20-minute interval, so it's a full evening out rather than a quick stop.

Tickets are £26, with a under-30s price of £10.25; both include a booking fee of £1 or 25p. The performance starts at 19:30 at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre, 2 St Cecilia St, Quarry Hill, LS2 7PA. The venue is fully accessible, with accessible parking, toilets, baby changing, a hearing aid loop, and guide dogs welcome.