NORTHERN Ballet has released the first rehearsal images from its new production of Jane Eyre.
The celebrated Leeds dance company is staging its adaptation of the novel to mark the 200th anniversary of author Charlotte Brontë’s birth.
The production of Jane Eyre, described as a journey of courage, romance and tragedy, will receive its world premiere at the Cast theatre in Doncaster from May 19 to 21.
It will then begin a national tour taking in Richmond, Aylesbury, Wolverhampton, Stoke and Leicester.
Jane Eyre is choreographed by internationally acclaimed British dance maker Cathy Marston who previously created the Dickens classic A Tale of Two Cities for Northern Ballet.
Composer Philip Feeney has compiled and arranged a score for Jane Eyre made up of original compositions and existing work.
Cathy said: “Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre was a novel far ahead of its time.
“When I think of Jane I feel inspired by images of her passionate but 'impossible' relationship with Mr Rochester; the fire and emotional destruction symbolised by Bertha Mason, the infamous 'woman in the attic'; the contrasting icy moorland through which she seems to run from one chapter of her life to another; and of course her final reunion with Rochester.
Visit northernballet.com/jane-eyre for booking details.
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