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A visit from Leeds-based Northern Ballet every Spring at Sadler’s Wells is always a highlight of the dance calendar, and never more so when at their glittering best with their unique dance interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.
Northern Ballet is a company that is characterised not only by its dancers' athleticism and technique but by their acting skills, too. It's an attribute that has made them formidable story-tellers and so the revival of David Nixon's The Great Gatsby at Sadler's Wells is a delight and it's still as fresh as, well, a Daisy. It is no mean feat to turn such a complex novel as F Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 masterpiece into dance. For a start, there's the voice problem. Daisy's voice is a repeated theme in the book – it's a siren song, thrilling and melodic...
Don’t think you know the story of The Great Gatsby and you don’t need to see it again. This is a terrific interpretation and a joy to watch.