RELEASE DATE MAY 2018 27 APRIL 2018 Watkins 1984 Northern Ballet Winner of The South Bank Sky Arts Award for Dance 2016. Widely lauded by critics, choreographer Jonathan Watkins’ 1984 is an awe-inspiring retelling of George Orwell’s masterpiece. Winston Smith lives in a world of absolute conformity, his every action scrutinised by Big Brother. However, when Winston meets Julia, he dares to rebel by falling in love. Danced by Northern Ballet – the UK’s foremost narrative ballet company – to a score by Tony-nominated composer Alex Baranowski, this thoroughly modern take on Nineteen Eighty-Four will change the way you think about ballet. ‘Batley [Winston Smith] and Leebolt [Julia] are excellent, their bodies as vividly present as their faces are haunted. At the chilling end, we realise not only how intently we have been watching, but also that we too may be watched.’ Sanjoy Roy, The Guardian Tobias Batley Winston Smith Martha Leebolt Julia Javier Torres O'Brien Hironao Takahashi Mr Charrington Giuliano Contadini Parsons Kevin Poeung Ampleforth Ashley Dixon Martin Victoria Sibson Lead Prole Northern Ballet Sinfonia Choreographer Jonathan Watkins Conductor John Pryce-Jones Music Alex Baranowski Designs Simon Daw . Catalogue numbers: OA1265D (DVD) / OABD7241D (BLU-RAY) Barcodes: 809478012658 (DVD) / 809478072416 (BLU-RAY) Running time: 88 minutes Sound format: LPCM 2.0, DTS Digital Surround (DVD) / LPCM 2.0, DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio (BLU-RAY) What the press said: ‘‘This is gripping storytelling’’ (The Stage) ‘‘….an ambitious, compelling and, ultimately, moving new ballet’’ (The Daily Telegraph) - Extra Features: Jonathan Watkins on 1984. 1 X DVD / 1 X Blu-ray

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RELEASE DATE MAY 2018 27 APRIL 2018

Watkins

1984Northern Ballet

Winner of The South Bank Sky Arts Award for Dance 2016. Widely lauded by critics, choreographer Jonathan Watkins’ 1984 is an awe-inspiring retelling of George Orwell’s masterpiece. Winston Smith lives in a world of absolute conformity, his every action scrutinised by Big Brother. However, when Winston meets Julia, he dares to rebel by falling in love. Danced by Northern Ballet – the UK’s foremost narrative ballet company – to a score by Tony-nominated composer Alex Baranowski, this thoroughly modern take on Nineteen Eighty-Four will change the way you think about ballet. ‘Batley [Winston Smith] and Leebolt [Julia] are excellent, their bodies as vividly present as their faces are haunted. At the chilling end, we realise not only how intently we have been watching, but also that we too may be watched.’ Sanjoy Roy, The Guardian

Tobias Batley Winston Smith Martha Leebolt Julia Javier Torres O'Brien Hironao Takahashi Mr Charrington Giuliano Contadini Parsons Kevin Poeung Ampleforth Ashley Dixon Martin Victoria Sibson Lead Prole

Northern Ballet Sinfonia Choreographer Jonathan Watkins Conductor John Pryce-Jones Music Alex Baranowski Designs Simon Daw . Catalogue numbers: OA1265D (DVD) / OABD7241D (BLU-RAY) Barcodes: 809478012658 (DVD) / 809478072416 (BLU-RAY) Running time: 88 minutes Sound format: LPCM 2.0, DTS Digital Surround (DVD) / LPCM 2.0, DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio (BLU-RAY)

What the press said:

‘‘This is gripping storytelling’’ (The Stage)

‘‘….an ambitious, compelling and, ultimately, moving new ballet’’ (The Daily Telegraph)

- Extra Features: Jonathan Watkins on 1984.

1 X DVD / 1 X Blu-ray