McNicol Ballet Collective’s Unbound Dance Day is a unique experience for young people interested in a career in ballet. It takes place at Hull New Theatre and offers a whole day of on stage masterclasses with professional dancers, Q&A sessions with the company and the chance to experience a live, working rehearsal of current repertoire for the company’s upcoming productions.

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Our past workshops have included:

We are delighted to be working with the I AM Fund that share our values to promote diversity and inclusion within performing arts by sponsoring the development of the Digital Hub - a new and dynamic resource on our website for teachers, students, parents, and young creatives of the future wanting to learn new skills.

The Digital Hub will include educational content, original dance films, interviews, captured stage performances, Q&A sessions, and workshops across the arts disciplines, led by the inspiring range artists who collaborate with the MBC. Initially the focus will be on developing online experiences that are tailored and in response to those who use the resource.

Original Dance Films

Awakenings Curtain Raiser - Hull New Theatre

Inspired by our Awakenings programme, local dance students from across Hull created this piece of dance work and performed it before our show at Hull New Theatre.

With choreography by Bim Malcomson and costumes by students at Hull College.

Awakenings Curtain Raiser - Behind the Scenes

The Making of Firebird Reimagined

Choreographer Andrew McNicol and members from the McNicol Ballet Collective discuss making a modern day Firebird for the stage in the 50th anniversary year since Stravinsky’s death.

Audience Reactions to Awakenings

Take a look at what the audiences thought of Awakenings, our debut production which premiered at the Bloomsbury Theatre in November 2021. You may see some faces you recognise!

MBC’s outreach and engagement work is designed to coordinate and build on our stage and digital activity. Alongside our stage productions, the MBC engages with local dance schools, venue partners,  schools offering GCSE/ A Levels in dance and drama as well as the wider curious public to provide workshops, masterclasses, talks and more drawing on the themes of our stage work to further engage the widest possible audiences.

If you would like to discuss a more, please get in touch.

Apprentice Dancer Programme

This season, McNicol Ballet Collective has welcomed recent graduates Rin Ishikawa and Joshua Fickling as part of its newly formed Apprentice dancer programme, giving talented young dancers the opportunity to work as a professional dancer in a touring company.

If you would like to be considered for future projects, please contact us.

Performance Coaching

In addition to the Apprentice Dancers programme, McNicol Ballet Collective offers performance coaching for professional dance artists.

In 2021, McNicol Ballet Collective was delighted to be approached by Carrie Johnson and Kristen McGarrity to pilot their innovative new project Matter Up - a new development programme, tailored to the ballet industry to support performance and wellbeing for dancers.

BSL Training

As part of McNicol Ballet Collective’s ongoing drive to make ballet more accessible, the company have been undertaking training in British Sign Language interpretation and are currently investigating how this can be brought closer to their practice.