The award-winning Ballet Black will return to Sadler’s Wells this autumn with programming to celebrate its 25th anniversary. The dance company, founded in 2001, is the UK and Europe’s first black professional neoclassical Ballet company and aims to showcase diversity and inclusivity.
Sadler’s Wells will welcome esteemed dance company Ballet Black back to its stage this autumn, with a double bill celebrating the company’s 25th anniversary. Titled Ballet Black at 25, the double bill offers two works that celebrate a quarter of a century of innovation, mentoring and collaboration, while looking ahead to the future.
Cassa Pancho, Founder and Artistic Director of Ballet Black said: “In our latest bill, you will see something great from our past; the Black British Theatre and Olivier Award winning, Ingoma, created by Mthuthuzeli November in 2019, and something equally great but very different, …all towards hope. from Alvin Ailey royalty, Hope Boykin, which looks towards our future.
This diversity of repertoire is what I consider to be one of the strengths of BB: no two ballets are alike, whether the subject is serial killers, African ancestry or the state of the world today, I hope we will always put on a show that makes you think, feel and want to return again and again.”
About Ballet Black
Cassa Pancho MBE founded Ballet Black in 2001, the UK and Europe’s first black professional neoclassical Ballet company. Established with a transformative vision for classical ballet, the company’s mission over the decades has been to showcase diversity on stage and promote inclusivity for Black and Asian dancers as well as effect change behind the scenes and within the audience demographic.
Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
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