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“They play the right notes to celebrate Black culture, and their audiences know, and appreciate, that!”
“By the conclusion they had the Lowry audience on their feet with delight.”
BLACK BALLET – PIONEERS IS ‘CAPTIVATING, ORIGINAL AND STUNNING’
Cassa Pancho’s Ballet Black Makes Their North American Premiere with Double Bill Pioneers
“By the conclusion they had the Lowry audience on their feet with delight.”
‘Pioneering ballet company pay homage to activists of the recent past’
‘Two very different shows, alike in dignity, and told with the ever-stylish excellence of Ballet Black.’
‘The piece becomes mesmeric and creates a meditative space to contemplate the poetry’
‘A combination of two very different but very powerful works make Ballet Black Pioneers a unique combination of physical dance and theatre’.
‘Nina Simone’s story in dance is a fierce crowd-pleaser’
Ballet Black channels art, activism and radical beauty with this invigorating double bill
‘Together the two works show us the versatility of the Ballet Black dancers as well as underscoring the company’s reputation for creating and performing innovative and thought-provoking works’
‘Pioneer is something special: both a celebration of legacy and an imperative to action’.
Ballet Black is back with ‘Nina: By Whatever Means’, an exhilarating performance portraying Nina’s Simone’s life
Ballet Black returns to London with a layered double-bill, Pioneers, on the Barbican Stage.