The Black British Ballet project aims to produce a film and website to document the history and experiences of Black dancers and choreographers in British ballet in the last century.
We have published a children’s book, Onisere and the Ballet Queen for 5-8 year olds and this is now available on our project website. We are also planning to host a touring exhibition in museums and libraries featuring images and video of our dancers in 2023.
English National Ballet hosted a panel event with dancers Brenda Garratt-Glassman, Ben Love and Shevelle Dynott to introduce the project in October 2021.
The project includes international professionals working in British ballet, as well as British professionals working abroad. You can view a trailer for the film here.
The film and website will showcase every Black British dancer and choreographer who managed to achieve a career in professional ballet in the past century.
We are hugely grateful for the support of The Royal Ballet, English National Ballet and The Birmingham Royal Ballet on this project.
We aim to launch these with a series of events and resources aimed at people from the global majority who do not normally engage with ballet, as well as the industry in partnership with ballet and arts organisations.
