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Ballet Black: Shadows at Hackney Empire review: this double billing resists a neat conclusion

3/5 The performances are dynamic, even if the vigorous choreography sometimes feels like a decorative add-on

Evening Standard

Ballet Black: Shadows review – killer moves in a dance adaptation of murderous blockbuster

Oyinkan Braithwaite’s novel My Sister, the Serial Killer is the inspiration for Cassa Pancho’s dramatic ballet, accompanied by Chanel DaSilva’s A Shadow Work

The Guardian - UK

Keep dancing: Chanel DaSilva on taking risks, dealing with grief and tackling Trump

As she brings A Shadow Work to the UK, the New York choreographer talks about therapy, ‘pulling up women with me’ and art-led activism

The Guardian - UK

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The week in dance: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas: Exit Above; Flawless: Past, Present, Future; Ballet Black: Heroes – review

The Belgian choreographer’s tempestuous new piece mirrors the recent controversy surrounding her. Plus, the latest from two pioneering troupes

The Guardian - UK

Ballet Black: Heroes review – double bill explores everyday heroism and the purgatory of daily life

Sophie Laplane’s If at First switches so fast stylistically that it might be garbled, while Mthuthuzeli November’s The Waiting Game stages an existential crisis

The Guardian - UK

London City Ballet review – rebirth after almost three-decade absence

Recent graduates, former Ballet Black star Cira Robinson and guest Alina Cojocaru perform lost works and new commissions

The Guardian - UK

Ballet Black: Heroes at the Barbican review: less heroic, more socially anxious

These performances aren’t Ballet Black’s most audacious, but they are unceasingly eye-catching

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King’s College London cuts ties with opioids-linked Sackler family

University is latest body to distance itself from sponsorship by owners of Purdue Pharma, makers of OxyContin

The Guardian - UK

Ballet Black at Theatre Royal Stratford East review: Nina Simone’s story in dance is a fierce crowd-pleaser

Ballet Black channels art, activism and radical beauty with this invigorating double bill

Evening Standard

Ballet Black: Pioneers review – an uplifting tribute to Nina Simone

Mthuthuzeli November’s passionate new work celebrating the musician is paired with Will Tuckett’s fine piece inspired by the poet Adrienne Rich

The Guardian - UK

The Week on Stage: From The Great British Bake Off Musical to Bonnie and Clyde

A guide to the week’s theatre

The Independent UK

‘It’s undoubtedly going to have a big impact’: inside three Arts Council funding cases

In our final set of case studies exploring the impact of Arts Council England’s new funding round, we speak to Ballet Black, Disability Arts Online and Camden Art Centre

The Guardian - UK

County Durham event named one of 10 UK highlights of Black History Month

Black History Month has been marked every October since 1987 in the UK and one event in Durham has been labelled a "highlight" in 2022

Chronicle Live

Ballet Black review – powerful pairing from the trailblazing troupe

The rich abilities of the dancers are beautifully showcased in the double bill of Say It Loud and Black Sun

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Ballet Black; Royal Ballet review – mixed blessings and beauty in motion

The dancers shone in a double bill to mark 20 years of Cassa Pancho’s company, while at Covent Garden Kyle Abraham’s new work was suffused with longing

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