Ballet Black: Heros Theatre Trip

Inviting young people of African and Caribbean Heritage, aged 12 to 25 years and parents/careers to join Artistry Youth Dance to watch a special performance of Ballet Black: Heroes which includes a post show talk.

Date: Friday 17th May 2024

Time: 7.30pm to 10.00pm

Location: Barbican Theatre, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London.EC2Y 8DS

Young Person Cost: £13 (plus booking fee)

Parent/Career Cost: £16 (plus booking fee)

Limited funded places are available, please contact ebenjamin@artistryyouthdance.com

Donation Ticket: To support funded tickets

This trip will be open to friends and family.

Each young person can request up to 2 extra tickets for family and friends.

You will be accompanied by AYD staff Destiny Bennett-Ellis and Kamara Gray who are both licensed Chaperones and hold an enhanced DBS.

About

Now in their 22nd year, Cassa Pancho's Ballet Black return to our stage with a double bill featuring new and innovative work.

Award-winning choreographer, Mthuthuzeli November contemplates the purpose of life in The Waiting Game, his exciting and energetic work about the meaning of life originally created in 2020, infused with a dynamic soundtrack featuring the voices of the Ballet Black artists.

Sophie Laplane, Franco-British artist and Choreographer in Residence at Scottish Ballet creates If At First, a new piece for Ballet Black after her dazzling 2019 BB ballet. Laplane's new work explores the complexity of humanity, heroism and self-acceptance in this celebratory and original piece.

Ballet Black has transformed the landscape of British ballet, creating a prominent platform for dancers and artists of Black and Asian decent, as well as establishing a new canon of ballet repertoire that resonates with audiences around the world.

The recommended age guide for this production is 7+.