You can also learn more about the pioneers of Black British Ballet through the years on their website and in their exhibition at the Mulryan Centre for Dance this month.

The piece was devised by Patrick Williams (who danced with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, was a Guest Principal dancer with Paris Opera Ballet, and also danced with us) and Darren Panton (the first Black British dancer to graduae from the Royal Ballet School’s White Lodge).

This #BlackHistoryMonth, watch Black British Ballet and @OxygenArtsUK's work, Island Movements, filmed at the Mulryan Centre for Dance, for free online! This moving work show tells the story of a Caribbean family who came to the UK on the Windrush, and explores the impact of

Be swept up in the magic in Manchester and Southampton this November ✨ https://t.co/CMceSgnoRI

🎙️ "I think Sleeping Beauty is one of the hardest technical full length classical ballets to dance" Hear from Artistic Director Aaron S. Watkin on the magic of Sir Kenneth MacMillan's The Sleeping Beauty, the incredible stagers and repetiteurs we're working with and what

A moment suspended in air 💙✨ Erik Woolhouse takes flight as the dazzling Bluebird in The Sleeping Beauty. 🩰 Experience Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s breathtaking production - opening this week at Liverpool Empire, before it tours to Manchester and Southampton. UK Tour Sponsor:

The moment when our beautiful Aurora, Emma Hawes, just… keeps… balancing. 🩰 See her and our other stunning Auroras perform the breathtaking Rose Adagio in Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s The Sleeping Beauty, opening this week at the Liverpool Empire, then touring to Manchester and

Sharing the power and precision of the Martha Graham Technique™ with Masha Dashkina Maddux, former Principal Dancer with the Martha Graham Company, and current regisseur with the Martha Graham centre. A special opportunity to deepen our understanding of Graham’s legacy,

Anyone else crazy about effacé? 🫶 Join Company dancer Taela Graff in a lovely pirouette exercise from ENB repetiteur Carmen Piqueras. Follow along the full class on BalletActive, part of our Intermediate/Advanced October playlist: https://t.co/c36rL1yzOv

Restoring the magic of The Sleeping Beauty ✨ 🧵 Hear from talented embroiderer Rosie, as she shares some of the meticulous work that goes into making our dancers shine on stage, including how she embellishes these beautiful costumes by hand. Feeling inspired? Find out more

Hear about their journey to the stage, with Michelle Ballentyne (Ballet Futures Project Lead), Bronwen Patching (Director of Adagio School of Dance, a Ballet Futures partner school) and Arielle Smith (Co-choreographer of Nutcracker). Learn more about Ballet Futures

An incredible opportunity! If you watched our new Nutcracker last year, you will have spotted many talented young dancers in the cast. Five of them were part of Ballet Futures, our programme supporting children aged 8+ from African Diaspora, Caribbean, South Asian, and South

🎙️ “What motivates me most is I want to keep growing as a dancer and a person” Hear from new Soloist Hatice Çağla Ertürk on her journey to professional ballet, the experience of learning from other dancers and what she’s looking forward to performing. Welcome to English

👋 Shared Ground: Space Scheme is back at the Mulryan Centre for Dance! Offering independent dance artists the freedom to develop their artistic practice at our studios in Canning Town, free of charge to dancers and choreographers 📍 📋 Find out more: https://t.co/Iq8vuP0pGo

🎻 Enjoy English National Ballet Philharmonic rehearsing Tchaikovsky's Orchestral Suite No3! "There’s great orchestral playing under the baton of musical director Maria Seletskaja" wrote The Guardian in their review of R:Evolution. Until tomorrow at @Sadlers_Wells!

Casting update for The Sleeping Beauty at the @LiverpoolEmpire this October. On Fri 24 Oct, Anna Nevzorova will replace Anri Suguira as the Lilac Fairy. On Sat 25 Oct 1.30pm, Anri Suguira will replace Angela Wood as the Lilac Fairy. Tickets and more: https://t.co/CMceSgnWHg

Casting update for R:Evolution at Sadler's Wells. On Sat 11 Oct 2.30pm, Martinho Santos is replaced by Thiago Silva in Herman Schmerman (Quintet), and by Miguel Angel Maidana in Four Last Songs. See this special programme "packed with action and beauty" (The Daily Express)

Job alert: we are looking for Head of Lighting to join our Technical department and lead the lighting team. Find out more: https://t.co/KqbBKiuP7r 📷 Akram Khan's Giselle, by Laurent Liotardo

Haruhi Otani makes her radiant debut in Balanchine’s Theme and Variations tomorrow afternoon - a dazzling showcase of precision, grace, and virtuosity. A celebration of classical brilliance and the joy of pure dance. See her light up the stage in R:Evolution. A night honoring

Casting update for R:Evolution at Sadler's Wells Theme and Variations On Thu 9 Oct 7.30pm, Julia Conway and Daniel McCormick replace Katja Khaniukova and Aitor Arrieta. Errand into the Maze Rentaro Nakaaki replaces Erik Woolhouse on Thu 9 Oct and Sat 11 Oct 7.30pm Herman