Photos: First Look at Ballet Black - Double Bill at the Barbican

Ballet Black - Double Bill is new at the Barbican and BroadwayWorld has an exclusive look below!

Led by Artistic Director Cassa Pancho, this company celebrates dancers of black and Asian descent, showcasing technique, precision and grace in specially commissioned pieces.

As part of the Barbican's latest bill, Cathy Marston, renowned for her expressive and beautifully crafted work, choreographs a new narrative ballet for all of Ballet Black's artists, based on Can Themba's South African fable The Suit.

Completing the evening is Arthur Pita's A Dream Within a Midsummer Night's Dream, a heady piece of dance-theatre for which the Portuguese choreographer earned an Olivier nomination following its premiere. Described as a 'sexy, cheeky frolic' by londondance.com, the production mixes the classical and contemporary to distil the essence of Shakespeare's comedy, unfolding to an eclectic soundtrack that includes Eartha Kitt, Barbra Streisand and Yma Sumac. Performing it, 'the company have never looked better' (Independent).

15 - 17 March 2008 at Barbican

http://balletblack.co.uk

https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/theatre-dance

Photo Credit: Roy Tan