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Theatre and Performance
Island Movements
Presented by Black British Ballet with Culture House
Quick summary
- Price
- FREE
- Audience type
- 7+
- Running time
- Performance length 30 minutes followed by a Q+A
Event description
Island Movements is a short ballet that tells the story of Windrush and explores the impact of this generation’s experiences on their families, communities and society.
Beginning with a young Caribbean soldier in WW2 Britain, this moving tale follows him and his family through their life in the UK up to the current Windrush scandal.
Darren Panton, who was the first black British dancer to graduate from the Royal Ballet School and Patrick Williams, who danced at Alvin Ailey and the Paris Opera are choreographing.
Featuring original music by the groundbreaking Kinetika Bloco, the story is driven by a pulsating mix of reggae, calypso and contemporary black British music. The performance includes the chance to chat with our dancers and creators.
This performance of Island Movements is presented by Culture House Sunderland in partnership with Libraries Connect. The project is funded by Arts Council England and the Black Funding Network which enables the show to tour arts venues and libraries around the country. The performance is part of the Black British Ballet programme, which will continue with activity at Washington Creative Smart City Hub in February 2025.
If you’ve never seen a ballet before, then this is the one for you!
