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Curated by Marcelino Sambé, Black History Month Draft Works at the Clore Studio gifted us an intriguing mix of ideas and styles providing food for thought as well as theatrical interest.

Ballet Black deliver a compelling and cleverly chosen double bill of new works with excellent lighting, ghoulish spectres and intoxicating dancing.

A programme to show that heroism is not just about feats of action and adventure, with Ballet Black's supremely good dancers rising to each challenge.

Isabela Coracy’s performance as Nina Simone was a perfect opportunity to demonstrate that Ballet Black has a new star and she rose to the challenge with allure.

Say It Loud and Black Sun prove to be two distinct works that showcase Ballet Black's diversity.

Two excellent new works given flow and flair by seven superb dancers in the Linbury Theatre. 

The second Dance@TheGrange builds on its reputation for fearless programming, with performances from Company Wayne McGregor and Ballet Black, and a standout new work by Ballet Black's Mthuthuzeli November

Another evening of enjoyable and diverse dance although the most complete and satisfying work was the revival from ten years' ago 

Ballet Black delights the Glasgow Tramway with a contrasting double-bill of Shakespearian envy and whimsy.

Three of Kenneth MacMillan's first five works are once more wholly, or partially, revived in this outstanding and purposeful debut for the Viviana Durante Company  

The Ballet Black formula works its wonders yet again with Annabelle Lopez Ochoa scoring her third successive hit for a British ballet company. 

The centrepiece of Ballet Black’s Triple Bill at the Tramway in Glasgow is Storyville: set in New Orleans during the roaring twenties.

Ballet Black presents a compelling programme in its first ever appearance at the Barbican

Ballet Black's dancers rise magnificently to the occasion again in this mixed bill of new and revived work.

In its annual visit to Linbury Studio, Ballet Black presents Arthur Pita’s brilliant A Dream Within a Midsummer Night’s Dream together with new works by Martin Lawrence, Christopher Marney.

Just a few weeks after being awarded the prestigious 2012 Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards for Best Independent Company, Ballet Black has paid its annual visit to the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Studio, presenting four new ballets that confirm the strong commitment of the company to original works.

Imagine a small company of just seven dancers being served a smorgasbord of eclectic new works, dished up by a quartet of today’s best young British choreographers from different top-ranking British companies. Ballet Black has just had the good fortune to present this spring season’s fare to a full house capacity at the Linbury Theatre in Covent Garden.