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Event Description:

Join us for a fun filled session of dance and storytelling to find out more about the black dancers who blazed a trail through British ballet! You’ll also get your own copy of the story to take home! ‘So what you’re saying is that there have been loads of black ballet dancers…’

Onisere wants to be a ballet dancer but there’s just one problem: she’s black and she’s never seen any other ballet dancers who look like her. Enter, the ballet queen, Simbira, who takes Onisere, and her annoying, football mad little brother Tayo, on a fantastical journey through the history of black British ballet.

For children aged 4-8 years old.

A Rekindle supported event during Black History Month. Into the Light: Pioneers of Black British Ballet exhibition brings together archive photography, film, newspaper articles and posters alongside new video and audio interviews to trace the history of black British ballet from the 1940s to the present day. The exhibition has toured 25 libraries across Britain, finishing at High Wycombe Library this November 2025. The Black British Ballet project is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Arts Council England, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ Windrush Day Fund and the Black Funding Network. It is delivered in partnership with English National Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, The Royal Ballet, Royal Academy of Dance, Dance Theatre of Harlem and Central School of Ballet and Kidbrooke Community Hub.

* Event details accurate at the time of publishing; please check the organiser's website for the latest updates.

Event Location:

Chesham Library

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