The Black British Dance Platform nurtures dance artists based in England from the African and African Caribbean Diaspora.

The Black British Dance Platform is a collaboration between FABRIC and Serendipity, supporting Black British artists with an ambition to present work internationally. Together with Serendipity, we’re working to cultivate a sector that represents contemporary Britain.

Entering its third year, the 2023 platform event shares the following work:

Closer to My Dreams – Chad Taylor

The journey of two young Black brothers, Chad Taylor and Ziggy Taylor from inner-city Hulme, describing their trials and tribulations to pursue their artistic dreams.  Will they succeed with the odds stacked against them?

With hip hop choreography, poetry and rap Closer to My Dreams is a playful, heartfelt and unique take on family and friendship it explores universal questions of how we respond to the trials and tribulations that life throws at us, what path to take, when to hustle and when to let go.

NOIR – Rose Aida Sall Sao

Identity is the strongest force in human personality. But why do we have the need to stay consistent with how we define ourselves? There is an alchemical moment when the shadow becomes illuminated. The “golden shadow” appears. When we face our shadowsides, we rekindle with our strength. NOIR speaks of integrating all of the parts of ourselves, to then allow ourselves to change from one thing to another. We are ever shapeshifting.

Melanin Migration Brothers in Arms: The Journey – Blake Arts

In the wake of economic disruption, Black Lives Matter and the lingering impact of COVID-19, six Black male professional dancers forge together in a journey of self, identity, gender and brotherhood.  Born out of conversations around the immigrant experience, sustainability and their future as artists, Melanin Migration Brothers in Arms, was created.

Curve Theatre, Studio Theatre

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