Blak Whyte Gray

Once on the fringes of the dance world, the hip hop community is now as front and centre as the rest. In particular, Boy Blue Entertainment has made a big splash, winning an Olivier Award in 2007 for its powerful production, Pied Piper – and a nomination for its more recent work, Blak Whyte Gray, below. Run by choreographer Kenrick Sandy and composer Michael Asante, Boy Blue has been creating work from its East London base since 2001 and Blak Whyte Gray continues the company’s mission to present socially-inspired, Constellations, the company’s new work pays homage to the genius and brilliance of Leonardo da Vinci. Inspired by his drawings, paintings and sculptures, Vuelos, inset left, is a work for anyone aged five and over, packed with energetic movement, digital animation and life-sized puppets, set to a gorgeous, specially-commissioned score.