She Persisted

For International Women's Day, our Archive Consultant Jane Pritchard looks at our company's history with female choreographers.

Meet the choreographer of Nora, which premieres as part of She Persisted this April, as she tells us more about her new creation based on Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House.

This April, we're thrilled to once again perform Pina Bausch's masterpiece Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) as part of She Persisted, our second triple bill celebrating women's voice in dance.

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Broken Wings, her ballet on Frida Kahlo, returns for She Persisted, our upcoming triple bill of female choreography. Before seeing this “heartfelt testament to a major painter and the emancipatory power of art” (The Daily Telegraph), find out more about the Mexican painter’s life and work, and how they inspired and are represented in this beautiful dance piece.

Take a look back to 2016, before Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's Broken Wings, a ballet inspired by the life and art of iconic Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, premiered as part of She Said.

Looking at the words and power of female choreographers, here's the mighty Pina Bausch (1940 – 2009).