Ballet Folk was founded in 2019. The aim of the company is to explore the rich tradition of storytelling, combining contemporary ballet and folk music to create theatrical works for both indoor theatre and outdoor festivals/stages. whilst collaborating with artists from across the folk community.
Making Ballet accessible for all audiences is central to the company's ethos and the 'folk ballets' are created for all audiences and literally take folk to the ballet!
Ballet Folk provides opportunities to research, develop and create productions and projects that delve into untold stories and encourage both traditional and contemporary folk tales and translate them for any audience.
Folk is full of stories, and ballet loves stories. Ward hopes that, by bringing ballet and folk traditions together, she might remove some of the cultural and personal barriers that may stand in the way of people enjoying performances of ballet and folk music alike.
David Mead, Seeing Dance