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Photos: The Overview Of GLOBAL LANDSCAPES RETROSPECTIVE Opens At Carnegie Hall

Over 200 guests walked into the Weill Terrace Room at Carnegie Hall in New York City to experience Ella Spira’s Global Landscapes Retrospective on March 28th and 29th. See photos from inside the event.
Lesley Manville, Sheila Hancock, Graham Vick, and More Named to the New Year's Honours List

The New Year’s Honours List has been published, and several members of the theatrical community were named this year. 
Theatre/Dance Producers Sisters Grimm Receive MBEs for Services to International Trade and the Creative Industry

Pietra Mello-Pittman and Ella Spira, founders of the dance/theatre production company Sisters Grimm, have been awarded MBEs for services to International Trade and the Creative Industry in the 2021 New Year Honours lists.  Pietra and Ella are honoured among an incredible list of recipients.
Inala, Soweto Gospel Choir, And International Dancers Celebrate World Ballet Day At The Royal Albert Hall

INALA, the critically acclaimed South African Dance-Musical sensation, will celebrate World Ballet Day on Wednesday 23 October with a concert spectacular at the Royal Albert Hall, bringing together the South African choral legends, Soweto Gospel Choir with multi-award-winning choreographer Mark Baldwin OBE in this unique artistic collaboration. A celebration of South Africa today, INALA delivers all it promises; an uplifting cultural experience, powered by an explosion of live music, song and dance.
Soweto Gospel Choir Joins INALA At The Peacock Theatre

Full casting is announced for the West End Premiere of INALA - A Zulu Ballet - at the Peacock Theatre in London, from 30 April to 18 May 2019.
Soweto Gospel Choir Unite For The West End Premiere Of INALA - A ZULU BALLET

Following a sell-out run at London's Sadler's Wells and a phenomenal 2015 tour, INALA will return to the UK in 2019, bringing together the two-time Grammy Award-winning South African choral legends, Soweto Gospel Choir with multi-award-winning choreographer Mark Baldwin (OBE) in this unique artistic collaboration. INALA will receive its West End premiere at The Peacock in London playing from 29 April to 18 May, with a press night on Wednesday 1 May. 2019 tour dates will be announced shortly.
Photo Flash: VOICES OF THE AMAZON Premieres in London

The new dance/music show Voices of the Amazon will receive its UK premiere at Sadler's Wells in London from 4 to 8 July. Voices of the Amazon is set in the Amazon Rainforest and the international cast includes six performers from Brazil who have never before been to Europe let alone performed at one of the most prestigious dance houses in the UK! It has been created by Grammy-nominated Ella Spira and former Royal Ballet dancer Pietra Mello-Pittman, with narration recorded by Jeremy Irons.
Photo Flash: In Rehearsal for the UK Premiere of VOICES OF THE AMAZON

The UK premiere of Voices of the Amazon is currently in rehearsals at Studio Wayne McGregor at Here East. The show is narrated by Emmy, Golden Globe and Tony Award-winning Jeremy Irons and has an international cast including six performers from Brazil, the USA and Greece. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the company in rehearsal below!
Royal Ballet Dancer Nathalie Harrison Joins Cast of VOICES OF THE AMAZON

Sisters Grimm are delighted that Nathalie Harrison, First Artist at The Royal Ballet will join the cast of VOICES OF THE AMAZON, with kind permission from Kevin O'Hare, Artistic Director of The Royal Ballet.
BWW Interview: Ella Spira and Pietra Mello-Pittman Talk VOICES OF THE AMAZON

Sisters Grimm, a company founded by composer Ella Spira and choreographer Pietra Mello-Pittman, is following up hit show INALA with new dance musical Voices of the Amazon. Fusing ballet, contemporary and capoeira with a Brazilian score and narration by Jeremy Irons, it premieres this July at Sadler's Wells.
Photo Flash: Steamy VOICES OF THE AMAZON Premieres in UK

The new dance/music show Voices of the Amazon, which will receive its UK premiere at Sadler's Wells in London from 4 to 8 July, is having a dress rehearsal at Stratford Circus Arts Centre this Friday 2 June and, ahead of this, they are going to run four of five scenes for us from3.30pm to 4.30pm. We would like to invite you to send a photographer to cover this.
Photo Flash: In Rehearsal for the UK Premiere of VOICES OF THE AMAZON

The UK premiere of Voices of the Amazon is currently in rehearsals at Studio Wayne McGregor at Here East. The show is narrated by Emmy, Golden Globe and Tony Award-winning Jeremy Irons and has an international cast including six performers from Brazil, the USA and Greece. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the company in rehearsal below!
Jeremy Irons to Narrate VOICES OF THE AMAZON at Sadler's Wells

Sisters Grimm are delighted that Oscar, Emmy, Golden Globe and Tony Award-winning Jeremy Irons has agreed to narrate their new show, VOICES OF THE AMAZON, a passionate dance musical from the heart of Brazil.
UK Premiere of VOICES OF THE AMAZON to Open at Sadler's Wells this Summer

???????Sisters Grimm, the creators of the Grammy Award-nominated show INALA, are delighted to present the UK premiere of VOICES OF THE AMAZON, a passionate dance musical from the heart of Brazil, directed by Pietra Mello-Pittman, choreographed by Helen Pickett and composed by Ella Spira in collaboration with Brazilian songwriters Danny Nascimento, Dito Martins and Julien Davis and world?renowned percussionists Olodum. Casting is to be announced.

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